Kjelden Cundiff

Kjelden Cundiff was born in the small city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1991. With a strong desire to fuel his creative mind he enrolled and attended Music Tech, now the McNally Smith College of Music. He graduated with a one year technical certificate while studying contemporary guitar with some of the Twin Cities finest musicians. He stayed in Minneapolis, Minnesota until 2001 where he was employed in the business world. In the spring of 2001 he was recruited to a job in Las Vegas, Nevada where his interest in writing blossomed. While living in Las Vegas he wrote his first screenplay, "Jensen's Hardware", which placed in the top 10 of the prestigious Nevada Screenwriting Competition. That inspired him to pursue his dream of writing further and he studied under veteran Hollywood writer Robert Cawley at the College of Southern Nevada. Mr. Cawley was instrumental in encouraging him to pursue his interest in writing. Kjelden is an avid music lover and is currently working on three new novels, which he hopes to release before the end of 2021.