Miriam Queensen's screenplay Clara, based on the life of nineteenth-century pianist and composer Clara Schumann, placed highly in several national competitions, including the Hollywood Screenplay Discovery Awards and the Santa Fe Screenwriting Competition. Clara was optioned by a European director. Miriam's thriller screenplay The Red Seal has been optioned by a producer in L.A. She is currently working two novels based on her screenplays The Activist and Sunken Treasure.