WILLIAM DRAKE

About William

William was only 10 years old when he received his first publishing deal with Nordberg Press.

He wrote his first book, “The Warrior and the Golden Dragon and other stories followed by

Oscar The Flea, which was turned into an animated feature children’s movie and went on to win

 the Grand Prize for the Royal Starr Film Festival Award for High School Students, which

included a full expenses paid visit to Paramount Studios, a new high technology studio for film

 making and story telling along with funding and scholarships.

 

William Drake Lee went on to receive a merit scholarship to study at Interlochen’s Screen

writing program, where his writing received the Best Screenplay Award garnering him a

 $10KScholarship to further his studies in Creative Writing at Interlochen.

 

William has also been a published author in Blackberry Winter’s Shades of Blue, where he was

a Dual Enrollment Honors student balancing high school courses and college curriculum

courses at Rochester University. His creative writing was featured in the publication while

 still in high school.

 

An avid golfer, William won the PGA Junior League Golf Tournaments at Sanctuary Lake

and qualified to the Michigan State Championships in Alma, MI. Winning the Junior PGA

tournament qualified him to the IGTA Team USA Junior Golf Team for which he was the

youngest member to play against Team Canada and Team Scotland at The St. Andrew’s Golf

Course in St. Andrews Links in Scotland northeast of Edinburgh, where his golf team

trained and stayed at The University of St. Andrews. William also placed 1st overall at the

Michigan MACS Golf Tournament for the BCS Golf Team, leading his golf team to the

championships. William has also performed as Principal Cellist of the BCS Chamber Orchestra,

the Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra and was a member of the Audivi and Opera Modo Choir

this last season appearing with The Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s performances at The Max.

M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center at Orchestra Hall performing Ludwig Van Beethoven’s

Symphony No. 9 and Hannah Lash’s “In Hopes of Finding the Sun” under Music Director

Jader Bignamini.

 

William won the Grand Prix awards at the Carnegie Hall Young Artists Competitions,

where he sang as part of their recital series from 2016-2020. He was selected to also

sing in the one-act RISE FOR FREEDOM: The John P. Parker Story, in the Spring of 2022.

William is most proud of volunteering with the University of Michigan’s Men’s Glee Club,

where he donated his time and resources in bringing literacy and teaching at the Milan

Prison with his fellow Michigan students to bring workshops to the inmates. William has

had his plays performed at The Walgreen Centerin Acting workshops at The University of

Michigan, along with The Interlochen Center for the Arts with collaborative actors and

actresses. His literary works can be purchased through AMAZON. William is currently in

his Senior year at The University of Michigan as an undergraduate student where he is set

 to graduate this April 2023 with his Bachelor degree.

 

William Drake Lee was recently inducted into the University of Michigan (UM Ann Arbor)

NSCS Chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.