Neal Shusterman
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| Born | Neal Shusterman 12 November 1962 Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
Neal Shusterman (born 1962), is an American author of young-adult fiction, and a screenwriter.
Shusterman was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Shusterman and his family moved to Mexico City when he was sixteen. He finished high school there and quotes, "Having an international experience changed my life, giving me a fresh perspective on the world, and a sense of confidence I might not have otherwise." He attended the University of California, Irvine, where he double-majored in psychology and theater, and was also on the varsity swim team. During his years there, he wrote a popular humor column for the school paper. After college, he got a job as an assistant at Irvin Arthur Associates, a talent agency in Los Angeles, where Lloyd Segan became his agent. Within a year, Shusterman had his first book deal, and a screenwriting job. He currently lives in Southern California with his children Brendan, Jarrod, Joelle, and Erin.[1]
Shusterman won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for The Schwa Was Here, and most recently the book won the 2008 California Young Reader Medal. Some of his other novels include The Dark Side of Nowhere, Red Rider's Hood, What Daddy Did, The Shadow Club, The Shadow Club Rising, The Eyes of Kid Midas, and the Star Shards Chronicles trilogy: Scorpion Shards, Thief of Souls, and Shattered Sky. His novels Downsiders and Full Tilt, have each won over 20 awards. One of his more recent novels is Everlost, which he is now adapting for a feature film for Universal Studios. Shusterman's newest novel is Unwind (2007) and his next novel, Antsy Does Time (to be released in September 2008), is a sequel to his book The Schwa was Here.[2]
Shusterman has also written for TV, including the Original Disney Channel movie Pixel Perfect, as well as episodes of Goosebumps and Animorphs.[1]
Shusterman was invited by Orson Scott Card to write novels parallel to Ender's Game about other characters from the series, but eventually Card decided to use the idea himself, and wrote Ender's Shadow and the following series.[citation needed]
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[edit] Inspiration
Shusterman's inspiration for writing first came in ninth grade, when his English teacher, seeing a spark of creativity, challenged him to write a story a month.[1] He has been quoted as saying that "[Kutsher's Camp] Anawana has played such an important part of my life. My career as an author of young-adult novels began because of the stories I used to tell when I was a counselor."[1] On his own website, he writes "When I was in college, attempting to write my first novels, I went back to that same summer camp I went to as a kid, this time as a counselor. I became known as the camp story teller, and would make up stories to tell the kids at night. Some of those stories became books a few years later - The Shadow Club, and The Eyes of Kid Midas. It was hearing those kids' reactions to my stories that really made me believe I could be a successful author."[1]
[edit] Works[3]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Shusterman, Neal. Neal Shusterman: Bio. storyman.com. Self published. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
- ^ Shusterman, Neal. Neal Shusterman: News. storyman.com. Self published. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
- ^ Shusterman, Neal. Neal Shusterman: Books. storyman.com. Self published. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
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[edit] External links
- Bio page at Neal Shusterman's Official website
- Neal Shusterman's MySpace page
- Neal Shusterman's Website
