Hy Bender

Hy Bender is an author who has written or cowritten 15 books. Bender also writes reviews of New York theatre productions and comedy shows, primarily for his website, and occasionally for other publications such as The New York Times. Bender has written humor articles for such national magazines as Mad Magazine, Spy, American Film, and Advertising Age.

Bender is currently focused on screenwriting, and runs the respected Manhattan movie writing workshop NYScreenwriters.org. Bender runs a script analysis service to help writers identify and repair problems with their screenplays and teleplays, and runs a book proposal service that helps authors sell their concepts to book publishers.

Books

• Five Dummies books about the Internet.
• The Sandman Companion, New York: Vertigo-DC Comics, 1999. This Vertigo publication features in-depth interviews with Neil Gaiman, the creator of the Sandman comics, as well as numerous interviews and anecdotes from the various artists who contributed throughout the series. The book details all of the issues, and groups them into their ten different storylines, offering a quick summary, and then a Q & A between Bender and Gaiman for the issues, and related topics.

• Essential Software for Writers, a guide to electronic writing tools.
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Thyroid Disease, February 1, 2011, Alpha Books, 302 pages. Leveraging advances in both mainstream and alternative medicine, provides cutting-edge advice on what symptoms to look for, and how to test, diagnosis, and treat hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, thyroid cancer, and other thyroid diseases. Also includes the latest medical knowledge on how to shed fat, eat smart, and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

External links

• HyBender.com.
• HyReviews.com.