allen zadoff, author http://allenzadoff.com I write books for teens. They have long titles. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:39:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies is The Pick of the Week! http://allenzadoff.com/2011/08/my-life-the-theater-and-other-tragedies-is-the-pick-of-the-week/ http://allenzadoff.com/2011/08/my-life-the-theater-and-other-tragedies-is-the-pick-of-the-week/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:25:11 +0000 az http://allenzadoff.com/?p=1143 Check out the video review on 60 Second Recap with Jenny Sawyer or watch it below:

]]> Check out the video review on 60 Second Recap with Jenny Sawyer or watch it below:

]]> http://allenzadoff.com/2011/08/my-life-the-theater-and-other-tragedies-is-the-pick-of-the-week/feed/ 1 Get Famous with AZ contest ends this week! http://allenzadoff.com/2011/07/get-famous-with-az-contest-ends-this-week/ http://allenzadoff.com/2011/07/get-famous-with-az-contest-ends-this-week/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:46:01 +0000 az http://allenzadoff.com/?p=1122 Pose with my new book and win prizes for your school or theater group.

Brooke Lamb – Whitmore Lake High School Drama Club.

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Brooke Lamb - Whitmore Lake High School Drama Club.
Brooke Lamb – Whitmore Lake High School Drama Club.

]]> http://allenzadoff.com/2011/07/get-famous-with-az-contest-ends-this-week/feed/ 0 AZ Contest Announcement-Win prizes for your school or theater group! http://allenzadoff.com/2011/06/az-contest-announcement-win-prizes-for-your-school-or-theater-group/ http://allenzadoff.com/2011/06/az-contest-announcement-win-prizes-for-your-school-or-theater-group/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:33:15 +0000 az http://allenzadoff.com/?p=796

Famous people are posing with my new novel–along with teen actors and techies around the country–and you can join them!

Take a picture with the novel in a theatrical setting, upload it at www.allenzadoff.com, and you can win prizes including a Skype visit with AZ and your [...]]]> Get Famous with AZ--A contest from Allen Zadoff and Egmont USA to celebrate the publication of the novel My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies

Famous people are posing with my new novel–along with teen actors and techies around the country–and you can join them!

Haley Reinhart, 2nd Runner Up from American Idol 2011

Haley Reinhart from American Idol (already famous)

Take a picture with the novel in a theatrical setting, upload it at www.allenzadoff.com, and you can win prizes including a Skype visit with AZ and your photo published in the paperback edition of My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies!

Visit my website for details. Contest ends 7/25/11.

]]> http://allenzadoff.com/2011/06/az-contest-announcement-win-prizes-for-your-school-or-theater-group/feed/ 2 Come to the el Segundo Author Fair this Sunday! http://allenzadoff.com/2011/06/come-to-the-el-segundo-author-fair-this-sunday/ http://allenzadoff.com/2011/06/come-to-the-el-segundo-author-fair-this-sunday/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:10:47 +0000 az http://allenzadoff.com/?p=719 Come see me and 35 authors from every genre this Sunday June 5 at the el Segundo Public Library.

Author panels, gourmet food trucks, book signings, and… you’ll be LAX adjacent! (sorry el Segundo)

I’ll be there for the first two hours, 12:45-2:15, with my brand new novel.  Stop by and say hello!

[...]]]> Come see me and 35 authors from every genre this Sunday June 5 at the el Segundo Public Library.

Author panels, gourmet food trucks, book signings, and… you’ll be LAX adjacent! (sorry el Segundo)

I’ll be there for the first two hours, 12:45-2:15, with my brand new novel.  Stop by and say hello!

the 11th Annual el Segundo Author Fair on Sunday June 5, 2011

 

]]> http://allenzadoff.com/2011/06/come-to-the-el-segundo-author-fair-this-sunday/feed/ 0 Cynsations interview with AZ and publisher Elizabeth Law! http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/cynsations-interview-with-az-and-publisher-elizabeth-law/ http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/cynsations-interview-with-az-and-publisher-elizabeth-law/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 21:01:09 +0000 az http://allenzadoff.com/?p=679 There’s a wonderful double interview with my publisher and I at Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Cynsations blog this week. To celebrate the interview and the publication of my new novel, Elizabeth Law (who is publisher of Egmont-USA) is giving away a partial manuscript critique.  Get the details below.

From Elizabeth Law and Allen Zadoff celebrate the publication of My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies in New York.

Elizabeth Law and Allen Zadoff celebrate the publication of My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies in New York.

There’s a wonderful double interview with my publisher and I at Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Cynsations blog this week. To celebrate the interview and the publication of my new novel, Elizabeth Law (who is publisher of Egmont-USA) is giving away a partial manuscript critique.  Get the details below.

From Cynsations:

“Elizabeth Law is offering a thirty-page manuscript critique giveaway.

Her response will include a thirty-minute phone call with the author and short, written notes about the submitted work, which can be fiction, nonfiction, or chapter book.

The winner will have two weeks to submit an excerpt for critique. The phone call/feedback will occur within a week after that.

Submissions should be writing targeted to young readers, ages 8 and up.”

]]> http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/cynsations-interview-with-az-and-publisher-elizabeth-law/feed/ 0 It’s here! http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/its-here/ http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/its-here/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 07:05:30 +0000 az http://alanzadoff.com/?p=64 At long last, my new novel:

(Click the pic to learn more.)

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My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies by Allen Zadoff

(Click the pic to learn more.)

]]> http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/its-here/feed/ 0 Hey, Bobby Cannavale is getting famous with AZ! http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/hey-bobby-cannavale-is-getting-famous-with-az/ http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/hey-bobby-cannavale-is-getting-famous-with-az/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 05:41:04 +0000 az http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/hey-bobby-cannavale-is-getting-famous-with-az/ Or maybe it’s the other way around, huh?

You may know Bobby Cannavale from The Station Agent, or Will and Grace, or Cold Case, or the new Blue Bloods series, or Win Win with Paul Giamatti. Damn, he’s a busy man.  Right now he’s busy starring in The Motherf**ker with the Hat on Broadway [...]]]> Or maybe it’s the other way around, huh?

Broadway star Bobby Cannavale You may know Bobby Cannavale from The Station Agent, or Will and Grace, or Cold Case, or the new Blue Bloods series, or Win Win with Paul Giamatti. Damn, he’s a busy man.  Right now he’s busy starring in The Motherf**ker with the Hat on Broadway with Chris Rock, written by the amazing Stephen Adly Guirgis.  It’s up for five Tony Awards including Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Play. So yeah, I think AZ is getting famous with him.

 

]]> http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/hey-bobby-cannavale-is-getting-famous-with-az/feed/ 0 Read an excerpt from Life/Theater. http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/read-an-excerpt-of-my-life-the-theater-and-other-tragedies/ http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/read-an-excerpt-of-my-life-the-theater-and-other-tragedies/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 15:58:28 +0000 az http://alanzadoff.com/?p=454 The award-winning literary journal YARN has published an excerpt from My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies. You can read the first chapters there, then stick around to explore some great YA lit, poetry, and even reader contributions. Just click on the image below:

]]> The award-winning literary journal YARN has published an excerpt from My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies. You can read the first chapters there, then stick around to explore some great YA lit, poetry, and even reader contributions. Just click on the image below:

Read an excerpt of Allen Zadoff's new novel at YARN, the Young Adult Review Network

]]> http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/read-an-excerpt-of-my-life-the-theater-and-other-tragedies/feed/ 1 get famous: broadway superstar raul esparza. http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/broadway-superstar-and-4-time-tony-nominee-raul-esparza-posing-with-lifetheater-in-his-dressing-room-at-the-broadway-production-of-arcadia-by-tom-stoppard/ http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/broadway-superstar-and-4-time-tony-nominee-raul-esparza-posing-with-lifetheater-in-his-dressing-room-at-the-broadway-production-of-arcadia-by-tom-stoppard/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 17:45:59 +0000 az http://alanzadoff.com/?p=224 Broadway superstar and 4-time Tony Nominee Raul Esparza posing with Life/Theater in his dressing room at the Broadway production of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard.

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Broadway superstar and 4-time Tony Nominee Raul Esparza posing with Life/Theater in his dressing room at the Broadway production of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard.

]]> http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/broadway-superstar-and-4-time-tony-nominee-raul-esparza-posing-with-lifetheater-in-his-dressing-room-at-the-broadway-production-of-arcadia-by-tom-stoppard/feed/ 0 YARN honored by National Book Foundation. http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/yarn-honored-by-national-book-foundation/ http://allenzadoff.com/2011/05/yarn-honored-by-national-book-foundation/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 15:04:48 +0000 az http://allenzadoff.com/?p=512 Congratulations to my friends at the Young Adult Review Network for receiving the Innovations in Reading Award from the National Book Foundation. And to think, they just published an excerpt of my new novel! Please drop by to tell them congrats and read some of the amazing work on their site: http://yareview.net

]]> YARN wins the Innovations in Reading Prize from the National Book FoundationCongratulations to my friends at the Young Adult Review Network for receiving the Innovations in Reading Award from the National Book Foundation. And to think, they just published an excerpt of my new novel! Please drop by to tell them congrats and read some of the amazing work on their site: http://yareview.net

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