David Lubar

David Lubar has written more than thirty books for teens and young readers. His novels, including Hidden Talents and Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, are on reading lists across the country, saving countless students from a close encounter with Madam Bovary. His novel, Dunk, won Pennsylvania's Young Adult Book Award and was used by the New Jersey Library Association for their One Book New Jersey program. His Weenies short story collections have sold more than three million copies. My Rotten Life, the first title in his chapter-book series, Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie, is under development as an animated series. He received starred reviews from Publisher's Weekly, Booklist, School Library Journal, and Kirkus Reviews for his young-adult coming-of-age novel, Character, Driven. He is a popular speaker at schools and conferences around the country. He also designed and programmed many video games in an earlier eight-bit life, including Home Alone and Frogger 2. In his spare time, he takes naps on the couch. He grew up in New Jersey, went to Rutgers, and now lives in Nazareth, PA with his wife. You can visit him on the web at www.davidlubar.com.