Jay C. Rehak

Jay Rehak has been a teacher for 32 years. He is the author of the hit book series, Sideline, the story of a 12 year old entrepreneur who helps her dysfunctional family survive. Jay has also written 27 short plays, and has authored or co-authored 10 novels. In 2013, Mr. Rehak created and co-authored the award winning 30 Days to Empathy, the world’s first high school class sourced novel. His book How to Write a Class Sourced Novel is widely used in high schools throughout the United States, and his TedX Talk on the subject of creating empathy through collaborative writing can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoTj0Os1tLs . Subsequently, he and his students wrote 4 versions of Someone Else’s Shoes as well as 4 versions of The Absolutely Awesome Adventures of Internet Ed (Available on Amazon.com) Jay is also the producer of WYDUBTV, a weekly news and variety show which can be seen at www.wyoung.org. He is married to award winning children’s singer, Susan Salidor. He has three children, Hope, Hannah and Ali. Additional biographical information can be found at www.sidelineinkpublishing.com