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Jeff Szpirglas

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Hamilton, Canada

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Jeff Szpirglas has had a varied career. He's shoveled manure, worked in a steelyard (he hails from Hamilton, after all), and even frolicked in the offices at CTV Television and Chirp, chickaDEE, and OWL magazines, where he was the kids' page editor. His manure-shoveling days long behind him, Jeff currently teaches children by day and writes books/fights supervillains by night. ...more

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Blood on Black Wax

Dropping this weekend for Record Store Day is a book I co-wrote that's near and dear to my heart - and is definitely not for kids. Co-written with Aaron Lupton from Rue Morgue, Blood on Black Wax is a visual guide to horror movie soundtracks. Basically this was a fan's dream come true, with an opportunity to interview horror soundtrack greats, including John Carpenter, Christopher Young, Harry Man Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.82 · 488 ratings · 126 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors

	Book of Screams (Book of Screams #1) by Jeff Szpirglas (Goodreads Author), Steven P. Hughes (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.33 avg rating — 92 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from Beyond the Brain by Jeff Szpirglas (Goodreads Author), Steven P. Hughes (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from the Fringes of Fear by Jeff Szpirglas (Goodreads Author), Steven P. Hughes (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.21 avg rating — 34 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Just Can't Help It!: Your Guide to the Wild and Wacky World of Human Behavior by Jeff Szpirglas (Goodreads Author), Josh Holinaty 3.48 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gross Universe: Your Guide to All Disgusting Things Under the Sun by Jeff Szpirglas (Goodreads Author), Michael Cho 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Cards by Jeff Szpirglas (Goodreads Author), Dave Whamond (Illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	They Did WHAT?!: Your Guide to Weird and Wacky Things People Do by Jeff Szpirglas (Goodreads Author), Dave Whamond (Illustrations) 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fear This Book: Your Guide to Fright, Horror, and Things That Go Bump in the Night by Jeff Szpirglas (Goodreads Author), Ramón Pérez (Illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Messy Miranda by Jeff Szpirglas (Goodreads Author), Danielle Saint-Onge, Dave Whamond (Illustrator) 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Canadian Survival 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jeff Szpirglas liked Megan's review of Book of Screams (Book of Screams #1): "I’m not generally a horror fan but this is an excellent selection of horror stories. There is just enough relatability here to be appealing to modern students. "
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