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Jon Zelazny

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in Rochester, NY, The United States

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Historical Fiction, Nonfiction

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JON ZELAZNY spent his youth in theater and wrote and directed five short films. A graduate of the Newhouse School at Syracuse University, and the U.S. Army Airborne School, he began his Hollywood career with producer Joel Silver, then spent a decade in creative support of acclaimed German director Uli Edel. As a screenwriter, he performed polishes, rewrites, and full rewrites on features and made-for-cable films, and was twice commissioned to adapt non-fiction World War II books. His short story "Constant at the 3 Deuces" won the 57th Short Fiction Prize from Jerry Jazz Musician and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. ...more

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	THUGLIT Issue Twenty-Two by Todd Robinson (Editor), Rob Hart (Goodreads Author), Matthew Hockey 4.27 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Switchblade: Issue Seven (Switchblade Volume One Book 7) by Scotch Rutherford (Editor), Nick Kolakowski (Goodreads Author), David Rachels (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	EconoClash Review #4: Quality Cheap Thrills by J.D. Graves (Goodreads Author) (Editor), A.B. Patterson (Goodreads Author), Mark Slade 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2019	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
	Switchblade : Issue Twelve (Switchblade Volume One Book 12) by Jon Zelazny (Goodreads Author), E.F. Sweetman, Serena Jayne (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	The Rabbit Hole Volume 5, Weird Stories: Just...Plain...Weird by Tom Wolosz (Editor), Lori M. Myers (Goodreads Author), Richard Zaric (Goodreads Author) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Romy Lives by A.B. Patterson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Vern Smith (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Philip Moscovitch (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.83 avg rating — 6 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
	The Binnacle: Thirteenth Annual Ultra-Short Edition (Ultra-Short Competition #13) by Gerard NeCastro (Editor), Jenna Pashley Smith, Caroline Michalicki really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	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
	Literary e-clectic: The Record (Literary e-clectic #4) by Adam J. Williams (Goodreads Author), Jon Zelazny (Goodreads Author), Pamela Jeffs (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	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
	Opossum, Fall 2020 by Rima Ruhman (editor), Richard Bausch (Goodreads Author), Melanie Malinowski 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	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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The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City, 1986-1990

by Jonathan Mahler

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Case Study

by Graeme Macrae Burnet

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I’ve always cited Sam Shepard as the coolest star I ever worked with, but after this book, it’s a shock to realize how little I actually knew him. And that my best produced work, the made-for-cable Western PURGATORY (1999), meant so little to him, it ...more
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