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I like writing words accompanied by pictures, both on the page and on the stage. I love seeing and hearing the stuff I write said by actors, sung to music, or next to eye-catching illustrations that tell their own story.

My plays include adaptations of Frankenstein and Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" (called Dancing on the Ceiling), and crowd-pleasing comedies for the Reduced Shakespeare Company, including The Complete History of America (abridged), The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged), All the Great Books (abridged), Completely Hollywood (abridged), The Complete History of Comedy (abridged), The Complete World of Sports (abridged), The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged), William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged), and The C
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Austin Tichenor "Daisy the Littlest Zombie" was inspired by my own daughter (also named Daisy), who had a dark and ironic mindset and loved to play with language from…more"Daisy the Littlest Zombie" was inspired by my own daughter (also named Daisy), who had a dark and ironic mindset and loved to play with language from a young age. For instance, it was her idea to dress up as "Zombie Dorothy" for Halloween when was 3! Illustrator Gary Andrews and I discuss our specific inspirations and shared influences in an episode of the Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast, the world's longest-running weekly theatre podcast. HEAR HERE! https://www.reducedshakespeare.com/20...(less)
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I've loved Parker's Spenser novels since discovering them in the 1980s, and discovered on my recent re-read of the entire series that the hard-boiled detective's medieval and and early modern roots go even deeper than I remembered.

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