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Hi, I'm Lance Rubin.

I wrote the Denton Little series and Crying Laughing. My solo MG debut, Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend, comes out this August 2025, and my new YA novel, 16 Forever, comes out in January 2026.

I also co-wrote The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek with Good Mythical Morning's Rhett & Link, Monster Club: Monsters Take Manhattan with filmmakers Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel, and the musical Broadway Bounty Hunter with Be More Chill's Joe Iconis & Jason SweetTooth Williams.

I'm originally from Matawan, New Jersey. I went to Brown University, and now I live in Brooklyn with my family.

Before I became an author, I was primarily an actor. "Anything I'd recognize you from?" you might ask. Probably not, unless you watched the short-live ...more

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	The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin (Goodreads Author), Link Neal (Goodreads Author), Lance Rubin (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.94 avg rating — 13,485 ratings — published 2019 — 11 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
	Denton Little's Deathdate (Denton Little #1) 3.82 avg rating — 6,859 ratings — published 2015 — 35 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
	Denton Little's Still Not Dead (Denton Little, #2) 3.75 avg rating — 1,727 ratings — 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
	Crying Laughing 3.80 avg rating — 941 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories by Katherine Locke (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Laura Silverman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Levithan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.81 avg rating — 774 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	First-Year Orientation by Lauren Gibaldi (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eric Smith (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Adi Alsaid (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.71 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings — 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
	Monsters Take Manhattan (Monster Club #2) by Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel, Lance Rubin (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	16 Forever 3.82 avg rating — 11 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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Episode 3! I talk with the stupendous I.W. Gregorio, author of...

Episode 3! I talk with the stupendous I.W. Gregorio, author of NONE OF THE ABOVE, about:

*the origin of Ilene’s pen name (0:52)
*a day in the life of a surgeon/YA author (1:50)
*what kept her motivated while writing None of the Above (2:50)
*thoughts on her next project (3:57)
*the importance for Ilene of having a day job (4:30)
*the tradition of physician/writers: (5:51)
*her decision to go into medici

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I realized I've never reviewed this book. Probably because it was my debut, and I felt silly doing that. I NO LONGER FEEL SILLY! Denton was my first novel, published more than ten years ago (!!!). I was so proud of it then, and I remain so now. Dento ...more
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Love this book. A beautiful addition to the canon of books featuring kids-dealing-with-weird-stuff-in-their-town. Otto and Sheed have a delightful chemistry, and not only is the story funny and unpredictable and action-packed, but it ultimately has a ...more
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Hi! It's me, Lance, the author. And yes, I am reviewing my own book! I am so proud of it. I started writing it in 2019, before AI best friends seemed possible at all, and now, as it comes out, the book is not far from our current reality. I wanted to ...more
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Hi! I co-wrote this book with Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel. I'm really proud of it. It's fun and action-packed, with more emotional depth than you might be expecting! And both this book and the first one, MONSTER CLUB, represent NYC—especially Bro ...more
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Hi! I co-wrote this book with Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel. I'm really proud of it. It's fun and action-packed, with more emotional depth than you might be expecting! And both this book and the first one, MONSTER CLUB, represent NYC—especially Bro ...more
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Not only did this book make me consistently laugh out loud, but it's so brilliantly plotted. Such a fun, funny, wild ride, with grounded and relatably human characters occupying a delightfully fantastical world. ...more
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Lance Rubin rated a book it was amazing Eventown by Corey Ann Haydu (Goodreads Author)	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
A profound story about the messiness of being a person. Haydu's writing and storytelling operates on such a sophisticated emotional frequency that will resonate for kids and adults alike. It's devastating and inspiring, and I loved it. ...more
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Loved this book. Charming, unique, funny, and so artfully constructed. A timely and profound read for this moment.
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