Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am over six feet tall and enjoy sugar. Originally from the highway-choked suburbs of New Jersey, I now live in the mile-high desert of New Mexico. I am very pale and it is very sunny, so I will probably combust any day now. I have still never seen a coyote, though I have eaten lunch with a roadrunner.
Last year I had a lung transplant. I wrote about it for Cracked.com, but, oddly enough, I don’t like talking about it. Don’t get me wrong, the transplant was great, but it took a lot out of me physically and emotionally.
Writing-wise, I am the author of the Exponential Apocalypse series (Exponential Apocalypse, Dead Presidents, and High Voltage), co-author of Screw the Universe, founding/former editor of Jersey Devil Press, and a folder of origami cranes. My short fiction has been published in a number of journals and anthologies, including Thieves Jargon, Kaleidotrope, and Monkeybicycle, and two of my stories have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. My plays have been workshopped in New York City, my resumes have gotten a number of his friends jobs, and my doodles occasionally make it onto the refrigerator.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to write first thing in the morning, before anything has had the opportunity to occupy my thoughts. And then again, usually, at night, when I’m all cracked out from the day.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, Marvel comics from the ’70s – ’90s.
What are you working on now?
Revenge-a-roni, the fourth book in the Exponential Apocalypse series, due out this winter. It picks up immediately after the third one, then takes some time off, then throws Thor and friends into a new predicament. There’s all kinds of craziness and some people die which makes the rest of the people very angry.
What are you reading now?
A lot of stuff: Brotherhood of the Bomb, 3:10 to Yuma, and Neverwhere, among others.
What’s next for you as a writer?
More writing.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series.
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