Adam Selzer
| Adam Selzer | |
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Selzer in 2015.
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| Born |
July 13, 1980 Des Moines Iowa |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
Adam Selzer (born July 13, 1980, in Des Moines, Iowa) is an American author, originally of young adult and middle grade novels, though his work after 2011 had primarily been adult nonfiction.
Selzer's first novel was How To Get Suspended and Influence People, a 2007 Random House novel which was included on the Chicago Public Schools 2007 Summer Reading List. It was also nominated for a Cybils 2007 Young Adult Fiction award, and, in 2009, made national news after attempts were made to have it removed from an Idaho library; it was included in the American Library Association's Banned Books Week packet in 2010. In 2013, his 2011 novel Sparks (published under the name "SJ Adams") was named a Stonewall Honor book, as well as being placed on the ALA's "Rainbow List." His Smart Aleck's Guide to American History (Random House 2009) was nominated for a YALSA award for nonfiction by the American Library Association in 2011, and his novel for younger readers, I Put a Spell On You: From the Files of Chrissie Woodward, Spelling Bee Detective (which was based on Watergate) was nominated for a Great Lakes Book Award and short-listed for an Edgar award nomination. It became a notable choice for classroom reading. A 2009 short film he co-wrote, At Last, Okemah!', won awards at several festivals
In 2009, Adam's editor at Random House asked him to write a book based on "I Thought She Was a Goth," a song he had written a decade earlier. The resulting book, I Kissed a Zombie and I Liked It was released in January 2010. to acclaim from trade reviewers, who described it as "smart," "original," "hilarious," and "a scathing parody (of the paranormal romance genre)." Film rights were optioned by Disney Channel Original Movies A follow-up (to both that book and I Put a Spell On You) entitled Extraordinary* was released by Delacorte in 2011, the same day as he published Sparks with Flux under the name SJ Adams.
His first nonfiction book for Random House was The Smart Aleck's Guide to American History, and was selected as a Junior Library Guild selection. Critics frequently compared the humor to that of The Daily Show and Mark Twain.
Most of his books (and many of his songs) take place in Cornersville Trace, a fictional suburb of Des Moines.
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