Novelist/ghostwriter/journalist Alan Goldsher is the author of the forthcoming Beatles/horror/humor mash-up Paul is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion (Gallery Books, June 22, 2010), as well as Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz... Read full bio
Author Revealed:
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. To steal a phrase from Viv Savage: "Have a good time, all the time."
Q. What is your motto or maxim?A. To steal a phrase from Viv Savage: "Have a good time, all the time."Q. Who are your favorite authors?A. Nick Hornby, John Irving, Stephen King, Tom Perrotta, Peter Biskind, Ben Elton, Jonathan Lethem, and Jonathan Tropper.Q. Is there a book you love to reread?A. "Ball Four" by Jim BoutonQ. What comment do you hear most often from your readers?A. Dude, your stuff is, like, way weird.Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time?A. "High Fidelity" and "About a Boy" by Nick Hornby
"The World According to Garp" by John Irving
"Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" by Peter Biskind
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...a novel that illuminates the darkness lurking behind the bright colors of the 1960s. Paul is Undead By Alan Goldsher ** Only zombie-hunter Mick Jagger can save the world from The Beatles, four zombie musicians who feed on destruction and mayhem. Lose...
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...to one of its favorite themes: our mayor is such a jerk. For this, we have help from Alan Goldsher, a youthful acquaintance of the mayor who has written a memoir of their shared childhood, entitled Rahm and Ari Emanuel Beat Me Up. The article appears in...
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...world of robots, cyborgs and interstellar space travel.” “Paul is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion” (Gallery Books): Author Alan Goldsher takes readers into an alternate reality where the Beatles — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison...
...With the NBA Finals in full swing, I’ve been bantering with my friend and fellow basketball writer Alan Goldsher. So as Kevin Durant’s Thunder get ready to take on LeBron James’ Heat, here’s our second installment, a meditation about how luck,...