PAUL ZINDEL was born and raised on Staten Island in New York. After teaching high school science for ten years, he decided to pursue a career as a playwright. His first play, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was produced as a film directed by Paul Newman.
Shortly thereafter, Mr. Zindel wrote his first novel for young adults, The Pigman, which has gone on to sell millions of copies. He wrote more than fifty books over the course of his life, including the popular My Darling, My Hamburger; The Pigman’s Legacy, a sequel to The Pigman; and the autobiographical The Pigman and Me.
Mr. Zindel’s other plays include Ladies at the Alamo, The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild, and And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little in which Actress Estelle Parson’s received a Tony nominated performance.
Fans can visit Paul Zindel on the Web at: http://www.paulzindel.com/