Zack Files 20: How I Went from Bad to Verse
Dan Greenburghas known success as a humorist, a novelist, a journalist, a screenwriter, and a playwright.  Now he has turned his considerable talent to writing an original new series of books for a younger audience.  Inspired by his own son Zack, for whom the hero of his new series,The Zack Files, is named, Greenburg has combined his love of humor, his interest in things paranormal, and his talent for writing to create books that kids like Zack will want to read.    With 18 books to his credit, Dan Greenburg's work has been translated into 19 languages and is available in 22 countries.  His best-selling titles for adults includeHow to Be a Jewish Mother, How to Make Yourself Miserable, Scoring, Love Kills, How to Avoid Love and MarriageandExes.His previous books for children includeYoung Santa, The Bed Who Ran Away From Home, Jumbo the BoyandArnold the Elephant.His articles have appeared in theNew Yorker,Esquire,Ms.,Time,Newsweek,Life,NewYork magazine,Cosmopolitan, theNew York Times Book Review,Vanity Fair,Playboy, and have been reprinted in 33 anthologies of humor and satire in the United States and England.    Born and raised in Chicago, Dan Greenburg received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Illinois, and his M.A. from UCLA.  He is the father of Zack, a teenage son, who played the title role in the motion picture, LORENZO'S OIL, and served as the inspiration forThe Zack Files.  Mr. Greenburg lives in Westchester County, New York.