Neal Shusterman

**Neal Shusterman** is the author of the Accelerati Trilogy, along with Eric Elfman.

## Personal life

Neal Shusterman was born on November 12, 1962. He was raised in Brooklyn, New York. From a young age, Shusterman was an avid reader. At age 16, Shusterman and his family moved to Mexico City He finished high school there at the American School Foundation. He attended the University of California, Irvine, where he double-majored in psychology and theater, and he was also on the varsity swim team.

After college, Shusterman worked as an assistant at Irvin Arthur Associates, a talent agency in Los Angeles, where Lloyd Segan became his agent. Within a year, Shusterman had his first book deal and a screenwriting job. He currently lives in Florida.

## Bibliography

### Fiction series

#### Shadow Club

* *The Shadow Club* (1988)
* *The Shadow Club Rising* (2002)

#### Star Shards Chronicles

* *Scorpion Shards* (1995)
* *Thief of Souls* (1999)
* *Shattered Sky* (2002)

#### Downsiders

* *Downsiders* (1999)
* *Downside Up* (2030)

#### Antsy Bonano

* *The Schwa Was Here* (2004)
* *Antsy Does Time* (2008)
* *Ship Out of Luck* (2013)

#### Dark Fusion

* *Dread Locks* (2005)
* *Red Rider's Hood* (2005)
* *Duckling Ugly* (2006)

#### Skinjacker

* *Everlost* (2006)
* *Everwild* (2009)
* *Everfound* (2011)

#### The Unwind Dystology

* *Unwind* (2007)
* *UnWholly* (2012)
* *UnStrung* (2012)
* *UnSouled* (2013)
* *UnDivided* (2014)
* *UnBound* (2015) (short story collection)

#### The Accelerati Trilogy (with Eric Elfman)

* *Tesla's Attic* (2014)
* *Edison's Alley* (2015)
* *Hawking's Hallway* (2017)

#### Arc of a Scythe

* *Scythe* (2016)
* *Thunderhead* (2018)
* *The Toll* (2019)

#### The X-Files universe

* The X-Files: Middle Grade
	+ 8) *Voltage* (1996) [writing as Easton Royce]
* The X-Files: Young Adult
	+ 3) *Bad Sign* (1997) [writing as Easton Royce]
	+ 10) *Dark Matter* (1999) [writing as Easton Royce]

### Novels

* *Dissidents* (1989)
* *Speeding Bullet* (1991)
* *Chasing Forgiveness* (originally published as *What Daddy Did*) (1991)
* *The Eyes of Kid Midas* (1992)
* *The Aliens Approach* (1996) [writing as Easton Royce]
* *Mutiny* (1996) [writing as Easton Royce]
* *The Dark Side of Nowhere* (1997)
* *Full Tilt* (2003)
* *Ralphy's Bald Faced Truth*  (2005)
* *Bruiser* (2010)
* *Challenger Deep* (2015)
* *Dry* (2018) co-authored with Jarrod Shusterman.
* *Game Changer* (2021)
* *Roxy* (2021) co-authored with Jarrod Shusterman.
* *Break to You* (upcoming) co-authored with Michelle Knowlden and Debra Young.
* *Scantron* (upcoming)

### Short story collections

* *Darkness Creeping: Tales to Trouble Your Sleep* (1993)
* *Darkness Creeping II: More Tales to Trouble Your Sleep* (1995)
* *Mindquakes: Stories to Shatter Your Brain* (1996)
* *Mindstorms: Stories to Blow Your Mind* (1996)
* *Mindtwisters: Stories To Shred Your Head* (1997)
* *Mindbenders: Stories to Warp Your Brain* (2000)
* *Darkness Creeping: Twenty Twisted Tales* (2007)

### Nonfiction

* *Guy Talk* (1987)
* *It's Ok to Say No to Cigarettes and Alcohol* (1988)
* *Neon Angel: The Cherie Currie Story* (1989) with Cherie Currie
* *Kid Heroes: True Stories of Rescuers, Survivors, and Achievers* (1991)

### Games

* How to Host a Murder: Roman Ruins (1997)
* How to Host a Murder: The Grapes of Frath (1997)
* How to Host a Teen Mystery: Hot Times at Hollywood High (1997)
* How to Host a Murder: The Good, the Bad, and the Guilty (1998)
* How to Host a Murder: Tragical Mystery Tour (1999)
* How to Host a Teen Mystery: Barbecue with the Vampire (1999)
* How to Host a Murder: Saturday Night Cleaver (2000)
* How to Host a Murder: Maiming of the Shrew (2001)
* How to Host a Teen Mystery: Roswell That Ends Well (2002)
* How to Host a Murder: An Affair to Dismember (2003)

## External links

* Neal Shusterman on Wikipedia.
* Neal Shusterman's official site
* Neal Shusterman (@NealShusterman) on Twitter.
* Neal Shusterman (@nealshusterman) on Instagram.
* Neal Shusterman on Facebook.
* Neal Shusterman on Tumblr.
* Neal Shusterman on Youtube.
* Neal Shusterman on Goodreads.
* Neal Shusterman on Pinterest.
* Neal Shusterman on Linkedin.
* Neal Shusterman on Flickr.
* Neal Shusterman on Myspace.