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Биография

Тод Штрассер, американский писатель и журналист, родился в Нью-Йорке в 1950 году, отучился в школе на острове Лонг-Айленд, поступил в Нью-Йоркский университет, затем бросил его и жил в коммуне, после уехал в Европу, где стал уличным музыкантом, писал стихи, песни, через несколько лет вернулся и начал изучать литературу в университете Белойт (Beloit college). После его окончания Тод работал рекламщиком и репортером в нью-йоркской газете, а в 1978 году издал свой первый роман «Angel Dust Blues» и основал собственную компанию.

Тод Штрассер (иногда писавший под псевдонимами Мортон Ру и Т. С. Ру) — автор более 120 произведений для детей и подростков, в том числе серии-бестселлера «Помогите! Я в ловушке» («Help! I’m trapped in») и таких по-лучивших многочисленные премии книг, как «Волна», «Дайте мальчику ружье» («Give boy a gun»), «Происшествие» («Accident»), «Если я вырасту» («If I grow up»). Его книги переведены на дюжину языков.

Тод часто выступает как автор статей для The New Yorker, Esquire и The New Times.

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Todd Strasser is an American author of more than 140 young-adult and middle grade novels and many short stories and works of non-fiction, some written under the pen names Morton Rhue and T.S. Rue.
After studying literature in college, Strasser earned his living working as a journalist, also operated his own fortune cookie company, producing cookies under the "Dr. Wing Tip Shoo" brand name. He is the father of two children, and an avid tennis player, skier, and surfer.
Strasser has written many award-winning novels for young adults and teens, picking controversial themes like Nazism, bullying at schools, homelessness, school shootings, and sexuality. His works include Give a Boy a Gun, Boot Camp, Asphalt Tribe and most recently, If I Grow Up. His most famous work is The Wave, a novelization of a teleplay by Johnny Dawkins for the movie The Wave, a fictionalized account of the "Third Wave" teaching experiment by Ron Jones that took place in a Cubberley High School history class in Palo Alto, California. This book has been translated into more than a dozen languages and is read in schools around the world.
Strasser is also the author of the Time Zone High trilogy, How I Changed My Life, How I Created My Perfect Prom Date, and How I Spent My Last Night on Earth. How I Created My Perfect Prom Date was adapted for the feature film Drive Me Crazy, starring Adrian Grenier and Melissa Joan Hart (a movie that Strasser was reportedly not pleased with).
Other novels for young adults include The Accident, which became the television movie Over the Limit, as well as Angel Dust Blues, Friends Till the End, and A Very Touchy Subject. The latter also became a television movie, entitled Can a Guy Say No? Another novel, Workin' For Peanuts, was adapted to a television movie with the same title.
He recently completed a trilogy of mystery thrillers for older YA readers: Wish You Were Dead, Blood on My Hands, and Kill You Last, which has been nominated for the 2012 Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America.
Strasser has also written a number of young adult series, including Impact Zone (about surfing), Drift X (about drift car competitions), and Here Comes Heavenly (about a punk nanny with magical powers).
His books for middle-graders include CON-fidence, The Diving Bell, and Abe Lincoln for Class President. His series for middle graders include the very popular 17-book Help! I'm Trapped... collection, as well as the Don't Get Caught, Against the Odds, and Camp Run-A-Muck books. He also wrote Is That a Dead Dog in Your Locker?, Is That a Sick Cat in Your Backpack?, Is That a Glow-In-The-Dark Bunny in Your Pillow Case?, Is That an Angry Penguin in Your Gym Bag?, and Is That an Unlucky Leprechaun In Your Lunch?
Strasser has also published articles and short stories in The New Yorker, Esquire, and The New York Times.
His Kids' Books series of E-books includes The Kids' Book of Gross Facts and Feats, (Vol 1 and 2), The Kids' Book of Weird Science, The Kids' Book of Stupendously Stupid Stunts, The Kids' Book of Really Dumb American Criminals, The Kids' Book of Amazing Sports Facts and Feats, The Kids' Book of Funny Animal Jokes, and other titles.
Библиография

The Wave / Волна
Blood on My Hands
Fallout