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'''Paul Zindel''' ([[May 15]], [[1936]]–[[March 27]], [[2003]]) was an [[United States|American]] author and playwright.He had a pet lizard named Albert. Throughout his teen years he wrote plays, though he trained as a chemist at [[Wagner College]] and spent six months working at Allied Chemical after graduating. He later quit and worked as a high school science teacher. In [[1965]], he wrote ''[[The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds]]'', his first play that went into production. The play ran [[off-Broadway]] in 1970, and on [[Broadway]] in 1971. It won the 1971 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for drama. It was also made into a 1972 movie by [[20th Century Fox]].
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| birth_place = [[New York City]], New York, U.S.
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'''Paul Zindel Jr.''' (May 15, 1936 – March 27, 2003) was an American playwright, young adult novelist, and educator.
Zindel also wrote numerous novels, all of them aimed at children or young adults, and many of them set in his home town of [[Staten Island, New York]]. They tended to be semi-autobiographical, focusing on teenage misfits with abusive or neglectful parents. Paul himself grew up in a single-parent household, his mother working as a nurse. They moved frequently, and his mother often engaged in "get-rich-quick" schemes which didn't pan out. His father walked out on them. Despite the often dark subject matter of his books, which deal with loneliness, loss, and the effects of abuse, they are also filled with humor. Many of his novels have wacky titles, such as ''[[My Darling, My Hamburger]]'', or ''[[Confessions of A Teenage Baboon]]''. His most popular work is probably ''[[The Pigman]]'', first published in 1968. The novel is widely taught in American schools, and also made it on to the list of most frequently banned books in America in the 1990s, because of what some deem offensive language [http://solonor.com/bannedbooks/archives/001764.html].


==Early life==
On March 27, 2003, he died of [[cancer]].
{{unreferenced section|date=June 2018}}
Zindel was born in [[Tottenville, Staten Island]], New York, to Paul Zindel Sr., a policeman, and Betty Zindel, a nurse; his sister, Betty (Zindel) Hagen, was a year and a half older than him. Paul Zindel Sr. ran away with his mistress when Zindel was two, leaving the trio to move around Staten Island, living in various houses and apartments.

Zindel wrote his first play in high school. Throughout his teen years, he wrote plays, though he trained as a chemist at [[Wagner College]] and spent six months working at [[Allied Corp.|Allied Chemical]] as a chemical writer after graduating. Zindel took a creative-writing course with the playwright [[Edward Albee]] while he was an undergraduate. Albee became his mentor and was an advocate for Zindel. He later quit and worked as a high-school Chemistry and Physics teacher at [[Tottenville High School]] on Staten Island for ten years. Zindel seemed to gravitate toward behavior that allowed him to observe the reactions of others in strange situations: Olen Soifer, visiting with his father Dave, who was the long-time lab technician at the high school, remembers seeing Zindel wearing black shoes with the front of one cut off, such that his white-socked toes could not be missed sticking out of the shoe.

==Career==
In 1964, he wrote ''[[The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds]]'', his first and most successful play. The play ran off-Broadway in 1970, and on Broadway in 1971, and he received the 1971 [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] for the work. However, this play also received criticism for being too elliptical or too difficult to understand. Still, it was also made into a [[The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (film)|1972 movie]] by 20th Century Fox, directed by [[Paul Newman]] and starring his wife [[Joanne Woodward]]. Soon thereafter, [[Charlotte Zolotow]], a vice-president at Harper & Row, contacted him about writing for her publishing house.

Zindel wrote a total of 53 books, all but one of them aimed at children or [[Young-adult literature|teens]]. Many were set in his home town of Staten Island. They tended to be semi-autobiographical, focusing on teenage misfits with abusive or neglectful parents. Zindel himself grew up in a single-parent household; his mother worked at various occupations: hat-check girl, shipyard worker, dog breeder, hot-dog vendor, and finally, licensed practical nurse, often boarding terminally ill patients at their home.<ref>Pamphlet for {{cite video |people= Lyons, Christine |date= 1979 |title= Paul Zindel: Marigolds & Hamburgers, Eyeballs & Baboons |medium= [[filmstrip]] |publisher= The Perfection Form Company |location= Logan, Iowa }}</ref> They moved frequently, and his mother often engaged in "get-rich-quick" schemes that did not succeed. His father abandoned them early in his life.<ref>{{cite journal| author=Zindel, Paul | title=Journey To Meet the Pigman | journal=The ALAN Review | volume=22 | date=Fall 1994 |doi=10.21061/alan.v22i1.a.1 }}</ref> This upbringing was most closely depicted in ''[[Confessions of a Teenage Baboon]]''.

Despite the often dark subject matter of his books, which deal with loneliness, loss, and the effects of abuse, they are also filled with humor. Many of his novels have zany titles, such as ''[[My Darling, My Hamburger]]'', ''[[Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeball!]]'' or ''Confessions of a Teenage Baboon''. ''[[My Darling, My Hamburger]]'' specifically deals with teen sexuality, abuse within the home, teen pregnancy, and abortion.

''[[The Pigman]]'', first published in 1968, deals with love and finding friends in odd places. It is widely taught in American schools and made it onto the list of most frequently banned books in America in the 1990s; for example, [[Plano, Texas]] parents complained of offensive language and sexual themes.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Pigman | url=http://solonor.com/bannedbooks/archives/001764.html | work=Banned Books Project |publisher=Solonor's Inkwell (solonor.com) | date=September 21, 2003 | access-date=December 19, 2008}} Database entry evidently for a complaint by Plano Parents Rights Council (no date).</ref> Zindel stated that "I ignore critics usually. I believe the perfect story is a dream."

Zindel received the annual [[Margaret A. Edwards Award]] from the [[American Library Association]] in 2002, recognizing his cumulative "significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature". The jury cited five works said to be published 1968 to 1993<!--see TALK-->: ''The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds''; ''My Darling, My Hamburger''; and the Pigman trilogy.<ref name=edwards /> The citation called ''The Pigman'' "one of the first authentic young adult novels" and the panel chair observed that "Paul Zindel knows and understands the reality young adults deal with day-to-day&nbsp;... He has the ability to depict young adults in an honest and realistic way. The characters he developed nearly 40 years ago still speak to today's teens."<ref name=edwards/>

Beginning with ''Loch'' in 1994, Zindel wrote numerous [[speculative fiction]] novels for children or young adults, mainly in the horror genre.

Zindel also worked in Hollywood, writing the screenplays for, among other titles, [[Up the Sandbox]], ''[[Mame (film)|Mame]]'' and [[Runaway Train (film)|Runaway Train]]''.''

==Personal life and death==
Zindel was married to [[Bonnie Zindel|Bonnie Hildebrand]] from 1973, divorcing her in 1998. They had two children; novelist [[Lizabeth Zindel]], and son David, a publisher.

A resident of [[Montague Township, New Jersey]],<ref>Gavin, John A. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115891624/michelle-lewis-of-river-vale/ "Workshops on words give clue to future"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 3, 2000. Accessed January 6, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Paul Zindel, a Pulitzer Prize winner whose novels were required reading for students, gave guidance on how to develop the plot of a mystery.... Zindel, who lives in Montague in Sussex County and teaches part time at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, told students some of the secrets of good writing and recommended books that could sharpen their skills."</ref> Zindel died in New York City from lung cancer in 2003, at the Jacob Perlow Hospice in [[Beth Israel Medical Center]] in Manhattan. He is buried in [[Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island]].

==Works==


==List of Works==
===Plays===
===Plays===
*The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds. 1965.
*''[[The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds]]'', 1964
*''[[The Ladies Should Be in Bed]]''
*And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little. 1967.
*''[[And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little]]'', 1967
*The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild. 1972.
*''[[Let Me Hear You Whisper (play)|Let Me Hear You Whisper]]'', 1969
*Every 17 Minutes the Crowd Goes Crazy.
*''[[The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild]]'', 1972
*Ladies At The Alamo, 1977
*''[[Every 17 Minutes the Crowd Goes Crazy]]''
*Amulets Against the Dragon Forces. 1998.
*''[[Ladies at the Alamo]]'', 1977
The Canucks RULE!
*''[[Amulets Against the Dragon Forces]]'', 1989<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=1744 ''Amulets Against the Dragon Forces''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120104006/http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=1744 |date=November 20, 2015 }} lortel.org, accessed November 20, 2015</ref>


===Novels===
===Novels===
*[[The Pigman]]. New York: Harper, 1968.
*My Darling, My Hamburger. New York: Harper, 1969.
*I Never Loved Your Mind. New York: Harper, 1970.
*I Love My Mother. (juvenile) New York: Harper, 1975.
*Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeball! New York: Harper, 1976.
*Confessions of a Teenage Baboon. New York: Harper, 1977.
*The Undertaker's Gone Bananas. New York: Harper, 1978.
*(With wife, Bonnie Zindel) A Star for the Latecomer. New York: Harper, 1980.
*The Pigman's Legacy. New York: Harper, 1980.
*The Girl Who Wanted a Boy. New York: Harper, 1981.
*(With [[Crescent Dragonwagon]]) To Take a Dare. New York: Harper, 1982.
*Harry and Hortense at Hormone High. New York: Harper, 1985.
*The Amazing and Death-Defying Diary of Eugene Dingman. New York: Harper, 1987.
*A Begonia for Miss Applebaum. New York: Harper, 1989.
*The Pigman and Me. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.
*Attack of the Killer Fishsticks. (juvenile) New York: Bantam, 1993.
*Fifth Grade Safari. New York: Bantam, 1993.
*Fright Party. (juvenile) New York: Bantam, 1993.
*David & Della. (juvenile) New York: HarperCollins, 1993.
*One Hundred Percent Laugh Riot. (juvenile) New York: Bantam, 1994.
*Loch. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.
*The Doom Stone. New York: HarperCollins, 1995.
*Raptor. New York: Hyperion, 1998.
*Reef of Death. New York: HarperCollins, 1998.
*Rats. New York: Hyperion, 1999.
*The Gadget. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.
*Night of the Bat. New York: Hyperion, 2001.
*The Scream Museum. New York: Hyperion, 2001.
*The Surfing Corpse. New York: Hyperion, 2001.
*The E-Mail Murders. New York: Hyperion, 2001.
*The Lethal Gorilla. New York: Hyperion, 2001.
*The Square Root of Murder. 2002.
*Death on the Amazon. 2002.
*The Gourmet Zombie. 2002.
*The Phantom of 86th Street. 2002.
*The Houdini Whodunit. 2002.
*Death by CD. 2003.
*The Petrified Parrot. 2003.
*Camp Megadeath. 2003.
*Hello Eddy. 2003.
*Goodbye Eddy. 2003.


====The Zone Unknown====
[[Category:1936 births|Zindel, Paul]]
*''Loch'', New York: HarperCollins, 1994.
[[Category:2003 deaths|Zindel, Paul]]
*''The Doom Stone'', New York: HarperCollins, 1995.
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*''Raptor'', New York: Hyperion, 1998.
[[Category:American writers|Zindel, Paul]]
*''Rats'', New York: Hyperion, 1999.
[[Category:Pulitzer Prize winners|Zindel, Paul]]
*''[[Reef of Death]]'', New York: HarperCollins, 1998.
[[Category:American dramatists and playwrights|Zindel, Paul]]
*''Night of the Bat'', New York: Hyperion, 2001.
*''[[The Gadget (novel)|The Gadget]]'', New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

====P.C. Hawke Mysteries====
*''The Scream Museum'', New York: Hyperion, 2001.
*''The Surfing Corpse'', New York: Hyperion, 2001.
*''The E-Mail Murders'', New York: Hyperion, 2001.
*''The Lethal Gorilla'', New York: Hyperion, 2001.
*''The Square Root of Murder'', 2002.
*''Death on the Amazon'', 2002.
*''The Gourmet Zombie'', 2002.
*''The Phantom of 86th Street'', 2002.
*''Harry and Hortense at Hormone High'', New York: Harper, 1985.

====The Wacky Facts Lunch Bunch====
*''Attack of the Killer Fishsticks'', New York: Bantam, 1993.
*''Fifth Grade Safari'', New York: Bantam, 1992.
*''Fright Party'', New York: Bantam, 1993.
*''One Hundred Percent Laugh Riot'', New York: Bantam, 1994.

====The Pigman Trilogy====
*''[[The Pigman]]'', New York: Harper, 1968. ‡
*''[[The Pigman's Legacy]]'', New York: Harper, 1981. ‡
*''[[The Pigman & Me]]'', New York: HarperCollins, 1992. ‡

====Other novels====
*''[[My Darling, My Hamburger]]'', New York: Harper, 1969. ‡
*''[[I Never Loved Your Mind]]'', New York: Harper, 1970.
*''I Love My Mother'', New York: Harper, 1975.
*''[[Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeball!]]'', New York: Harper, 1976.
*''[[Confessions of a Teenage Baboon]]'', New York: Harper, 1977.
*''The Undertaker's Gone Bananas'', New York: Harper, 1978.
*''A Star for the Latecomer'' (with [[Bonnie Zindel]]), New York: Harper, 1980.
*''The Girl Who Wanted a Boy'', New York: Harper, 1981.
*''To Take a Dare'' (with [[Crescent Dragonwagon]]), New York: Harper, 1982.
*''When a Darkness Falls'' Bantam Books, 1984.
*''The Amazing and Death-Defying Diary of Eugene Dingman'', New York: Harper, 1987.
*''A Begonia for Miss Applebaum'', New York: Harper, 1989.
*''David & Della'', New York: HarperCollins, 1993.
*''Club de collecionistas de noticias''
*''The Houdini '''Whodunit''''', 2002.
*''Death by CD'', 2003.
*''The Petrified Parrot'', 2003.
*''Camp Megadeath'', 2003.

(‡) The [[YALSA|Young Adult Library Services Association]] cited five books when Zindel won the 2002 Edwards Award.<ref name=edwards/>

===Short stories===
*''Love & Centipedes'', 1999. Also included in [[Places I Never Meant to Be]] by [[Judy Blume]].
*''Rachel's Vampire'', 2001. Also included in Lost and Found by [[Joan Abelove]]

===Screenplays===
*''[[Let Me Hear You Whisper (NET Playhouse)|Let Me Hear You Whisper]]'' - 1969 television movie based on his play
*''[[Up the Sandbox]]'' - 1972 movie with [[Barbra Streisand]] and [[David Selby]]
*''[[Mame (film)|Mame]]'' - 1974 musical film starring [[Lucille Ball]], based on the stage musical of the same name.
*''[[Maria's Lovers]]'' - 1984 film, with [[Nastassja Kinski]], [[John Savage (actor)|John Savage]] and [[Robert Mitchum]]
*''[[Runaway Train (film)|Runaway Train]]'' - 1985 film starring [[Jon Voight]], [[Eric Roberts]], and [[Rebecca De Mornay]]; nominated for three Academy Awards
*''[[Alice in Wonderland (1985 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' - 1985 television movie, with an all-star cast
*''[[Babes in Toyland (1986 film)|Babes in Toyland]]'' - 1986 television adaptation of the film, starring [[Keanu Reeves]] and [[Drew Barrymore]]
*''[[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]'' - 1989 television adaptation of the novel by [[Mark Twain]].

==See also==
{{Portal bar |Children's literature |Speculative fiction/Horror|Theater }} <!-- delete the word "bar" if there are enough ordinary See also -->

==References==
{{reflist |25em |refs=
<ref name=edwards>
[http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/margaretaedwards/maeprevious/2002awardwinner "2002 Margaret A. Edwards Award Winner"]. [[Young Adult Library Services Association]] (YALSA). American Library Association (ALA).<br>
&nbsp; [http://www.ala.org/yalsa/edwards-award "Edwards Award"]. YALSA. ALA. Retrieved 2013-10-10.</ref>
}}

==External links==
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*{{official website |www.paulzindel.com }}
*{{IBDB name}}
*{{IMDb name|956928}}
*{{isfdb name|3452}}
*[http://lccn.loc.gov/n79126349 Paul Zindel] at [[Library of Congress]] Authorities — with 64 catalog records

{{PulitzerPrize DramaAuthors 1951-1975}}
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Paul Zindel
Born(1936-05-15)May 15, 1936
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedMarch 27, 2003(2003-03-27) (aged 66)
New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationWriter
GenreDrama, novels, screenplays
Notable worksThe Pigman, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for Drama
1971
Margaret Edwards Award
2002
Spouse
Bonnie Hildebrand
​
​
(m. 1973; div. 1998)​

Paul Zindel Jr. (May 15, 1936 – March 27, 2003) was an American playwright, young adult novelist, and educator.

Early life

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Zindel was born in Tottenville, Staten Island, New York, to Paul Zindel Sr., a policeman, and Betty Zindel, a nurse; his sister, Betty (Zindel) Hagen, was a year and a half older than him. Paul Zindel Sr. ran away with his mistress when Zindel was two, leaving the trio to move around Staten Island, living in various houses and apartments.

Zindel wrote his first play in high school. Throughout his teen years, he wrote plays, though he trained as a chemist at Wagner College and spent six months working at Allied Chemical as a chemical writer after graduating. Zindel took a creative-writing course with the playwright Edward Albee while he was an undergraduate. Albee became his mentor and was an advocate for Zindel. He later quit and worked as a high-school Chemistry and Physics teacher at Tottenville High School on Staten Island for ten years. Zindel seemed to gravitate toward behavior that allowed him to observe the reactions of others in strange situations: Olen Soifer, visiting with his father Dave, who was the long-time lab technician at the high school, remembers seeing Zindel wearing black shoes with the front of one cut off, such that his white-socked toes could not be missed sticking out of the shoe.

Career

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In 1964, he wrote The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, his first and most successful play. The play ran off-Broadway in 1970, and on Broadway in 1971, and he received the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work. However, this play also received criticism for being too elliptical or too difficult to understand. Still, it was also made into a 1972 movie by 20th Century Fox, directed by Paul Newman and starring his wife Joanne Woodward. Soon thereafter, Charlotte Zolotow, a vice-president at Harper & Row, contacted him about writing for her publishing house.

Zindel wrote a total of 53 books, all but one of them aimed at children or teens. Many were set in his home town of Staten Island. They tended to be semi-autobiographical, focusing on teenage misfits with abusive or neglectful parents. Zindel himself grew up in a single-parent household; his mother worked at various occupations: hat-check girl, shipyard worker, dog breeder, hot-dog vendor, and finally, licensed practical nurse, often boarding terminally ill patients at their home.[1] They moved frequently, and his mother often engaged in "get-rich-quick" schemes that did not succeed. His father abandoned them early in his life.[2] This upbringing was most closely depicted in Confessions of a Teenage Baboon.

Despite the often dark subject matter of his books, which deal with loneliness, loss, and the effects of abuse, they are also filled with humor. Many of his novels have zany titles, such as My Darling, My Hamburger, Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeball! or Confessions of a Teenage Baboon. My Darling, My Hamburger specifically deals with teen sexuality, abuse within the home, teen pregnancy, and abortion.

The Pigman, first published in 1968, deals with love and finding friends in odd places. It is widely taught in American schools and made it onto the list of most frequently banned books in America in the 1990s; for example, Plano, Texas parents complained of offensive language and sexual themes.[3] Zindel stated that "I ignore critics usually. I believe the perfect story is a dream."

Zindel received the annual Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2002, recognizing his cumulative "significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature". The jury cited five works said to be published 1968 to 1993: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds; My Darling, My Hamburger; and the Pigman trilogy.[4] The citation called The Pigman "one of the first authentic young adult novels" and the panel chair observed that "Paul Zindel knows and understands the reality young adults deal with day-to-day ... He has the ability to depict young adults in an honest and realistic way. The characters he developed nearly 40 years ago still speak to today's teens."[4]

Beginning with Loch in 1994, Zindel wrote numerous speculative fiction novels for children or young adults, mainly in the horror genre.

Zindel also worked in Hollywood, writing the screenplays for, among other titles, Up the Sandbox, Mame and Runaway Train.

Personal life and death

[edit]

Zindel was married to Bonnie Hildebrand from 1973, divorcing her in 1998. They had two children; novelist Lizabeth Zindel, and son David, a publisher.

A resident of Montague Township, New Jersey,[5] Zindel died in New York City from lung cancer in 2003, at the Jacob Perlow Hospice in Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan. He is buried in Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island.

Works

[edit]

Plays

[edit]

Novels

[edit]

The Zone Unknown

[edit]
  • Loch, New York: HarperCollins, 1994.
  • The Doom Stone, New York: HarperCollins, 1995.
  • Raptor, New York: Hyperion, 1998.
  • Rats, New York: Hyperion, 1999.
  • Reef of Death, New York: HarperCollins, 1998.
  • Night of the Bat, New York: Hyperion, 2001.
  • The Gadget, New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

P.C. Hawke Mysteries

[edit]
  • The Scream Museum, New York: Hyperion, 2001.
  • The Surfing Corpse, New York: Hyperion, 2001.
  • The E-Mail Murders, New York: Hyperion, 2001.
  • The Lethal Gorilla, New York: Hyperion, 2001.
  • The Square Root of Murder, 2002.
  • Death on the Amazon, 2002.
  • The Gourmet Zombie, 2002.
  • The Phantom of 86th Street, 2002.
  • Harry and Hortense at Hormone High, New York: Harper, 1985.

The Wacky Facts Lunch Bunch

[edit]
  • Attack of the Killer Fishsticks, New York: Bantam, 1993.
  • Fifth Grade Safari, New York: Bantam, 1992.
  • Fright Party, New York: Bantam, 1993.
  • One Hundred Percent Laugh Riot, New York: Bantam, 1994.

The Pigman Trilogy

[edit]

Other novels

[edit]
  • My Darling, My Hamburger, New York: Harper, 1969. ‡
  • I Never Loved Your Mind, New York: Harper, 1970.
  • I Love My Mother, New York: Harper, 1975.
  • Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeball!, New York: Harper, 1976.
  • Confessions of a Teenage Baboon, New York: Harper, 1977.
  • The Undertaker's Gone Bananas, New York: Harper, 1978.
  • A Star for the Latecomer (with Bonnie Zindel), New York: Harper, 1980.
  • The Girl Who Wanted a Boy, New York: Harper, 1981.
  • To Take a Dare (with Crescent Dragonwagon), New York: Harper, 1982.
  • When a Darkness Falls Bantam Books, 1984.
  • The Amazing and Death-Defying Diary of Eugene Dingman, New York: Harper, 1987.
  • A Begonia for Miss Applebaum, New York: Harper, 1989.
  • David & Della, New York: HarperCollins, 1993.
  • Club de collecionistas de noticias
  • The Houdini Whodunit, 2002.
  • Death by CD, 2003.
  • The Petrified Parrot, 2003.
  • Camp Megadeath, 2003.

(‡) The Young Adult Library Services Association cited five books when Zindel won the 2002 Edwards Award.[4]

Short stories

[edit]

Screenplays

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ Pamphlet for Lyons, Christine (1979). Paul Zindel: Marigolds & Hamburgers, Eyeballs & Baboons (filmstrip). Logan, Iowa: The Perfection Form Company.
  2. ^ Zindel, Paul (Fall 1994). "Journey To Meet the Pigman". The ALAN Review. 22. doi:10.21061/alan.v22i1.a.1.
  3. ^ "The Pigman". Banned Books Project. Solonor's Inkwell (solonor.com). September 21, 2003. Retrieved December 19, 2008. Database entry evidently for a complaint by Plano Parents Rights Council (no date).
  4. ^ a b c "2002 Margaret A. Edwards Award Winner". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). American Library Association (ALA).
      "Edwards Award". YALSA. ALA. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
  5. ^ Gavin, John A. "Workshops on words give clue to future", The Record, March 3, 2000. Accessed January 6, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Paul Zindel, a Pulitzer Prize winner whose novels were required reading for students, gave guidance on how to develop the plot of a mystery.... Zindel, who lives in Montague in Sussex County and teaches part time at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, told students some of the secrets of good writing and recommended books that could sharpen their skills."
  6. ^ Amulets Against the Dragon Forces Archived November 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine lortel.org, accessed November 20, 2015
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