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Adam Selzer (born July 13, 1980, in Des Moines, Iowa) is an author, primarily of young adult and middle grade novels. ==Biography== Selzer's first novel was ''How To Get Suspended and Influence People'', a 2007 Random House novel which was included on the Chicago Public Schools 2007 Summer Reading List.〔http://www.cps.k12.il.us/aboutcps/departments/libraries/pdf/2007_Summer_Reading_List.pdf〕 It was also nominated for a Cybils 2007 Young Adult Fiction award,〔(Cybils: 2007 Nominations Young Adult Fiction )〕 and, in 2009, made national news after attempts were made to have it removed from an Idaho library;〔http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/idaho_mom_protests_how_to_get.html〕〔http://www.idahopress.com/news/?id=27201〕 it was included in the American Library Association's Banned Books Week packet in 2010.〔http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/free_downloads/2010banned.pdf〕 In 2013, his 2011 novel ''Sparks'' (published under the name "SJ Adams") was named a Stonewall Honor book,〔http://www.ala.org/news/pr?id=12298〕 as well as being placed on the ALA's "Rainbow List." 〔http://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/archives/1025〕 His ''Smart Aleck's Guide to American History'' (Random House 2009) was nominated for a YALSA award for nonfiction by the American Library Association in 2011,〔http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/nonfiction/2011noms〕 and his novel for younger readers, '' I Put a Spell On You: From the Files of Chrissie Woodward, Spelling Bee Detective'' (which was based on Watergate) was nominated for a Great Lakes Book Award 〔http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/books/great-lakes-book-awards/〕 and short-listed for an Edgar award nomination. It became a notable choice for classroom reading.〔()〕 A 2009 short film he co-wrote, At Last, Okemah!', won awards at several festivals 〔http://www.atlastokemah.com〕 In 2009, Adam's editor at Random House asked him to write a book based on "I Thought She Was a Goth," a song he had written a decade earlier. The resulting book, ''I Kissed a Zombie and I Liked It'' was released in January 2010.〔http://www.adamselzer.com〕 to acclaim from trade reviewers, who described it as "smart," "original," "hilarious," and "a scathing parody (of the paranormal romance genre)."〔http://www.ikissedazombie.com〕 Film rights were optioned by Disney Channel Original Movies 〔http://literaticat.blogspot.com/2010/05/more-zombiriffic-news-yay.html〕 A follow-up (to both that book and I Put a Spell On You) entitled ''Extraordinary *'' was released by Delacorte in 2011,〔http://www.randomhouse.com/highschool/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385736497〕 the same day as he published ''Sparks'' with Flux under the name SJ Adams.〔http://www.fluxnow.com/product.php?ean=9780738726762〕 His first nonfiction book for Random House was The Smart Aleck's Guide to American History,〔http://www.smartalecksguide.com〕 and was selected as a Junior Library Guild selection. Critics frequently compared the humor to that of The Daily Show and Mark Twain.〔http://www.smartalecksguide.com〕〔http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-03-21/story/wacky-us-history-book-will-make-trivia-lovers-chuckle〕 Most of his books (and many of his songs) take place in Cornersville Trace, a fictional suburb of Des Moines.〔http://sjadamsbooks.blogspot.com/p/cornersville-trace.html〕 In addition to his book work, Adam works as a historian, tour guide and ghost investigator in Chicago. In 2009, his first adult nonfiction title with a major publisher, ''Your Neighborhood Gives Me the Creeps'', told stories of his life and work as a ghost tour guide and as a skeptic in the ghost-hunting field. He stepped down from his position with Weird Chicago Tours after the Halloween season in 2009.〔http://neighborhoodcreeps.blogspot.com/p/tours.html〕 In 2011, he returned to tour guide work for the Chicago Hauntings tour company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adam Selzer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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