- Adam Langer
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name = Adam Langer
birthdate = birth year and age|1967
birthplace =Chicago, Illinois ,United States
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occupation = Novelist, short story writer, playwright, journalist
nationality = American
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subject =Fiction
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notableworks =Crossing California
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website = http://www.adamlanger.comAdam Langer (born 1967) is an American
author best known for his novel "Crossing California ", which was published in 2004.Biography
Langer grew up in the
West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, where he attendedDaniel Boone Elementary School . He attendedEvanston Township High School from 1980-1984 and graduated fromVassar College in 1988. Returning to Chicago, he worked for a little over a decade as an editor, nonfiction author, playwright, theater director, and film producer. In 2000, he won a fellowship to Columbia University's National Arts Journalism Program and remained in New York as a senior editor of "Book Magazine " until it folded in 2003. He is now a full-time writer with a weekly column in "The Book Standard ".He is married to
Beate Sissenich , Assistant Professor of Political Science atIndiana University-Bloomington . Their daughter, Nora Langer Sissenich, was born on June 9, 2005.Works
Novels
* "
Crossing California " (2004)
* "The Washington Story " (2005)
* "Ellington Boulevard " (2008)As contributor
* "
The Best Women's Stage Monologues 2000 " (2000)
* "The Best Men's Stage Monologues 2000 " (2000)
* "The Encyclopedia of Exes " (2005)
* "Chicago Noir " (2005)
* "" (2006)Plays
* "
What I Need Is A Good Bonk On The Head " (1989)
* "Backstage Pass " (1990)
* "In The Shadow of A Smile " (1991)
* "Under The Gods " (1992)
* "The Blank Page " (1995)
* "Dark Matter " (1996)
* "Crime in The City " (1997)
* "" (1997)
* "Film Flam " (1997)
* "Three Glasses of Sherry " (1998)
* "The Critics " (1999)
* "Coaster " (2000)
* "What Remains Forgotten " (2001)
* "214 Minutes " (2002)
* "Suramo " (2002)Other
* "
The Madness of Art " (1996)External links
* [http://www.adamlanger.com/ Adam Langer's Home Page]
* [http://www.rusoffagency.com/authors/langer_a/adam_langer.htm/ Adam Langer Biography at Literary Agency]
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