Eric Elfman

Eric Elfman is an American writer interested in science fiction, fantasy, UFOs and paranormal events. He is the author of 13 books for middle-grade and young adult readers, including the Accelerati Trilogy, which he co-wrote with Neal Shusterman. Among Elfman's other books are Almanac of Alien Encounters (Random House, 2001), Almanac of the Gross, Disgusting, and Totally Repulsive (Random House, 1994, an ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Readers), and Very Scary Almanac (Random House, 1993).

Elfman has been on the faculty of the Big Sur Children's Writers Workshop, sponsored by the Henry Miller Memorial Library and directed by Andrea Brown. He has also presented writing advice at the Ventana Sierra Advanced Writing Workshop in Carson City, Nevada, directed by author Ellen Hopkins.

As a private writing coach, Elfman has worked with the New York Times bestselling author Veronica Rossi (Under the Never Sky), the award-winning author Meg Medina (Yaqui Delgado), Barry Wolverton (Neversink) and Stacey Lee (Under a Painted Sky, 2015), and many other writers.

Bibliography
  • Series
    • Accelerati Trilogy (with Neal Shusterman)
      • Tesla's Attic (2014) ISBN 978-0606358958[1][2][3]
      • Edison's Alley (2015) ISBN 978-1423148067[4]
      • Hawking's Hallway (2016) ISBN 978-1423155218
  • Novels
    • Noah's Ark (1999) ISBN 978-0787119508
  • Collections
    • Three-minute Thrillers (1994) ISBN 978-1565651388
    • More Three-minute Thrillers (1995) ISBN 978-0679858058
    • Super Three-minute Thrillers (1996) ISBN 978-0760703953
  • Series contributed to
    • Our town: a novelization (X Files) (1997) ISBN 978-0064471756
  • Non fiction
    • The Very Scary Almanac (1993) ISBN 978-0679844013[5][6]
    • Almanac of the Gross, Disgusting & Totally Repulsive (1994) ISBN 978-0679858058[7][8][9]
    • Almanac of Alien Encounters (2001) ISBN 978-0679872887
    • Beyond Genius: The 12 Essential Traits of Today's Renaissance Men (with Scott Griffiths; 2012) ISBN 978-1481702942

References
  1. Vane, Sharyn (February 16, 2014). "Children's Books: Leading children's authors will be appearing in Austin". Austin American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. pp. E1, E4. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  2. Reutter, Vicki (March 1, 2014), "Shusterman, Neal & Eric Elfman. Tesla's Attic.(Children's review)(Brief article)(Book review)", School Library Journal, Library Journals, LLC: 148(1), ISSN 0362-8930
  3. Bloom, Sam (September 22, 2014), "Shusterman, Neal, and Eric Elfman: Tesla's Attic.(Children's review)(Brief article)(Book review)", The Horn Book Guide, The Horn Book, Inc, 25 (2): 90(1), ISSN 1044-405X
  4. Bloom, Sam (September 22, 2015), "Shusterman, Neal, and Eric Elfman: Edison's Alley.(Children's review)(Brief article)(Book review)", The Horn Book Guide, The Horn Book, Inc, 26 (2): 101(1), ISSN 1044-405X
  5. Hand, Luci (October 25, 1993). "Time is right for scary tales". Vidette-Messenger. Valparaiso, Indiana. p. 6. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  6. Bernheimer, Kathryn (August 31, 1993). "With these Halloween tales, it's fun to be frightened". The Times Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. p. 8E. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  7. "Kids' News: They're hiding under your bed ..." Chicago Tribune. October 4, 1994. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  8. Krull, Kathleen (October 9, 1994). "A Children's How-To: Read your mom's mind, nauseate your friends". The Los Angeles Times. p. 13. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  9. Garrett, Deborah (August 31, 1994). "A+ Booklist for Students". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. p. 16. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
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