Ariel Schrag
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born
December 29, 1979
place of birth
Berkeley, The United States
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Comics & Graphic Novels, Biographies & Memoirs, Science
member since
September 2007
about this author
Ariel Schrag is the author of the autobiographical graphic novels Awkward, Definition, Potential, and Likewise, which chronicle her four years at Berkeley High School. The books are published by Touchstone/Simon & Schuster.
Potential, which was nominated for an Eisner Award, is currently being developed into a major motion picture by Killer Films (Boys Don't Cry, This American Life). Schrag wrote the screenplay adaptation and the movie will be directed by Rose Troche (Go Fish, The Safety of Objects).
Schrag was a writer for seasons three and four of the hit Showtime series, The L Word.
Schrag is the editor of and a contributor to Stuck in the Middle - 17 Comics from an Unpleasant Age, an anthology of comics ...more
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Potential by Ariel Schrag (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.99 — 279 ratings — published 2000 2 editions |
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Awkward and Definition by Ariel Schrag (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.66 — 138 ratings — published 1997 2 editions |
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Stuck in the Middle: 17 Comics from an Unpleasant Age by Ariel Schrag (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.47 — 220 ratings — published 2007 3 editions |
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Likewise: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag by Ariel Schrag (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.25 — 81 ratings — published 2008 |
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October 2009,
Ariel Schrag
" Quick Start SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? AS: I feel like this is a trick question SS: What is your motto or maxim? AS: Everything weird is good What Readers want to know... SS: How would you describe perfect happiness? AS: I..." ...More
" Quick Start SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? AS: I feel like this is a trick question SS: What is your motto or maxim? AS: Everything weird is good What Readers want to know... SS: How would you describe perfect happiness? AS: I..." ...More
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Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture (Paperback) by Ariel Levy bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx (Paperback) by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc |
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Prep: A Novel (Paperback) by Curtis Sittenfeld |
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Music for Torching
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It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken (Paperback) by Seth |
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date: July 24, 2009 11:30AM location: San Diego Convention Center, CA, The United States description: I will be at Comic Con July 24th and 25th. Signing, sketching, and speaking on a panel. | |||
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The Creamsickle (Paperback) by Rhiannon Argo (Goodreads author) |
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"I thought about how all that mattered, in all entirety, and all I wanted,
and all I could see anything being worth anything for, was being a writer."
— Ariel Schrag (Likewise: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag)
and all I could see anything being worth anything for, was being a writer."
— Ariel Schrag (Likewise: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag)
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What part of Potential are you gonna read at Book Soup? Same as at Rocketship? I have heard that a lot of the LA-based Booksters can be found hanging around that location. Being as I've become a little obsessed with the intersection of Bookface and real life, I want full reports on all Bookster-like characters you might come across, complete with illustrations, transcripts, and any highly personal information you might glean.
Also, the more I think about this book, the more I felt like I also read it, but this is just another one of these situations that makes me hope I never have to testify as a witness to a crime, because I obviously have a weak mind and am easily led.
Ariel, there's a group on here called "what the hell is the name of that book" or something along those lines. You should try there, if you haven't yet. I bet someone will know....
i could only find one of the books i was thinking of, but its called "behind the bedroom wall." it doesn't really match the description you gave though, haha.
ariel - as far as the attic book goes, there are two children's books about the holocaust that you could potentially be thinking about, so maybe the secret was that they were harboring jews and that was why your teacher didn't count "toys" as a correct answer. i can try to find the names of those two books if you think thats what it was.
