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Steve Brezenoff

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http://www.stevebrezenoff.com

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Young Adult, Children's Books

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February 2009

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The short version: Steve Brezenoff has written several chapter books for young readers, and The Absolute Value of -1 is his first novel for teens. His second young adult novel, Brooklyn, Burning, will be released in September of 2011. Though Steve grew up in a suburb on Long Island, he now lives with his wife, their son, and their terrier in St. Paul, Minnesota.

You can have a look at some of Steve’s work for younger readers, including the popular Field Trip Mysteries series, here.

The long version: I (please pardon the awkward shift into first person) was born in Queens, NY, in 1974 to a mother and father named Geri and Jerry. How weird is that?

We moved to the suburbs on Long Island* a few years later, to a town called Roslyn, where I grew u...more The short version: Steve Brezenoff has written several chapter books for young readers, and The Absolute Value of -1 is his first novel for teens. His second young adult novel, Brooklyn, Burning, will be released in September of 2011. Though Steve grew up in a suburb on Long Island, he now lives with his wife, their son, and their terrier in St. Paul, Minnesota.

You can have a look at some of Steve’s work for younger readers, including the popular Field Trip Mysteries series, here.

The long version: I (please pardon the awkward shift into first person) was born in Queens, NY, in 1974 to a mother and father named Geri and Jerry. How weird is that?

We moved to the suburbs on Long Island* a few years later, to a town called Roslyn, where I grew up only slightly and considered many possible careers, including the mundane (chef, artist, writer) and the very mundane (English teacher). It was in that house in Roslyn, in seventh grade (my brother was in tenth and handed me a little red book that had been our father’s), that I read The Catcher in the Rye, and thought, Heck, I could do this. No, I should do this! Then, I forgot all about that and moved to Binghamton**! Actually, there’s a university there, and that’s where I went. We used to call it SUNY Binghamton. Now they call it Binghamton University.They’ve also apparently built a whole mess of new buildings, and I wonder if the campus still looks like a brain and brain stem from the sky. Moving on.See? It totally looks a brain

After college, I had all kinds of jobs. There was music publicist, music journalist, bank customer service phone answerer, office manager, pizza deliverer, assistant editor, production editor, copy editor, and singer in a heavy metal band (for which I never got paid). I finally gave all that up and resigned myself to being a writer.

I’m kidding, obviously. It’s my life-long dream and has come true.

During those post-college years, I mostly lived in Brooklyn. Also in Queens and New Jersey and on a couch on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, but mostly in Brooklyn***. Brooklyn’s a big place. Now, though, I’ve left New York far behind and am living in St. Paul, Minnesota, with my wife, Beth, and our son, Sam, which I totally told you already in the short version. Come on, people. Let’s pay a little closer attention, shall we?

*Shockingly, this is the setting for The Absolute Value of -1

**A little less shocking now that you’re ready for this, but Binghamton is the setting for my work-in-progress

***You’re old hat with this now, but Brooklyn is the setting for my second young adult novel.
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Average rating: 3.73 · 487 ratings · 191 reviews · 46 distinct works

	Brooklyn, Burning 3.80 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Absolute Value of -1 3.55 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Painting That Wasn't There by Steve Brezenoff (Goodreads Author), C.B. Canga (Illustrator) 3.57 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	The Zoo With The Empty Cage by Steve Brezenoff (Goodreads Author), C.B. Canga (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	The Burglar Who Bit the Big Apple by Steve Brezenoff (Goodreads Author), C.B. Canga (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Mummy at Midnight by Steve Brezenoff (Goodreads Author), Tiffany Prothero (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	The Zombie Who Visited New Orleans by Steve Brezenoff (Goodreads Author), C.B. Canga (Illustrator) 3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	I Dare You! by Steve Brezenoff (Goodreads Author), Phillip Hilliker (Illustrator) 3.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	The Teacher Who Forgot Too Much by Steve Brezenoff (Goodreads Author), C.B. Canga (Illustrator) 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	The Thing in the Woods 3.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008	My rating:

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Field Trip Mysteries (11 books)
by Steve Brezenoff (Goodreads Author), Marcos Calo (Illustrator)

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Quotes by Steve Brezenoff

“I probably loved him as best as I knew how.”
― Steve Brezenoff, Brooklyn, Burning

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“Your song crept over me as I drifted, the room spinning ever so slightly, and I rolled onto my side and pulled up my knees, facing the back of the couch, and put my hands up together by my chin, like your music was a blanket I could gather around me.”
― Steve Brezenoff, Brooklyn, Burning

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“This song would have no end; it couldn't possibly. This song was forever.”
― Steve Brezenoff, Brooklyn, Burning

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