About the Author: John Passarella
I
am a married father of three, and reside in Logan Township,
New Jersey. Currently, I write full-time (that is, when I'm not working
on business, my website design and author promotion business, AuthorPromo.com).
While I enjoy writing in the genres of dark fantasy, supernatural thrillers,
horror, science fiction, fantasy and mystery, I have been concentrating
on horror and supernatural stories in recent years.
The co-authored Wither was my first published
novel. Columbia Pictures purchased the film rights
to Wither in a preemptive,
pre-publication bid. Wither won the Bram Stoker Award in 2000 for Superior Achievement
in a First Novel. I followed Wither with the media tie-ins Buffy
the Vampire Slayer: Ghoul Trouble and Angel: Avatar.
Next came my stand-alone sequel to Wither, Wither's Rain. In 2004, I had two novels published, Angel: Monolith and Wither's
Legacy.
My most recent novel, Kindred Spirit was a June 2006 release. My most recent novel is Shimmer, available from Amazon.com and the Passarella Author Store.
I am a regular member of The Authors Guild, an active member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA), the International Thriller Writers, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), and a member of the Garden State Horror Writers.
I graduated from Interboro High School (Prospect Park, PA) and Widener University (Chester, PA). That's the Buccaneers and the Pioneers, respectively.
From June 1996 through 2005, I wrote articles on Microsoft Word and other soft & hard areas of the computer world for WindoWatch, a free webzine.
A former Treasurer of the Horror Writers Association, and a current mentor, I am also the webmaster for the Garden State Horror Writers.
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Literary & Film Representation
LITERARY REPRESENTATION
Scott Miller
Trident Media Group
41 Madison Avenue, 36th Floor
New York, NY 10010
(212) 333-1502
FILM REPRESENTATION
Sarah Self
The Gersh Agency
41 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
(212) 997-1818
My Other Interests
- Web Page Design: (See AuthorPromo.com & RoboLime.com)
Since 1996 I've been coding my own web pages. Years ago, I was primarily responsible
for giving the Horror
Writers Association public web pages a
new look. (It has since been revised.) I'm also the webmaster for the Garden
State Horror Writers site, and Matthew's Miles (charity
walkathon - www.matthewsmiles.org)
I've started an author promotion business, which consists largely (but
not exclusively) of web page design/hosting/maintenance. Go to www.authorpromo.com for
more info. Recent clients are #1 NY TIMES BESTSELLER Nicholas
Sparks and NY TIMES BESTSELLER Harlan
Coben.
(Note: you don't need to be an author for me to design your website.) - WindoWatch: I am the former MS Word editor for WindoWatch and have continued to contribute articles on Word and other computer related topics for this free webzine since June 1996. WindoWatch shut down in 2006.
- Microsoft Word: I have created "Aspiring" shareware and freeware templates for Microsoft Word, including the popular, 5-Star template for screenwriting called ScreenPro.
- Graphic Arts: I also enjoy drawing in the real world in addition to tinkering with computer graphics programs.
- Comic Books: Yes, I collected them. Now I'm hoping to sell a few from the early 1980s period. Check out my comic books page to see what's available.
