![]() ![]() Zindel’s books for young readers combine serious subjects like loneliness, abuse, and loss with eccentric humor. Most take place in his hometown of Staten Island and are partially autobiographical, featuring misunderstood teenagers who come from dysfunctional, neglectful, or abusive homes (Zindel’s father abandoned the family when Zindel was very young, and his mother struggled to support the family on her own). Following the success of his first play, Zindel went on to write 53 books, most of them for children or young adult readers. Zindel married psychotherapist and writer Bonnie Hildebrand in 1973, and the couple had two children together: Lizabeth Zindel, a novelist and David Zindel, a publisher. The play ran on Broadway in 1971 and would earn Zindel the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. ![]() ![]() He released his first play, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds in 1964, and it was met with much success. After quitting his job as a chemical writer, he worked as a high school science teacher for 10 years. ![]() Zindel studied chemistry at Wagner College and went on to work as a chemical writer after graduation. His father was a police officer, and his mother was a nurse. Paul Zindel was born in Staten Island, New York in 1936. ![]()
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