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Andee Stein

SCOTT STEIN is associate director of the Certificate Program in Writing and Publishing in the Department of English and Philosophy at Drexel University in Philadelphia, where he teaches writing fiction, writing humor and comedy, creative writing, and freshman writing. The book Drexel University Off the Record (the unauthorized guide for prospective students) lists Scott Stein’s Humor & Comedy Writing class as one of the “Ten Best Things About Drexel.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer said his first novel, Lost, was “wonderfully comic” and “a page-turner,” and BookSense.com selected it as a daily pick, saying it was “hilarious and winning.” Scott is the founding editor of the online magazine When Falls the Coliseum: a journal of American culture (or lack thereof), which New York magazine called “hip, sardonic ... quirky.” His short fiction has been published in the G.W. Review, Art Times, Drexel Online Journal, and Liberty magazine.

Scott received his MFA in fiction writing and BA in English (university honors and departmental honors in creative writing) from the University of Miami, and his MA in liberal studies from New York University.

Scott grew up in Bayside, Queens, has lived on Manhattan’s Upper and Lower East Sides, and now lives near Philadelphia with his wife and son. More background information is available on the Scott Stein, where he blogs.

Mean Martin Manning is his second novel.