Neal Shusterman

{{Infobox writer

| name = Neal Shusterman

| image = Neal shusterman 2013.jpg

| caption = Shusterman at the 2013 Texas Book Festival

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|11|12}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| nationality = American

| occupation = Novelist

| awards = National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2015)

Margaret A. Edwards Award (2024)

| period = 1988–present

| genre = Young adult fiction, dystopian fiction, science fiction

| subject =

| notableworks = {{unbulleted list|Challenger Deep (2015)|Scythe (2016)|Thunderhead (2018) }}

| website = {{URL|storyman.com}}{{deadlink|date=December 2024}}

| language = English

| alma_mater = University of California, Irvine

| children = 4

}}

Neal Shusterman (born November 12, 1962) is an American writer of young adult fiction. He won the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature for his book Challenger Deep and his novel, Scythe, was a 2017 Michael L. Printz Honor book.{{Cite web |title=National Book Awards 2015 |url=https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2015/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=National Book Foundation |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Printz Award 2017 {{!}} Young Adult Library Services Association |url=https://www.ala.org/yalsa/printz-award-2017 |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=www.ala.org |language=en}}

He won the Margaret Edwards Award in 2024 "honoring his significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens."{{Cite web |title=Neal Shusterman wins 2024 Edwards Award for 'The Arc of the Scythe: Scythe, Thunderhead and The Toll,' 'Bruiser,' 'Challenger Deep,' 'Everlost,' 'Full Tilt,' 'The Schwa Was Here' and 'Unwind' {{!}} ALA |url=https://www.ala.org/news/2011/11/neal-shusterman-wins-2024-edwards-award-arc-scythe-scythe-thunderhead-and-toll-bruiser |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=www.ala.org |language=en}}

Early life

Shusterman was born on November 12, 1962, and raised in Brooklyn, New York City. His family is Jewish.{{Cite web |last=Jensen |first=Kelly |date=2020-05-26 |title=Neal Shusterman's Inclusive YA and Talking to the Author About Representation |url=https://bookriot.com/neal-shusterman-interview/ |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=BOOK RIOT |language=en-US}}

From a young age, Shusterman was an avid reader. At the age of 16, Shusterman and his family moved to Mexico City.{{cite book |url= http://www.bookrags.com/biography/neal-shusterman-aya/ |title= Neal Shusterman Biography |access-date= May 8, 2009 |last= Gale |first= Thomas |series= BookRags }} He finished high school there at the American School Foundation and is quoted as saying that "Having an international experience changed my life, giving me a fresh perspective on the world, and a sense of confidence I might not have otherwise."{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.storyman.com/about/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=Neal Shusterman |language=en-US}}{{dl|date=December 2024}} He attended the University of California, Irvine, where he double-majored in psychology and theater, and was also on the varsity swim team.{{cite web |last=Yolsirivat |first=Nattanont |title=The Wonderful Neal Shusterman |website=PantherNation |date=2018-04-10 |url=https://isbpanthernation.com/7595/news/the-wonderful-neal-sushterman/ |access-date=2022-10-10}}{{cite web |title=Exploring the abyss |website=UCI News |date=2016-03-10 |url=https://news.uci.edu/2016/03/10/exploring-the-abyss/ |access-date=2022-10-10}}{{cite web |title=Scythe :: Kling Memorial Library |website=Kling Memorial Library |url=https://www.grundycenter.lib.ia.us/book-club-kits/scythe |access-date=2022-10-10}}

Career

After college, Shusterman worked as an assistant at the Irvin Arthur Associates, a talent agency in Los Angeles, where Lloyd Segan became his agent. Within a year, Shusterman had his first book deal and a screenwriting job. He lives in Florida.{{cite web |url= http://www.storyman.com/bio/ |title= Neal Shusterman: Bio |access-date= May 23, 2008 |last= Shusterman |first= Neal |work= storyman.com |publisher= Self published |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080620002614/http://www.storyman.com/bio/ |archive-date= June 20, 2008 |url-status= dead }}

Shusterman has received numerous honors for his books, including the 2005 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and 2008 California Young Reader Medal for The Schwa Was Here, as well as the 2015 National Book Award for Challenger Deep.{{Cite web |last=Book |first=Horn |title=Past Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winners |url=https://www.hbook.com/story/past-boston-globe-horn-book-award-winners |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=The Horn Book}} He served as a judge for the PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.pen.org/blog/announcing-2012-pen-literary-awards-recipients |title=Announcing the 2012 PEN Literary Award Recipients |date=October 15, 2012 |access-date=February 6, 2013 |work=PEN American Center}} Unwind has won more than 30 awards and is in development with Constantin Film as a television series.{{Cite web |date=2015-07-22 |title=UNWIND Movie News! |url=https://www.storyman.com/unwind-movie-news/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=Neal Shusterman |language=en-US}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}

In 2016, it was announced that his novel Scythe is in development with Universal as a feature film.{{Cite web |last=Galuppo |first=Mia |date=2016-05-06 |title=Universal to Adapt Upcoming Neal Shusterman YA Series, Starting With ‘Scythe’ (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/universal-adapt-neal-shusterman-ya-891595/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} Challenger Deep was acquired by Disney+ in 2019, and Will McCormack has been selected to write the script.{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=2019-07-25 |title=Disney+ Acquires Neal Shusterman Novel ‘Challenger Deep’ With ‘Toy Story 4’s Will McCormack Adapting |url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/challenger-deep-disney-plus-neal-shusterman-toy-story-4-scribe-will-mccormack-adapting-1202648852/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

He has been nominated four times (twice in 2019; 2020; 2023) in different categories of the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis and won the Youth Jury Prize in 2019. In March 2023, the German translation of the book Roxy, written with his son Jarrod Shusterman, was nominated by the youth jury.{{Cite web |url=https://www.jugendliteratur.org/_uploads_media/files/djlp_2023_nominierungsfolder_de_web_111343.pdf |title=Deutscher Jugendliteratur Preis 2023 Nominierungen |website=Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur |access-date=2023-03-23 }}

Shusterman has also written for TV, including the Disney Channel Original Movie Pixel Perfect, and episodes of Goosebumps, Animorphs, and R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series.{{Cite web |title=Neal Shusterman {{!}} Writer, Producer |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795990/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}

Fellow author Orson Scott Card invited Shusterman to write novels parallel to Ender's Game about other characters from the series, but schedules did not permit it, and Card wrote Ender's Shadow and the subsequent series himself.Card himself describes the origins of the idea for Ender's Shadow and Shusterman's early involvement in the foreword of some editions of Ender's Shadow, including {{ISBN|9780765342409}})

Awards

2005 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for The Schwa Was Here
2008 California Young Reader Medal for The Schwa Was Here{{cite web |url=http://www.californiayoungreadermedal.org/winners/ |title=Winners |publisher=CYRM |access-date=November 19, 2015}}
2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Golden Kite Award for Fiction, and Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor for Challenger Deep{{cite web|title=2015 National Book Award Winner, Young People's Literature |url=http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2015_ypl_shusterman.html |access-date=November 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119055311/http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2015_ypl_shusterman.html |archive-date=November 19, 2015}}{{Cite web |last=M.ed |first=Lee Wind |date=2016-07-29 |title=The Official SCBWI Conference Blog: The 2016 Golden Kite Award-Winner For Fiction: Neal Shusterman for Challenge Deep |url=https://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-2016-golden-kite-award-winner-for.html |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=The Official SCBWI Conference Blog}}
2017 Michael L. Printz Award Honor for Scythe{{Cite web |title=Printz Award 2017 {{!}} Young Adult Library Services Association |url=https://www.ala.org/yalsa/printz-award-2017 |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=www.ala.org |language=en}}
2019 Young Hoosier Book Award (Middle Grade) for Scythe{{Cite web|title=Past Winners: Young Hoosier Book Awards|url=https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/yhba/yhba_pastwinners.pdf}}
2019 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Challenger Deep (German: Kompass ohne Norden), chosen by the youth jury

Bibliography

=Fiction series=

==The N.O.A.H. Files (with [[Eric Elfman]])==

I Am the Walrus (2023){{cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61918680-i-am-the-walrus |title=Goodreads: I am the Walrus |date= |access-date=April 27, 2023 |publisher=Goodreads}}
Shock the Monkey (2024){{cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198493669-shock-the-monkey|title=Goodreads: Shock the Monkey |date= |access-date=March 19, 2024 |publisher=Goodreads}}

==The Accelerati trilogy (with [[Eric Elfman]])==

Tesla's Attic (2014) {{ISBN|9781423148036}}{{cite web |url=http://books.disney.com/book/the-accelerati-trilogy-book-one-teslas-attic-2/ |title=The Accelerati Trilogy, Book One: Tesla's Attic |date=January 23, 2014 |access-date=June 23, 2015 |publisher=Disney Publishing Worldwide}}{{cite web |url=http://www.storyman.com/books/tesla/ |title=Tesla's Attic – Book Description |access-date=June 23, 2015 |last=Shusterman |first=Neal |work=storyman.com |publisher= Self published }}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/tesslas-attic/ |title=TESLA'S ATTIC |date=December 7, 2013 |access-date=June 23, 2015 |work= Kirkus Reviews }}
Edison's Alley (2015) {{ISBN|9781423148067}}{{cite web |url=http://books.disney.com/book/edisons-alley-2/ |title=The Accelerati Trilogy, Book Two: Edison's Alley |date=December 4, 2014 |access-date=June 23, 2015 |publisher=Disney Publishing Worldwide}}{{cite web |url=http://www.storyman.com/books/edisons-alley/ |title=Edison's Alley – Book Description |access-date=June 23, 2015 |last=Shusterman |first=Neal |work=storyman.com |publisher= Self published }}{{dl|date=December 2024}}
Hawking's Hallway (2016) {{ISBN|9781423155218}}{{cite web |url=http://www.storyman.com/june-2015-news-tidbits/ |title=June 2015 News Tidbits |access-date=June 23, 2015 |last=Shusterman |first=Neal |work=storyman.com |publisher= Self published |date=June 3, 2015 }}{{dl|date=December 2024}}

==Antsy Bonano==

The Schwa Was Here (2004) {{ISBN|9780756967192}}{{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/schwa/|title=The Schwa – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/the-schwa-was-here/|title=THE SCHWA WAS HERE by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}
Antsy Does Time (2008) {{ISBN|9780525478256}}{{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/antsydoestime/|title=Antsy Does Time – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/antsy-does-time/|title=ANTSY DOES TIME by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}
Ship Out of Luck (2013) {{ISBN|9780525422266}}{{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/shipoutofluck/|title=Ship Out Of Luck – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/ship-out-luck/|title=SHIP OUT OF LUCK by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}

==Arc of a Scythe==

Scythe (2016)
Thunderhead (2018){{cite web|url=http://bookpage.com/interviews/20722-neal-shusterman|title=Sythe – Neal Shusterman|access-date=December 14, 2016}}
The Toll (2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/75774-four-questions-for-neal-shusterman.html|website=Publishers Weekly|access-date=February 7, 2019|title=Four Questions for Neal Shusterman}}
Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe (2022)

==Dark Fusion==

Dread Locks (2005){{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/dreadlocks/|title=Dread Locks – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/dread-locks/|title=DREAD LOCKS by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}
Red Rider's Hood (2005){{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/redridershood/|title=Red Rider's Hood – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/dark-fusion/|title=DARK FUSION by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}
Duckling Ugly (2006){{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/ducklingugly/|title=Duckling Ugly – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/duckling-ugly/|title=DUCKLING UGLY by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}

== The Shadow Club Duology ==

The Shadow Club (1988)
The Shadow Club Rising (2002){{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/shadowclubrising/|title=The Shadow Club Rising – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/the-shadow-club-rising/|title=THE SHADOW CLUB RISING by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}

==The Skinjacker trilogy==

Everlost (2006){{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/everlost/|title=Everlost – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/everlost/|title=EVERLOST by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}
Everwild (2009){{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/everwild/|title=Everwild – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/everwild/|title=EVERWILD by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}
Everfound (2011){{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/everfound/|title=Everfound – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/everfound/|title=EVERFOUND by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}

==The Star Shards Chronicles==

Scorpion Shards (1995){{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/scorpion/|title=Scorpion Shards – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}
Thief of Souls (1999){{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/thief/|title=Thief Of Souls – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}
Shattered Sky (2002){{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/shattered/|title=Shattered Sky – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/shattered-sky/|title=SHATTERED SKY by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}

==The Unwind dystology==

Unwind (2007) {{ISBN|9781416912040}}{{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/unwind/|title=Unwind – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/unwind/|title=UNWIND by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}
UnStrung (2012) (short story) {{ISBN|9781442423664}}{{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/unwholly/|title=UnWholly – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/unwholly/|title=UNWHOLLY by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}
UnWholly (2012) {{ISBN|9781442423671}}
UnSouled (2013) {{ISBN|9781442423695}}{{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/unsouled/|title=UnSouled – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/unsouled/|title=UNSOULED by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}
UnDivided (2014) {{ISBN|9781481409759}}{{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/undivided/|title=UnDivided – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/undivided/|title=UNDIVIDED by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}
UnBound (2015) (short story collection, contains UnStrung){{cite web|url=https://catalog.simonandschuster.com/TitleDetails/TitleDetails.aspx?cid=1313&pn=1&isbn=9781481457231&FilterBy=9&FilterVal=Teen%20Fiction&FilterByName=Subformat&ob=0&ed=&showcart=N&camefrom=&find=&a=|title=Digital Catalog – UnBound|access-date=June 25, 2016}}

== [[The X-Files]] ==

The X-Files Young Adult Series

:*3) Bad Sign (1997) [writing as Easton Royce]{{cite book|last1=royce|first1=easton|title=the x files bad sign|date=1997|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=9780064471701|edition=first|url=https://archive.org/details/badsignnovelizat0000royc}} novelization of The X-Files episode Syzygy

:*10) Dark Matter (1999) [writing as Easton Royce] novelization of The X-Files episode Soft Light

The X-Files Young Readers Series

:*8) Voltage (1996) [writing as Easton Royce] novelization of The X-Files episode D.P.O.

:*9) E.B.E. (1996) co-authored with Les Martin [writing as Easton Royce] novelization of The X-Files episode E.B.E.

==[[Space: Above and Beyond]]==

1) The Aliens Approach (1996) [writing as Easton Royce] novelization of the pilot episode of the Space: Above and Beyond TV series
3) Mutiny (1996) [writing as Easton Royce] novelization of the Space: Above and Beyond episode, Mutiny

=Other novels=

Dissidents (1989)
Speeding Bullet (1991){{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman-2/speeding-bullet-2/|title=SPEEDING BULLET by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}\
What Daddy Did (1991) (later renamed Chasing Forgiveness){{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman-6/what-daddy-did-2/|title=WHAT DADDY DID by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}
The Eyes of Kid Midas (1992){{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman-3/the-eyes-of-kid-midas-2/|title=THE EYES OF KID MIDAS by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}
The Dark Side of Nowhere (1997) {{ISBN|9780316789073}}{{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/darksideofnowhere/|title=The Dark Side of Nowhere – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman-3/the-dark-side-of-nowhere-2/|title=THE DARK SIDE OF NOWHERE by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}
Downsiders (1999){{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/downsiders/|title=Downsiders – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neil-shusterman/downsiders/|title=DOWNSIDERS by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}
Full Tilt (2004) {{ISBN|9780689803741}}{{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/full-tilt/|title=Full Tilt – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/full-tilt/|title=FULL TILT by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}
Bruiser (2010) {{ISBN|9780061134081}}{{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/bruiser/|title=Bruiser – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neal-shusterman/bruiser/|title=BRUISER by Neal Shusterman – Kirkus Reviews|access-date=June 25, 2016}}
Challenger Deep (2015) illustrated by Brendon Shusterman {{ISBN|9780061134111}}{{cite web|url=http://www.storyman.com/books/challenger-deep/|title=Challenger Deep – Neal Shusterman|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{dl|date=December 2024}}
Dry (2018) co-authored with Jarrod Shusterman {{ISBN|9781481481960}}
Game Changer (2021) {{ISBN|9780061998676}}
Roxy (2021) co-authored with Jarrod Shusterman {{ISBN|9781406392128}}
Break to You (2024) co-authored with Debra Young and Michelle Knowlden {{ISBN|9780062875761}}
All Better Now (2025) ISBN 9781534432758

=Graphic novels=

Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust (2023) Illustrated by Andrés Vera Martínez {{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Courage-Dream-Neal-Shusterman/dp/0545313473|title= Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust by Neal Shusterman – Amazon|access-date=January 29, 2025}}

=Picture books=

Piggyback Ninja (1994) Illustrated by Joe Boddy

=Short stories=

Resurrection Bay (2013) {{ISBN|9780062295163}} [published only as an ebook]{{cite web|url=http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062295163/resurrection-bay|title=Resurrection Bay – Neal Shusterman – E-book|first=World|last=Archipelago|access-date=June 25, 2016}}

=Short story collections=

Darkness Creeping: Tales to Trouble Your Sleep (1993)
Darkness Creeping II: More Tales to Trouble Your Sleep (1995)
Mindquakes: Stories to Shatter Your Brain (1996)
Mindstorms: Stories to Blow Your Mind (1996)
Mindtwisters: Stories to Shred Your Head (1997)
Mindbenders: Stories to Warp Your Brain (2000)
Darkness Creeping: Twenty Twisted Tales (2007)
Violent Ends (2015) co-authored with 17 other authors including, Brendon Shusterman, Shaun David Hutchinson, and Beth Revis
MindWorks: An Uncanny Compendium of Short Fiction (2025)