Biography EssayCritics of adolescent literature generally cite four novels of the late 1960s as helping this subgenre break its ties with its past formulaic romanticism and move dramatically into a mu...
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From Pulitzer prize-winning playwright to young adult fiction writer, American author Paul Zindel (born 1936) turned his real-life turbulent teens into fictional stories to show teenagers that their l...
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Considered a groundbreaking author of young adult literature as well as one of its most controversial contributors, Paul Zindel is well known as the creator of realistic novels that depict the teenage...
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May 15, 1936. Born in Staten Island, New York. Coming from a broken home, Zindel never knew his father very well. "Mother was a girl in her twenties when my father left. She used to have to fight to g...
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A playwright who draws heavily on his personal experiences for the material of his plays, Paul Zindel is best known for his largely autobiographical award-winner, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-th...
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Critics of adolescent literature generally cite three late-1960s novels as helping this subgenre break its ties with its past romanticism and move dramatically into a much more realistic mode: The Out...
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With "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep" splashing onto big screens across the country come Christmas Day, a lot of kids will want to visit Scotland. Consider this film the beginning of their tra...
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The Loch Ness monster is back _ and there's video. A man has captured what Nessie watchers say is possible footage of the supposed mythical creature beneath Scotland's most mysterious lake."I could...
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The body of a 2-year-old girl was found in a tree Tuesday, nearly 3 miles downstream from where her family's mobile home was swept away a day earlier by flooding blamed for six deaths.Authorities d...
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This time, Phil Mickelson needed two bad drives on the closing hole to throw away another victory.Thirteen months removed from his 72nd-hole meltdown in the U.S. Open, Lefty bogeyed Loch Lomond's 1...
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The boogie boarders at Schlitterbahn Waterpark know that they have a really cool summer job.Five nights a week, for a half-hour just past sunset, the park pays a team of 10- to 19-year-olds to perf...
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Phil Mickelson shot a 6-under 65 Thursday to share the lead in the first round of the Scottish Open. The two-time Masters champion had an eagle and five birdies in the British Open warmup at Loch L...
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A man serving a prison sentence for a rape committed in 1983 has been charged in six other attacks on women after DNA evidence linked him to the cold cases, authorities said.Alphonso W. Hill, 55, w...
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The Memorial has come a long way since its inception three decades ago, mostly because the players have traveled a long way to get here. They come from every continent where golf is played, represe...
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This is no time for Colin Montgomerie to get excited about Carnoustie. He already has suffered enough. The sometimes burly, often surly Scot should be positively chuffed with the British Open only ...
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Capsule reviews of films opening this week:"The Bucket List" — Facing terminal illness, we all should get to go on a no-costs-barred world tour to do everything we ever wanted. Most of us don...
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Paul Zindel
Paul Zindel
Paul Zindel
Looking to Loch Ness
