- Jonathan Fast
Jonathan Fast (born
April 13 1948 ) is an Americanauthor andsocial work teacher .Fast was born in
New York City . He attendedPrinceton University , and earned graduate degrees atColumbia University andYeshiva University . He has a daughter ( [http://MollyJongFast.com] ) Molly Jong-Fast from his first marriage to authorErica Jong , and two sons from his marriage to Barbara Fast, aUnitarian minister.Fast currently resides in
Greenwich, Connecticut , andWesterly, Rhode Island , and teaches research at ( [http://yu.edu/Wurzweiler] ) the Wurzweiler School of Social Work atYeshiva University .His father,
Howard Fast , was the author of many best-selling novels, including the book "Spartacus", that later became the basis for the film of the same name. He was a member of theAmerican Communist Party , and he later served a three month prison sentence for "contempt of Congress". While growing up in a literary milieu influenced Jonathan toward a career as a writer, a liberal political climate laid the ground work for his interest in social work.Jonathan Fast began writing
science fiction and then broadened out into other genres. Of his eight novels, the most successful, from both a commercial and literary perspective, is the historical novel, The Golden Fire, an account of two brothers who battle to be king, set in India during theGupta Empire (ca. 300 AD).Fast seems to have given up the writing of fiction, but frequently publishes scholarly articles in the field of social work, concentrating in the area of school safety, violence, and school rampage shootings (e.g., The
Columbine High School massacre ) and the use of technology in teaching. Fact|date=April 2007Bibliography
Fiction
* "The Secrets of Synchronicity" (1977)
* "Mortal Gods" (1978)
* "The Inner Circle" (1979)
* "The Beast" (1981)
* "The Golden Fire" (1986)
* "The Jade Stalk" (1988)
* "Stolen Time" (1990)Adaptations
* "Newsies" (1992)
Non-fiction
* "Ceremonial Violence: The Psychological Explanation for School Rampage Shooting" (2008)
External links
* [http://www.ceremonialviolence.com Ceremonial Violence website]
* [http://yu.edu/faculty/fast Fast's faculty page] at Yeshiva University
* [http://reluctantcyberprof.com The Reluctant CyberProf] , Fast's personal website.
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