Brian Gage

Brian Gage

Infobox Writer
name = Brian Gage


caption = Brian Gage in Subway, Budapest, Hungary, photographed by Rosie O’Neill, 2005
birthdate = birth date|1973|10|4|df=y
birthplace = Youngstown, Ohio
occupation = Author
genre = Fable
influences = Stanley Kubrick, Dr. Seuss, Edgar Allan Poe, Hans Christian Andersen, Brothers Grimm, Noam Chomsky
website = http://www.briangage.com

Brian Gage (born 4 October 1973) is an American author of satire, fairy tales, and fiction. He was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. Brian was accepted to The College of Santa Fe's Moving Image Arts Department for screenwriting in 1994 and graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in business 1998. His writing was discovered by Nick Mamatas & Sander Hicks at Soft Skull Press in 2001.

Brian currently resides in Los Angeles, California, and cites Stanley Kubrick, Dr. Seuss, and Edgar Allan Poe as the biggest influences on his work. Brian's book "The Saddest Little Robot" has been translated into Korean (The Book Company), and Hungarian (Agave Books).

According to his Web site, Brian has been working on a historical fiction vampire epic since late 2003 and a Young-adult fiction fable about horses. Expected first draft for the untitled vampire epic is June 2008. No finish date has been given for the horse novel.

Bibliography

*"Snark, Inc. - A Corporate Fable" 2001 (ISBN 1-887128-70-0) Hardcover (fiction)
*"The Amazing Snox Box" 2003 (ISBN 1-887128-57-3) Hardcover (fiction)
*"Politically Inspired" 2003 (ISBN 1-931561-58-3) Hardcover (fiction), (ISBN 1-931561-45-1) Paperback (fiction), Contribution: "The Vampires of Draconian Hill"
*"The Saddest Little Robot" 2004 (ISBN 1-932360-05-0) Hardcover (fiction)
*"Burn, Christmas! Burn!" 2004 (ISBN 1-932360-55-7) Hardcover (fiction)

Awards/Acknowledgements

*"The Saddest Little Robot" - Book Sense 76 Pick Winter 03/04 (Ages 9-12)

Miscellaneous

* Founding member of Youngstown Ohio musical/performance act called "Party Talk" that became Gil Mantera's Party Dream upon his departure.
* Briefly managed Gil Mantera's Party Dream

External links

* [http://www.briangage.com/ Official site of Brian Gage]
* [http://www.briangage.com/bg_interview_hi.mov/ Television Interview with Brian Gage]
* [http://www.tlchicken.com/view_story.php?ARTid=1560/ Interview with Brian Gage on TastesLikeChicken]
* [http://www.splendidezine.com/departments/bookshelf/bookshelf7x1202.html/ Interview with Brian Gage with Splendid Magazine]
* [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2003/12/14/get_your_kids_lit_on/ The Boston Globe Article on The Saddest Little Robot]


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