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Member Since: June 03, 2016

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Gary Schwartz

Biography

Gary has written for two children’s television series in which he co-starred: Zoobilee Zoo (Bravo’s Puppets) and 130 episodes of the Disney Channel’s You and Me, Kid in a segment called You and Me Theater. He was part of a popular children’s comedy duo, Schwartz and Chung and wrote, produced and performed nine segments for the TV show America’s Funniest People in a running segment called “Cool Ways to Scare Your Mom”.
He currently teaches improvisation and runs a small community in theater in North Bend WA.

Smashwords Interview

Do you remember the first story you ever read, and the impact it had on you?
It was called The Fabulous Flight, by Robert Lawson about a boy who fell out of a tree and scrambled his atoms so that he shrunk to the size of a mouse. He found that as he got smaller, he could talk to the animals. His father made him a saddle for a pigeon and he organized an air and land raid on his mother's garden party with squirrels, pigeons, field mice and ferrets.
It is out of print and published in the 1950's. I read it in the third grade and it stays with me to this very day.
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up outside of Schenectady NY. A boomer in the era of suburban life. My parents were from the city and did their best to live in an area outside of their income level so I would have a good education. I did and went to school with many kids who's parents were engineers, scientists and business people. My parents had very little education and did their best to give us a good one.
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Where to find Gary Schwartz online

Website: http://gary-schwartz.com
Twitter: @improvmaven
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-schwartz-improvmaven
Blog: https://garyschwartzwriting.wordpress.com/

Where to buy in print

http://www.amazon.com/King-Average-Gary-Schwartz/dp/1513703315/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464975253&sr=8-1&keywords=The+king+of+average

Books

The King of Average by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 47,590. Language: English. Published: June 3, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Children’s books » Readers / Chapter Books
James knows he’s not the world’s greatest kid, but also knows he’s not world’s worst. He’s average! When he decides to become most average kid in the entire world, things begin to happen that would never happen to an ordinary kid. Join James and a hilarious cast of characters as he searches for self-esteem in the Realm of Possibility and tries to become the King of the commonwealth of Average.

Gary Schwartz's tag cloud

adventure    esteem for kids    fantasy    humor