BIO

NASTY but true! Writer-performer Barry Yourgrau is author of the NASTYbook series. First came NASTYbook, a book of wicked stories, which Nickelodeon has optioned for a TV pilot. Now Barry is inflicting the world with an entire Nasty novel, Another NASTYbook: THE CURSE OF THE TWEETIES. This demented book even turns into manga a couple of times.

"Very funny...and magnificently nasty," harrumphs author Neil Gaiman ("Coraline") about Barry.

Barry has made people gasp and gulp with his startling performances on MTV and NPR. He's even starred in a rock music video, and acted in Hollywood films --- as a scary-scary scientist and a high school principal. And he loves visiting schools around the country, making kids laugh and scream as he reads aloud his Nasty works.

Born in South Africa, Barry came to America as a kid...a very strange kid. He lives in New York. Keep up-to-date on all his NASTY mischief by checking out www.nastybook.com and Barry’s own website, www.yourgrau.com.

And will there be a third NASTYbook? You'll have to see, won't you....

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