Dan Greenburg
American writer (1936–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Daniel Greenburg (June 20, 1936 – December 18, 2023) was an American writer, humorist, and journalist. His 73 books have been published in 20 languages in 24 countries.[citation needed]
Dan Greenburg | |
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Born | (1936-06-20)June 20, 1936 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | December 18, 2023(2023-12-18) (aged 87) The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer |
Education | University of Illinois (BA) University of California, Los Angeles (MA) |
Spouse | Suzanne O'Malley
(m. 1980; div. 1998) |
His books for adults include the non-fiction books How to Be a Jewish Mother: A Very Lovely Training Manual (1964), How to Make Yourself Miserable: Another Vital Training Manual (1966, with Marcia Jacobs), and How to Avoid Love and Marriage (1983, with Suzanne O'Malley) – all satirical self-help books – as well as the novels Love Kills (1978), Exes (1990), and Fear Itself (2014).
Greenburg wrote four series of children's books, The Zack Files, Secrets of Dripping Fang, Maximum Boy, and Weird Planet.