Brad Listi is an American

United States

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 author. His first novel, Attention. Deficit. Disorder., was published by Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster

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 in February 2006, and went on to become a Los Angeles Times

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Bestseller.

He is the founding editor of the online culture magazine and literary collective, The Nervous Breakdown, which he developed after gaining a substantial fan following by blogging on MySpace

MySpace

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. The Nervous Breakdown now has more than 700 contributors and featured authors, including Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis is an American novelist and short story writer. His works have been translated into 27 different languages. He was regarded as one of the so-called literary Brat Pack, which also included Tama Janowitz and Jay McInerney...

, Jennifer Egan

Jennifer Egan

Jennifer Egan is an American novelist and short story writer who lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Egan's novel A Visit From the Goon Squad won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction....

, Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk

Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk is an American transgressional fiction novelist and freelance journalist. He is best known for the award-winning novel Fight Club, which was later made into a film directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter...

, Steve Almond

Steve Almond

Steve Almond is an American short story writer and essayist. He is the author of eight books.-Life:He was raised in Palo Alto, California, and graduated from Henry M. Gunn High School. He received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University. He spent seven years as a newspaper reporter,...

, Melissa Febos

Melissa Febos

Melissa Febos is an American writer and ex-dominatrix.She is the author of Whip Smart , a critically acclaimed memoir of her work as a professional dominatrix while she was studying at The New School...

, Tao Lin

Tao Lin

Tao Lin is an American writer. He was born of Taiwanese parents and grew up on the East Coast of the USA.He is the author of two novels, Eeeee Eee Eeee and Richard Yates ; a novella, Shoplifting from American Apparel ; a short story collection, Bed ; and two poetry collections, you are a little...

, Stephen Elliott

Stephen Elliott

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, Jonathan Evison

Jonathan Evison

Jonathan Evison , is an American writer best known for his novel All About Lulu. His work, often distinguished by its emotional resonance and offbeat humor, has been compared to a variety of authors, most notably J.D. Salinger, Charles Dickens, and John Irving...

, Greg Olear

Greg Olear

Greg Olear , is an American writer best known for his novels Fathermucker and Totally Killer. His work is noted for its dark humor and frequent references to pop culture....

, Emily Rapp, D.R. Haney, Ron Currie Jr.

Ron Currie Jr.

Ron Currie, Jr. is an American author. His first book, God is Dead, was published to critical acclaim in 2007, earning Currie comparisons to Kurt Vonnegut and Raymond Carver. God is Dead received the Young Lions Fiction Award from the New York Public Library, as well as the Metcalf award from...

, Gina Frangello, Alexander Chee

Alexander Chee

Alexander Chee is an American fiction writer, poet, journalist and reviewer.Born in Rhode Island, he spent his childhood in South Korea, Kauai, Truk, Guam and Maine...

, and Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho is an American comedian, fashion designer, actress, author, and recording artist. Cho is best known for her stand-up routines, through which she critiques social and political problems, especially those pertaining to race and sexuality. She has also directed and appeared in music...

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In 2011, Listi launched an author interview podcast called 'Other People with Brad Listi.' The show features "in-depth, inappropriate interviews with today's leading authors." Guests have included Blake Butler

Blake Butler

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 (There is No Year; Nothing) and Adam Levin

Adam Levin

Adam Levin is an American fiction author. His short fiction has been published in places like Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern and Tin House. Currently, he resides in Chicago, where he teaches Creative Writing and Literature at the School of the Art Institute...

 (The Instructions).

The editors at McSweeney's Internet Tendency included the podcast in its October 2011 'McSweeney's Recommends' column, calling it "funny, pointed, and thought provoking."

Listi currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. He has taught creative writing at Santa Monica College

Santa Monica College

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External links

• BradListi.com
• The Nervous Breakdown
• Other People with Brad Listi
• A podcast interview with Hooray for Humans on Odeo.