Noah Lukeman
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Noah Lukeman is an American literary agent
, actor, script-writer and author of works about writing and literature. A number of his books are widely used in creative writing programmes. Lukeman also contributes to a number of newspapers and journals, including The Wall Street Journal
and The New York Times
. Some of his books have been translated into Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Indonesian.
, Lukeman worked for various publishers, including William Morrow
and Farrar, Straus and Giroux
. In 1996 Lukeman founded the Lukeman Literary Agency, in which capacity he acted as agent for a number of successful authors. Lukeman has also acted in a few independent films.
to Shakespeare's
Macbeth
in blank verse. Lukeman has also written a screenplay, Brothers in Arms, which is set to film in 2010.
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Literary agent
A literary agent is an agent who represents writers and their written works to publishers, theatrical producers and film producers and assists in the sale and deal negotiation of the same. Literary agents most often represent novelists, screenwriters and major non-fiction writers...
, actor, script-writer and author of works about writing and literature. A number of his books are widely used in creative writing programmes. Lukeman also contributes to a number of newspapers and journals, including The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
and The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
. Some of his books have been translated into Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Indonesian.
Biography
Lukeman was born on 28 November 1973, in New York City, the son of Brenda Shoshanna, a psychologist and author. After earning a BA in English and Creative Writing at Brandeis UniversityBrandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
, Lukeman worked for various publishers, including William Morrow
William Morrow and Company
William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, and sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981. It was sold along to the News Corporation in 1999...
and Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus, Jr. and John C. Farrar. Known primarily as Farrar, Straus in its first decade of existence, the company was renamed several times, including Farrar, Straus and Young and Farrar, Straus and Cudahy...
. In 1996 Lukeman founded the Lukeman Literary Agency, in which capacity he acted as agent for a number of successful authors. Lukeman has also acted in a few independent films.
Writing
Lukeman's writing is diverse in nature. His first published works offered advice and techniques for writers. Since then, he has collaborated with an American general to write about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has written a sequelThe Tragedy of Macbeth Part II
The Tragedy of MacBeth Part II: The Seed of Banquo is a novel-cum-play published by Pegasus Books in 2008 and written by American author Noah Lukeman...
to Shakespeare's
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
Macbeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
in blank verse. Lukeman has also written a screenplay, Brothers in Arms, which is set to film in 2010.
Non-fiction
- (1999) The First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide to Staying out of the Rejection Pile, Simon & Schuster ISBN 9780684857435
- (2002) The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life, St. Martins Press, ISBN 9780312309282
- (2006) A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation, WW Norton (US) ISBN 9780393329803, Oxford University Press (UK)
Collaborations
with Michael DeLongMichael Delong
Lieutenant General Michael DeLong is a retired United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General who served as Deputy Commander, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida...
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- (2004) Inside CentCom: The Unvarnished Truth about the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Regenery Publishing ISBN 9780895260208
- (2007) A General Speaks Out: The Truth About the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Zenith Publishing, ISBN 9780760330487
Plays
- (2008) The Tragedy of Macbeth Part II: The Seed of Banquo, Pegasus, ISBN 9781605980119