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Todd Strasser

(b.1950)

aka Morton Rhue

Shortly after Todd was born in New York City his parents moved to Roslyn Heights, New York (Long Island). Todd went to the I.U. Willets Elementary school and then attended the Wheatley School for junior high and high school. His best subject was science. He also liked to read, but had difficulty with spelling and grammar, and struggled in English. His favorite sports were tennis, skiing, and fishing.

He studied literature and writing at Beloit College. After college, Todd worked as a reporter at the Middletown Times Herald-Record newspaper in Middletown, New York, and later at Compton Advertising in New York City.

Todd now divides his time between Westchester and Montauk, NY. He likes to read and watch movies, spend time with his grown children, play tennis and ski, but his favorite new sport is surfing.

Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Romance

Series

Lifeguards
Summers Promise (1993)
Summer's End (1993)

Wordsworth
   1. Wordsworth and the Cold Cut Catastrophe (1995)
   2. Wordsworth and the Kibble Kidnapping (1995)
   3. Wordsworth and the Roast Beef Romance (1995)
   4. Wordsworth and the Mail-Order Meatloaf Mess (1995)
   5. Wordsworth and the Tasty Treat Trick (1996)
   6. Wordsworth and the Lip-Smacking Licorice Love Affair (1996)

How I...
   1. How I Changed My Life (1995)
   2. How I Created My Perfect Prom Date (1998)
   3. How I Spent My Last Night on Earth (1998)

Rock'n'Roll Summer
The Boys in the Band (1996)
Playing for Love (1996)

Camp Run-A-Muck
   1. Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts (1997)
   2. Mutilated Monkey Meat (1997)
   3. Chopped-Up Birdy's Feet (1997)

Against the Odds
   1. Grizzly Attack (1998)
   2. Buzzard's Feast (1999)
   3. Gator Prey (1999)
   4. Shark Bite (1998)

Impact Zone
   1. Take Off (2004)
   2. Cut Back (2004)
   3. Close Out (1999)

Here Comes Heavenly
   1. Here Comes Heavenly (1999)
   2. Dance Magic (1999)
   3. Pastabilities (2000)
   4. Spell Danger (2000)

Don't Get Caught
   Driving the School Bus (2000)
   Wearing the Lunch Lady's Hairnet (2001)
   In the Girl's Locker Room (2001)
   In the Teacher's Lounge (2002)

DriftX
   1. Slide or Die (2006)
   2. Battle Drift (2006)
   3. Sidewayz Glory (2006)

Mob Princess
   1. For Money and Love (2007)
   2. Stolen Kisses, Secrets, and Lies (2007)
   3. Count Your Blessings (2007)

Nighttime
   1. Too Dark To See (2007)
   2. Too Scared To Sleep (2007)
   3. Too Afraid To Scream (2008)

Nighttime Trilogy
Nighttime Trilogy (omnibus) (2007)

Thrillogy
   1. Wish You Were Dead (2009)
   2. Blood on My Hands (2010)
   3. Kill You Last (2011)

Crematory Mystery Romance
1. Young Hearts Aflame (2022)

Novels

   Angel Dust Blues (1979)
   Friends Till the End (1981)
   The Wave (1981)
   Rock 'N' Roll Nights (1982)
   Workin' for Peanuts (1983)
   Turn It Up! (1984)
   A Very Touchy Subject (1985)
   Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
   Wildlife (1987)
   The Mall from Outer Space (1987)
   The Family Man (1988)
   The Accident (1988)
   Cookie (1989)
   Pink Cadillac (1989)
   Beyond the Reef (1989)
   Moving Target (1989)
   Home Alone (1991)
   The Diving Bell (1992)
   Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
   Home Alone 2 (1992)
   The Good Son (1993)
   Hocus Pocus (1993)
   Free Willy (1993)
   Rookie of the Year (1993)
   Super Mario Brothers (1993)
   The Three Musketeers (1993)
   Freaked (1993)
   The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
   Addams Family Values (1993)
   Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp (1994)
   Three Ninja's Kick Back (1994)
   Walt Disneys Peter Pan (1994)
   The Pagemaster (1994)
   The Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
   Richie Rich (1994)
   Tall Tale (1995)
   Street Fighter II (1995)
   Man of the House (1995)
   The Amazing Panda Adventure (1995)
   Please Don't Be Mine, Julie Valentine! (1995)
   Jumanji: Novelization (1996) (with Chris Van Allsburg)
   Girl Gives Birth to Own Prom Date (1996)
     aka Next to You!
   Howl-A-Ween (1996)
   Hey Dad, Get a Life! (1996)
   A Horse Called Farmer (1997)
   Abe Lincoln for Class President! (1997)
   Kidnap Kids (1998)
   Byte Barkley: Secret Agent K-9 (1999)
   Drive Me Crazy (1999)
   Give a Boy a Gun (2000)
   Con-Fidence (2002)
   Thief of Dreams (2003)
   Can't Get There from Here (2004)
   Cheap Shot (2006)
   Boot Camp (2007)
   Is That A Glow-in-the-Dark Bunny In Your Pillowcase? (2007)
   Is That a Sick Cat in Your Backpack? (2007)
   Is That A Dead Dog In Your Locker? (2008)
   If I Grow Up (2009)
   Is That an Angry Penguin in Your Gym Bag? (2009)
   Is That an Unlucky Leprechaun in Your Lunch? (2009)
   Famous (2011)
   Trailer Girl (2013)
   Fallout (2013)
   No Place (2014)
   The Beast of Cretacea (2015)
   The Case of the Murderous Young Millionairess (2016)
   Price of Duty (2018)
   Summer of '69 (2019)
   The Good War (2021)

Collections

Disney's the Villains Collection (1993)
Disney's It's Magic! (1994) (with Richard Duke)

Novellas and Short Stories

   Manhattan Fairy Tale (2012)
   The Vacation Crush of Squid Girl (2013)
   On The Bridge (2014)
   Abe Lincoln Is In My Bathroom! (2020)

Series contributed to

Free Willy
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)

Star Wars : 1st Person Journal - Episode 1
Anakin Skywalker (1999)

Summer Share
Shirt and Shoes Not Required (2007)

Non fiction show

Todd Strasser recommends

Dragonfly Girl (2021)
Marti Leimbach
"Marti Leimbach has written an intriguing and thrilling novel that could very well entice readers to take a closer look at careers in science, while entertaining them along the way with astonishing facts."

Silent Alarm (2015)
Jennifer Banash
"Wow, what a book...the story of a school shooting from the point of view of the shooter's sister...gripping from the very first sentence."

Breathless (2009)
(Breathless)
Jessica Warman
"Poignantly honest and real."

Books containing stories by Todd Strasser

Who Done It? (2013)
edited by
Jon Scieszka

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