Graenitz, Max

A ghostwriter of New York Times-bestselling YA fiction, Eric Laster is now optimistic that admitting his corporeal existence to the public won't be a bad thing. His greatest ambition is to wield his writing pencil much as the best deli-folk wield their foodstuffs-deliciously. "Welfy Q." might never have been completed if Eric hadn't shared an early draft with 5th - 7th graders at the CHIME Charter School in Woodland Hills, California, after a day-long appearance. Hello, CHIME students!

Originally from New York City, Eric now lives in Los Angeles, where he pens fiction and provides writing a...