Education
Barzak also holds an Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Barzak also holds an Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He has published many short stories, beginning with "A Mad Tea Party" in Lady Churchill"s Rosebud Wristlet in 1999. His first full length short story collection, Before and Afterlives, was the recipient of the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Single-Author Collection in 2013. Barzak has worked as a teacher of English outside of Tokyo, in both primary and middle schools.
His experiences over two years abroad in Japan led him to write his second novel, He currently teaches fiction writing at Youngstown State University, in Youngstown, Ohio.
Recently his first novel, One for Sorrow, was made into the feature film "Jamie Marks is Dead" by the director, Carter Smith, for Verisimilitude Films, starring Liv Tyler, Judy Greer, Cameron Monaghan, Noah Silver, and Morgan Saylor. The film debuted at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in the United States. Dramatic Competition.
The film had a limited release by Gravitas Ventures in the United States on August 29, 2014 and is now available on demand or on Digital Video Disc. His third novel, Wonders of the Invisible World, was published on September 8, 2015 by Knopf.