Jonathan LapomaJonathan LaPoma is an award-winning, Kirkus/Barnes & Noble-recommended novelist, screenwriter, songwriter, and poet from Buffalo, NY. In 2005, he received a BA in history and a secondary education credential from the State University of New York at Gneseo, and he traveled extensively throughout the United States and Mexico after graduating. These experiences have become the inspiration for much of his writing, which often explores themes of alienation and misery as human constructions that can be overcome through self-understanding and the acceptance of suffering.LaPoma has written five novels, fifteen screenplays, and hundreds of songs and poems. His screenplays have won over 160 awards and honors at various international competitions. His dark comedy script HARM FOR THE HOLIDAYS was optioned by veteran producer Warren Zide along with Wexlfish Pictures (AMERICAN PIE, FINAL DESTINATION) in July 2017. Additionally, award-winning producer Byron A. Martin (holding extensive studio tracking for Disney, Sony, and Universal) is attached to his script, LA TIERRA QUE YO AMO (Land That I Love).LaPoma's novels have been recommended by Kirkus Reviews and Barnes & Noble (B&N Press Presents list), have hit #1 on Amazon Bestseller lists across the USA, Canada, and Australia, and have won top honors at the Eric Hoffer Book Awards, the Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Awards, and the Stargazer Literary Prizes.His literary achievements are permanently codified in the institutional record of record, Gale's Contemporary Authors (Vol. 391). His five loosely-linked novels-Hammond, The Summer of Crud, Understanding the Alacrán, Developing Minds, and The Soul City Salvation-are preserved globally in elite academic archives and national collections, including the Library of Congress (LCCN: 2019937723), University College London (UCL), and the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. Internationally represented by Alexandra Maramenides of the Rêve Agency, LaPoma lives in Mexico City and is the frontman for the cinematic art-rock project THE CROOKED EAST. Read More Read Less