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BIO

Jeffrey B. Fuerst is an award-winning, multi-faceted writer whose credits include children's books, magazine articles, website features, plays, and TV shows. He also writes entertainment features, humor pieces, and straight journalism for non-children's publications.

Illustrations by Lawrence Eisler

 

 

My work journey includes tours of duty as a literary manager for off- and off-off-Broadway and regional theatres, a television program development executive for the Nederlander organization, and curator at the Museum of Television and Radio where I put together exhibitions on Jackie Gleason, Ernie Kovacs, Bullwinkle the Moose and other comic luminaries. For eleven years I was a staff writer and education editor of Zillions, the kids magazine and website from Consumer Reports.

I have been a guest speaker at colleges, schools, libraries, and community centers. I occasionally teach a class about writing sitcoms at Westchester Community College and serve on the Advisory Board for my town's continuing education program.

CREDITS

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Children's Books -- Fiction

What a Vacation! (Book Treks/Celebration Press)
Greetings from Nowheresville (Scott Foresman/Addison-Wesley)
Pound Pals (Scott Foresman/Addison-Wesley)
When in Rome (Scott Foresman/Addison-Wesley)

Children's Books -- Nonfiction

Iditarod: Dogsled Race Across Alaska (Sunshine Books/Wright Group-McGraw Hill)
Inside a Radio Station (Sunshine Books/Wright Group-McGraw Hill)
African American Cowboys: True Heroes of the Old West (Book Treks/Celebration Press)
Hot Gobs! The Art of Glassblowing (Scott Foresman/Addison-Wesley)
The Kids' Baseball Workout: A Fun Way to Get in Shape and Improve Your Game (Millbrook Press)
Funhouse Mirrors and Optical Tricks (Four Corners/Pearson Education)
Explore the World Around You: Earth Science Experiments (Four Corners/Pearson Education)

Children's TV Shows

KIDS-TV, Showtime
DJ Kat Show/Fox Kids Club; DJ Kat's Xmas Special, Fox-NY
Guess What?; The Bob Show; Kat Man Doo Asks You!, ACTV

Children's Plays

The Substitute Tooth Fairy, M&M Productions
It's a Dog's Life, American Stage Festival
Dr. Seuss On the Loose, American Stage Festival
The Perfessers, Magic Circle Travelling Theatre
Attack of the Googolplex, Farragut Avenue Middle School (reading)

Children's Web Sites/Multimedia

Zillions: Consumer Reports for Kids
Nestle: Very Best Kids Korner
JuniorNet
Leapfrog Talking Books

Magazines

Animation, Back Stage, Conference Board, Consumer Reports, Cooking Light, Daily News, Emmy, Hartford Monthly, Instructor, MB News, Newsday, New York Observer, New York Spirit, New York Talk, Phoenix Focus, Scholastic Search, Trump Shuttle, Video Review, Writer's Digest, Zillions

Other publications

Digital Buying Guide 2003, "All in the Game" chapter, Consumer Reports books.
Guide to TV Heaven, STAR TV Network

TV Production

Milton Berle: Mr. Television; PBS documentary -co-writer/associate producer
Zillions TV; PBS special --script consultant
Cartoon Lost and Found; Nick-at-Nite special -- cartoon segment research and development
Guide to NYC Housing Court; Bar Association of NY educational film -- co-writer/producer
A Case of Libel; Showtime feature film -- assistant to the executive producer

Plays for non-children

Boys Will Be Boys, Warner Theatre; Ensemble Studio Theatre (reading)
The Imaginary Unit, Warner Theatre
Never Up, Never In, Illinois Wesleyan Writer's Conference (reading)
Larry and His Old Lady, Greenhouse Theatre
Wading for Cousteau, Pen-to-Stage Productions
Beginner's Luck, Pen-to-Stage Productions (reading)

 

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