Steve Adams (born Steven Saint Lawrence Adams, February 8, 1947)[ citation needed] is an American author and screenwriter who also uses the penname Waldo Mellon. [1] He wrote Envy (2004), starring Ben Stiller and Jack Black. [2] Adams conceived the idea with long-time friend Larry David. [3] They met while both were comedy writers for Fridays, a Saturday Night Live inspired show in the early 1980s. [4] [5] Adams also wrote Waiting for Forever (2010) [6] starring Tom Sturridge, Rachel Bilson, and Blythe Danner [7] as well as No Stranger Than Love (2015) [8] starring Alison Brie and Colin Hanks.
In 2014, Adams wrote and self-published his first book What's What And What To Do About It [9] under the pen name Waldo Mellon. [10] [11] The book was published in March 1, 2022 by Seven Stories Press. [12]
Early life and family
Adams's uncle is Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), an American novelist known for satirical, science fiction. [13] In 1958, Adams' mother, Alice Vonnegut Adams, died of cancer two days after her husband, James Carmalt Adams, was killed in a train accident. Vonnegut, Alice's brother, adopted Adams and his three brothers and raised them in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. [14] [15] Adams graduated from Dartmouth College in 1969 with B.A. in English. He currently lives in Massachusetts, with his wife Jeannie. [16]
References
- ^ Envy, retrieved 2022-07-27
- ^ "No stepping around it: 'Envy' is a waste of talent". Los Angeles Times. 2004-04-30. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
- ^ "The Secret History of Larry David's New Movie". Esquire. 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ Wallace, Benjamin (2015-01-25). "Sitting Shiva With Larry David". Vulture. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ "The Secret History of Larry David's New Movie". Esquire. 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ "Review: "Waiting for Forever" Paints an Unintentionally Frightening Picture of Young Love". Observer. 2011-02-02. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
- ^ "Waiting for Forever". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ Renner, Brian D. "Everything You Need to Know About No Stranger Than Love Movie (2016): May. 3, 2016 - added comedy as a genre". Movie Insider. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
- ^ Mellon, Waldo (2014). What's what and what to do about it. [Place of publication not identified]: [Waldo Mellon/CreateSpace]. ISBN 978-1-5005-4551-2. OCLC 905542140.
- ^ "What's What and What to Do About It by Waldo Mellon: 9781644210383 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ Larson, Steve. "1969 | Dartmouth Alumni Magazine | JULY | AUGUST 2017". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine | The Complete Archive. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
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^ Mellon, Waldo (2022).
What's what and what to do about it : answers you didn't know you wanted to questions you didn't know you had. New York.
ISBN
978-1-64421-038-3.
OCLC
1289274483.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) - ^ "Kurt Vonnegut | Books, Slaughterhouse-Five, Biography, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ Farrell, Susan (2009). Critical Companion to Kurt Vonnegut: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-0023-4.
- ^ "13 Apr 2007, 4 - Daily Hampshire Gazette at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
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^ Aug 2017, Jul-.
"Class Note 1969". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
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