Jay Bonansinga

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Jay Bonansinga
Born Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • writer
  • film director
Period1988–present
GenreHorror, science fiction, drama, genre fiction, post-apocalyptic fiction
Notable works The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor , The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury
Website
jaybonansinga.com

Jay Bonansinga is an American writer and director. He has written a number of fiction and non-fiction works, co-wrote various novels based on The Walking Dead comics series, including The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor (2011) [1] and The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury (2012), [2] along with writing The Walking Dead series, he also directed a short film, City of Men, and a feature film, Stash. [3]

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  • 2005 The Sinking of the Eastland: America's Forgotten Tragedy
  • 2011 Triumph of The Walking Dead: Robert Kirkman's Zombie Epic on Page and Screen
  • 2012 Pinkerton's War: The Civil War's Greatest Spy and the Birth of the U.S. Secret Service

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