Steve Adams (writer)

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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.

Contents

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]

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  2. ↑ "No stepping around it: 'Envy' is a waste of talent". Los Angeles Times. 2004-04-30. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
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  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.
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  12. ↑ 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)
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