Henry Baum (born June 29, 1972) is an American writer, blogger and musician and is considered part of the Rebel Inc. writing movement.

Career

Baum is the author of five novels and several published short stories and prose. His book ''Oscar Caliber Gun'' (Later called ''The Golden Calf'') has been translated into French. He has also published work with ''Identity Theory'', ''Storyglossia'', ''Scarecrow'', ''Dogmatika'', ''Purple prose'', '' 3:AM Magazine'', and ''Les Episodes''. His book, ''The American Book Of The Dead'' was described by the widow of

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, Tessa Dick, "If you read

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without drop-kicking the book out into the garden on a rainy day, this novel is for you.” He has published with

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and Cloverfield Press.

Awards

Baum has won three awards, the Gold IPPY Award for Visionary Fiction, Best Fiction at the DIY Book Festival and the

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Grand Prize. In 2013 he wa
one of seven finalists
for Best Writer at The Erotic Awards in London UK, along with

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and

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for his book

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Film

A short film version of some of the scenes from ''The Golden Calf'' was made by director

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while he was mentored by

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. This film starred

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, Elizabeth Berridge,

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and

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Blogging

Henry Baum founded Self-Publishing Review a website for self-published authors. In 2012, he co-founded another website, Filmmaking Review. He also wrote a blog for some time under the female name Shirley Shave, which some readers took as a real-life blog of a sex worker, until Baum revealed his true identity. This blog took the form of ''God's Wife'', released as a novel in 2012 with Shirley Shave as the main character.

Music

Baum has played drums and bass guitar in several bands including

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, Montag, and others. He has also released two solo albums under the name Ash Tree.

Early life

Baum was born and raised in New York, relocating to Los Angeles early on in his childhood, as his parents,

Tom Baum Tom Baum (born 1940 in New York) is an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story writer. A graduate of Harvard, where he majored in math, he's best known for writing ''The Sender'' and ''Carny,'' both of which he wrote directl ...

and

Carol Baum Carol Baum is an American movie producer best known for her work with Sandollar Productions, Dolly Parton's TV and film production company with Sandy Gallin, Parton's former manager. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sci ...

became established Hollywood TV and film professionals, with his father's scripts, ''

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'', starring

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and ''

The Sender ''The Sender'' is a 1982 British psychological horror thriller film directed by Roger Christian and written by Thomas Baum. It stars Kathryn Harrold, Željko Ivanek (in his film debut), Shirley Knight, and Paul Freeman. Plot A young, dishev ...

'', bringing a great deal of success to the family, as well as Carol Baum's production of many TV and film movies during the 1980s and 1990s.

Personal life

Baum is married to Cate Baum,http://www.filmmakingreview.com/author/ctosko/ his business partner at ''Filmmaking Review'' and ''Self-Publishing Review'', a British writer and filmmaker. Baum has a daughter from his first marriage. He lives in Spain. In July 2013, Baum announced vi
Facebook
he is suffering from CKD and started a campaign to look for a living kidney donor.

Bibliography

* ''North of Sunset'' (2007) * ''The American Book Of The Dead'' (2011) * ''Gentleman Reptile'' (2006) * ''The Golden Calf'' (2008) * ''The American Book Of The Dead Part II'' (2012) * ''

'' (2012) * ''Oscar Caliber Gun'' (2001)

References

External links

Official Henry Baum site
*
The Guardian on Self-Publishing Review

Self-Publishing Review

Podcast with Henry Baum
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