Jacob Sager Weinstein (born January 8, 1972) is an American author, humorist, comedy writer, and screenwriter. For three years he was a staff writer for ''
Dennis Miller Live'', for which he received a
Writers Guild of America award in 2001. Earlier he was a contributor to ''
The Onion'', and he has also written for ''
McSweeney's Internet Tendency
McSweeney's Publishing is an American non-profit publishing house founded by Dave Eggers in 1998 and headquartered in San Francisco.
Initially publishing the literary journal'' Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern'', the company has moved to n ...
'', the ''
North American Review'', and ''
The New Republic''.
Sager Weinstein co-wrote with Matthew David Brozik three humor books: in 2005 ''The Government Manual for New Superheroes''; ''The Government Manual for New Wizards'' in 2006; and ''The Government Manual for New Pirates'' in 2007.
In 2012 he published the sardonically titled ''How Not To Kill Your Baby''.
Sager Weinstein is the author of the Hyacinth Series, a middle-grade fantasy trilogy about enchanted rivers under London.
In 2018, he published the picture book, ''Lyric McKerrigan, Secret Librarian'',
[ ] with art by
Vera Brosgol.
He also wrote a screenplay adapted from the 1937 novel ''
Utas és holdvilág'' (''Journey by Moonlight'') by the
Hungarian writer
Antal Szerb
Antal Szerb (1 May 1901, Budapest – 27 January 1945, Balf) was a noted Hungarian scholar and writer. He is generally considered to be one of the major Hungarian writers of the 20th century.
Life and career
Szerb was born in 1901 to assimilate ...
. The film, to be directed by
István Szabó, is still in production.
Sager Weinstein was born in
Washington, D.C., and is a graduate of
Princeton University, where he was a charter member of the school's improvisational comedy troupe,
Quipfire!. He currently lives in
London and is married to
Lauren Sager Weinstein. He is the brother of television writer
Josh Weinstein.
Published works
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Notes
External links
Jacob Sager Weinstein's website and blog*
by Jacob Sager Weinstein, at ''McSweeney's Internet Tendency''
American male journalists
American humorists
American television writers
American male screenwriters
Jewish American screenwriters
Journalists from Washington, D.C.
Princeton University alumni
1972 births
Living people
American male television writers
Screenwriters from Washington, D.C.
21st-century American comedians
21st-century American screenwriters
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American Jews
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