Ed Naha

Ed Naha (born June 10, 1950) is an American science fiction and mystery writer and producer. His first known publication was artwork that appeared in the first issue of ''Modern Monsters'' magazine, dated June 1966.

Education and early career

Naha was born in Linden, New Jersey and graduated from Kean University in New Jersey with a degree in Secondary English Education. His early career was as a journalist, writing pieces about film and rock music for American publications such as ''Playboy,'' ''The Village Voice,'' ''Rolling Stone,'' and ''The New York Post.''
He worked in publicity and artistic development at Columbia Records, where he was mentored by the producer and talent scout John Hammond. He produced the spoken-word album '' Inside Star Trek'' in 1976, featuring the series creator Gene Roddenberry with guests William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, and Mark Lenard. That same year, the Bruce Springsteen album ''Born to Run,'' for which Naha was A&R Coordinator, was certified gold.

Journalism, novels and non-fiction

Naha worked as a staff writer and editor for the science fiction film magazine '' Starlog.'' Under the pseudonym Joe Bonham (a name borrowed from the protagonist of Dalton Trumbo's anti-war novel ''Johnny Got His Gun'') he edited the first issue of ''Starlogs sister magazine, the popular horror film magazine '' Fangoria.''
Naha has written more than 25 novels in the horror, mystery and science fiction genres, including the ''Traveler'' science fiction series under the "house pseudonym" D.B. Drumm, which Naha shared with John Shirley. His mystery novel ''Cracking Up'' was nominated for the Edgar Award for "Best Paperback Original" by the Mystery Writers of America in 1992. His novelizations include prose adaptations of the films '' Dead-Bang,'' '' Ghostbusters II,'' and the first two '' RoboCop'' pictures. Naha's nonfiction works include ''The Science Fictionary,'' ''The Films of Roger Corman: Brilliance on a Budget,'' ''The Making of Dune,'' and the posthumous editions of '' Lillian Roxon's Rock Encyclopedia.''

Screenwriting and television production

Naha's screen work includes two screenplays for Roger Corman, '' Oddballs'' and ''Wizards of the Lost Kingdom,'' and three scripts for producer Charles Band: '' ''Troll'','' ''Dolls,'' and '' Spellcaster.'' Naha achieved his greatest commercial success through a screenplay collaboration with ''Doll''s director Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna on the script for a comedy/science-fantasy feature, ''The Teenie-Weenies,'' which became the family-friendly franchise '' Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.'' He served as a writer and producer of the TV shows '' Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' and '' The Adventures of Sinbad.'' Naha's contractual work for Hollywood is done through his company A Fine Mess, Inc., named in honor of his comedy idols, Laurel and Hardy.

Most recently, Naha has been credited with the screenplays for the first three titles in the "Epic Stories of the Bible" series of animated features produced by Promenade Pictures.

Politics

As a sideline, Naha maintains a political blog, hosted at The Smirking Chimp, which he says was motivated by his concern over the inauguration of George W. Bush as 43rd President of the United States.

References

External links

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Ed Naha's blog at ''The Smirking Chimp''

Naha's account of his years at CBS
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