About
Neal Pollack, the Greatest Living American Writer, is the author of 13 semi-bestselling books of fiction and nonfiction. He's contributed essays, journalism, and humor to every English-language publication except for The New Yorker. The former editor-in-chief of Book and Film Globe and a former senior editor for the U.S. edition of the Spectator, Neal is currently the editor of Arizona Globe, and the creator of COSMICA, an epic romantic comedy superheroine series that's AI-assisted, but Pollack-written and exhaustively directed, because no machine can write as well as him. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife (the painter Regina Allen) and a varying number of Boston Terriers. He is a three-time Jeopardy! champion and the 2026 champion of the Jeopardy! Bar League with his team, Post-Trebek Stress Disorder.
An epic romantic comedy superheroine series — AI-assisted, but Pollack-written and exhaustively directed, because no machine can write as well as him. Smithsonian archivist Claire Rosslyn becomes Cosmica, and soon she's joined by Solara and Lumina in a growing superhero sisterhood.
Books
Fiction
The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature (2000)
Satirical literary parodies — the book that made him the self-proclaimed Greatest Living American Writer.
Beneath the Axis of Evil (2003)
One man's gonzo journey into the horrors of war.
Never Mind the Pollacks (2003) A rock-and-roll novel.
Jewball (2011) A noir about Jewish basketball players in the 1930s.
Downward-Facing Death (2012) A Matt Bolster yoga mystery — murder on the mat.
Open Your Heart (2013) The second Matt Bolster yoga mystery.
Repeat (2015) A time-traveling romantic comedy about second chances.
Keep Mars Weird (2015) A sci-fi satire about life in a plausibly futuristic Austin, Texas--and a gentrified Mars.
Edge of Safety (2022) A dystopian satire of arbitrary lockdowns and the deeply caring citizens who love them.
Nonfiction
Alternadad (2007) The memoir of hipster fatherhood.
Stretch (2010) The unlikely making of a yoga dude.
Not Coming Soon to a Theater Near You (2016) A Hollywood memoir,.
Pothead (2020) My life as a marijuana addict in the age of legal weed.
Contact
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