FARSHTEY, Greg(ory T.) 1965-

Personal

Born July 14, 1965, in Mount Kisco, NY; son of Emil (an accountant) and Dolores (a homemaker; maiden name, Lemary) Farshtey; married Lisa Currie, October 7, 2001 (divorced, April 9, 2003). Education: Orange County Community College, A.A., 1985; State University of New York College at Geneseo, B.A., 1987. Politics: "Liberal." Religion: Roman Catholic. Hobbies and other interests: Traveling, cooking, music.

Addresses

Agent— c/o Author Mail, KidHaven Press, 10911 Technology Pl., San Diego, CA 92127. E-mail— ScribeGT@ aol.com.

Career

LEGO Systems, Inc., Enfield, CT, writer, 2000—. Also worked as a journalist, direct marketing copywriter, and game designer. Tusten Public Library, founding trustee, 1989-90.

Member

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

Awards, Honors

Award for best humorous column, New York State Press Association, 1992.

Writings

The River of God, West End Books (Honesdale, PA), 1992. Hell's Feast, West End Books (Honesdale, PA), 1994. (Editor) Shattered and Other Stories, West End Books (Honesdale, PA), 1994.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park Roleplaying Game, Price, Stern, Sloan (New York, NY), 1997.

The Bionicle Collector's Sticker Book, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2003.

The Offıcial Guide to Bionicle, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2003.

The American Revolution ("Daily Life" series), KidHaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2003.

Tales of the Mask ("Bionicle Chronicles" series), Scholastic (New York, NY), 2003.

The 1920s ("American History by Decade" series), KidHaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2004.

Mystery of Metru Nui ("Bionicle Adventures" series), Scholastic (New York, NY), 2004.

Also author of novels; author or coauthor of more than thirty-five game books. Author of "Bionicle," a bimonthly comic book, for DC Comics.

Work in Progress

Research on the events of the 1970s, for another book in the "American History by Decade" series; two more books in the "Bionicle Adventures" series, The Darkness Below and Trial by Fire, both for Scholastic (New York, NY).

Sidelights

Greg Farshtey told SATA: "I have been writing since high school. Prior to my current position as a staff writer at LEGO Systems, Inc., I worked as a journalist, game designer, and direct marketing copywriter. Probably the most successful work I have done is the 'Bionicle' comic book, which currently has more than thirty-five million issues in circulation and has been translated into several languages.

"My freelance writing is done primarily on weekend mornings. I tend to be an early riser, and the quiet makes it a good time to write. I will normally work for three or four hours in a day.

"My goal is someday to write something that truly matters—that touches people, that makes some difference in their lives. But I do not think I am yet wise enough to do that."