Allen Zadoff spent years reasoning that a big, healthy man should have a big, healthy appetite and that his rapidly increasing girth was no more than a regular guy thing. At 350 pounds, however, it became clear that what had started as a little weight problem was destroying his life. Desperate to find a new way of living that would carry him into thin and beyond, Zadoff began to focus less on what he ate, and more on the physical and emotional underpinnings of what he came to understand as a disease. The pounds melted away, and so began the adventure of a lifetime. Following Zadoff’s incredible journey both up and down the scale, Hungry blends his personal story with surprising strategies for weight loss success; it is as laugh-out-loud funny as it is inspirational.
Allen Zadoff was born in Boston, Mass and went on to live in upstate New York, Manhattan, Tokyo, and Los Angeles. A former stage director, he is a graduate of Cornell University and the Harvard University Institute for Advanced Theater Training. His novel Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have is the recipient of the 2010 Sid Fleishchman Humor Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers. His memoir for adults is called Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin. His new novel, My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies, will be published in May 2011. He currently teaches writing in Los Angeles.
Visit Allen on the web at www.allenzadoff.com.
