Paul Ruditis is an American author.

Early life

Ruditis was born and raised in

Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

. He attended

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where he majored in Theatre Arts with a directing emphasis. After graduation, he moved to

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where he began working at

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where he worked as a tour guide and usher. Eventually, he took a position working in the studio's licensing department where he worked his way up to middle management before quitting to focus on writing.

Biography

Ruditis' first publication was in a ''

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'' short story collection, which was being edited by a friend. Since then he has published tie-in novels and official guides to many hit television shows such as ''

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Roswell'', ''

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'', '' Alias'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also wrote a guide to the film '' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra''. He has also published original fiction including the DRAMA! series and the controversial young adult book Rainbow Party. In 2010, he was hired by Zenecscope Entertainment to be the lead writer on ''

'', a comic series based on the television series of the same name. The comic features an all new storyline set after the series' conclusion and has to date been very popular with the first issue selling out in its first three weeks. For Issues 0-3 Ruditis co-authored the series with Zenescope veteran Raven Gregory but from Issue 4 onwards he penned the comics on his own.

Works

TV series-linked fiction

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" (short story in '' How I Survived My Summer Vacation'') *

* Roswell * Alias *

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' is a comic book series published by Archie Comics about the adventures of a fictional American teenager named Sabrina Spellman. Sabrina was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo, and first appea ...

Star Trek: Enterprise ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', originally titled simply ''Enterprise'' for its first two seasons, is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. It originally aired from September 26, 2001 to May 13, 200 ...

* Star Trek: Voyager

Official guides

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* Alias *

* G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra * Star Trek: Voyager

Comics

* Charmed Season 9 Comics **Charmed Issue #0 - Sourcebook (with Raven Gregory) ** Charmed Issue #1 - Charmed Lives (with Raven Gregory) **Charmed Issue #2 - No Rest For the Wicca (with Raven Gregory) **Charmed Issue #3 - Innocents Lost (with Raven Gregory) **Charmed Issue #4 - Mortal Enemies **Charmed Issue #5 - Unnatural Resources Charmed Volume 1 (collecting issues 0-5) **Charmed Issue #6 - Morality Bites Back **Charmed Issue #7 - The Heir Up There **Charmed Issue #8 - Oh, Henry **Charmed Issue #9 - Desperately Seeking Piper ''(temporary title until issue is published)'' **Charmed Issue #10 - Three Little Wiccans

Other fiction

* '' Rainbow Party'' (2005) is a controversial novel aimed at the teen market (ages 14 and up) about teens and oral sex. * ''DRAMA! The Four Dorothys'' is the first in the DRAMA! series * ''DRAMA! Everyone's a Critic'' is the second in the DRAMA! series * ''DRAMA! Show, Don't Tell'' is the third in the DRAMA! series * ''DRAMA! Entrances and Exits'' is the fourth in the DRAMA! series

References

External links

The Official Site of Author Paul Ruditis
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruditis, Paul Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American male novelists 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers West Chester University alumni Writers from Philadelphia