Allan Zullo (born November 23, 1947) is an American non-fiction writer. He is the author or co-author of more than 120 paperbacks for adults and younger readers on a broad range of subjects for general audiences.
Zullo has several notable books, including the Haunted Kids series. He also co-wrote with The Baseball Hall of Shame and Baseball Confidential Bruce Nash, and A Boomer's Guide to Grandparenting with his wife Kathryn.
In addition to writing books, Zullo created a comic strip, The Ghost Story Club, which was published in American newspapers from 1995–98.
Zullo was raised in Rockford, Illinois and attended Northern Illinois University, earning a degree in journalism in 1969.
Publications
- Police Heroess: Young Survivors of the Holocaust
- We Fought Back: Teen Resisters of the Holocaust
- Escape: Children of the Holocaust
- Heroes of the Holocaust: True Stories of Rescues by Teens
- Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust
- Bad Pets series
- Bad Pets: Bad to the Bone
- Bad Pets Hall of Shame
- Bad Pets on the Loose!
- Bad Pets: Most Wanted
- Bad Pets: True Tales of Misbehaving Animals
- Bad Pets Save Christmas
- Haunted Kids series
- Haunted Kids: True Ghost Stories
- More Haunted Kids
- Totally Haunted Kids
- Haunted Campers
- Haunted Schools
- Haunted Teachers
- Haunted Animals
- The Haunted Graveyard
- Haunted Baby-Sitters
- The Haunted Shortstop
- Haunted Athletes
- America's Most Haunted: True Scary Creatures
- America's Most Haunted: True Scary Places
- We're Here: True Tales of Alien Encounters
- Weird But True Tales
- Animal Books
- The Dog Who Saved Christmas
- The Dog Who Saved Halloween
- Christmas Miracle Pets
- Miracle Pets: True Tales of Courage and Survival
- True Tales of Animal Heroes
- Incredible Dogs and Their Incredible Tales
- Partial List of Other Books
- World's Dumbest Crooks
- World's Dumbest Crooks 2
- Fact or Fake
- Butter My Butt and Call Me a Biscuit
- You're the Butter on My Biscuit
- Golf Is a Funny Game
- Amazing But True Golf Facts
- March Madness
- The Hero Inside of You
- The Baseball Hall of Shame: The Best of Blooperstown (co-written with Bruce Nash)
- The Baseball Hall of Shame (co-written with Bruce Nash)
- Baseball Confidential (co-written with Bruce Nash)
- A Boomer's Guide to Grandparenting (co-written with his wife Kathryn)
References
- "FamilySearch.org". Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- "Allan Zullo | Bookogs Database & Marketplace". Archived from the original on 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
- Gina Davis. "Pupils riding the reading wave". The Baltimore Sun. July 16, 2006. 1.
- Frank Green. "Lovable losers slip and slide into baseball `Hall of Shame'". The San Diego Union. May 2, 1985. D5.
- Scott Ostler. "Tales From Baseball's Twilight Zone: Mostly About Bad and Ugly". Los Angeles Times. May 7, 1985. 3.
- Halpert, Felicia E. (1988-04-17). "PAPERBACKS; Naughty Deeds of The Stars". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- Monica L. Haynes. "Whatever you do, don't dare call me grandma". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 23, 2006. 1.
- Monifa Thomas. "Boomers shun tags of 'Grandma', 'Grandpa'". Chicago Sun-Times. July 3, 2008. 8.
- Surabhi Avasthi. "Comic strip 'Ghost Story Club' picks B'klyn teen's tale, and news sez: we got the girl fright here" . New York Daily News. February 13, 1997. Retrieved on September 18, 2008.