Me. (Click to embiggen.)
I’m Scott Kenemore, the author of four zombie-themed satires:
- The Zen of Zombie (2007)
- Z.E.O. (2009)
- The Art of Zombie Warfare (2010)
- The Code of the Zombie Pirate (2010)
Two horror novels:
- Zombie, Ohio (2011)
- Zombie, Illinois (2012)
One unclassifiable, found-document, epistolary thing:
- Zombies Vs. Nazis (2011)
And, with Franco Mercado, a war memoir:
- Fallujah Heat (2012)
My short fiction has appeared in journals like Mudrock, The Owl, The Kenyon Review, and The Kenyon Review Online. My ribald limericks and haikus have appeared in Brocabulary (HarperCollins) and the Chicago Sun-Times.com. My essays have appeared in Slate, Paranormal Pop Culture, the New York Times Local East Village, PopMatters, and Rawk! Magazine.
My books have been translated into Chinese and Spanish.
I started this blog because I am so frequently prompted to talk about zombies, and so frequently asked to give my opinion of new zombie-stuff in the media.
I have discussed zombies on the Fox News Channel, National Public Radio, Martha Stewart Living Radio, The Alan Colmes Show and other esteemed news outlets. My books have been written about in the Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, Hartford Courant, Sacramento Bee, Indianapolis Star, Cleveland Plain Dealer, USA TODAY, Rue Morgue Magazine, Fangoria, Gawker.com, BoingBoing.net, AOL News, and the New York Times “City Room” blog.
I have been asked to discuss zombies and horror-writing at conventions like Comic-Con International, Spooky Empire, and ZomBcon.
In 2009, I was named to the advisory board of the Zombie Research Society. In 2011, I was admitted to the Horror Writers Association.
I play drums in the musical band The Blissters. I live in Chicago. I am a graduate of Kenyon College and Columbia University.
Contact: You can contact me at scottkenemore . at. hotmail . dot . com.
Third Person Bio For Lazy Reporters: Scott Kenemore is the author of the novels Zombie, Illinois and Zombie, Ohio, as well as a series of undead-themed satire books. He is a graduate of Kenyon College and Columbia University. A member of the Horror Writers Association and the Zombie Research Society, Scott lives in Chicago and is the drummer for the musical band The Blissters.
I’m sure you’ve seen these or similar, but I came across them and wanted to share…
http://www.northernsun.com/n/s/8078.html
http://www.northernsun.com/n/s/8134.html
Scott,
Loved your book about the Zen of Zombies, it was well written and very thought provocating. I see you review films about the undead, soI’d like to offer you the chance to glance at my ebook “Uprising” a zombie/social commentary. You can visit my website (www.swordforhire.net), the publisher (www.darkroastpress.com), or even watch the video trailer on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/swordforhire60). Let me know what you think!
Sincerely (undead),
Christopher Newman
Just added ‘The Zen of Zombie’ to my Undead Christmas Wish List.
Love your blog, and Zen!
Check out my Zombie Research Society blog at:
http://www.zombieresearch.net
Hope you like it, and keep up the good work!
AM
Been enjoying the blog. Saw this release on the site of my favorite record store:
http://www.vinylcollective.com/2009/07/14/po-the-flaming-tsunamis-zombies-vs-robots-lp/
Hey, I’ve got some presidential zombies for you.
http://goodmangreen.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/obama-zombies/
Greetings Scott,
My name is Traci Wood & I host a show called Pagans Tonight on Blog Talk Radio (9pm CST)
“Pagans Tonight is America’s leading show bringing you news, information, entertainment and ideas from across the world, physically, virtually, and spiritually. We alternate between topics and guests on everything & anything from a pagan perspective. The show is an ensemble show led by Ed Hubbard & Traci Wood, with regulars Don Lewis, and Herr Wolf. We are on the air 5 days a week! Join us Monday through Friday at 9 PM CST. Give us a call at 1-347-308-8222. ”
We would love to have new guests to join and help us facilitate different and unique points of view that will be of interest to our growing audience….we have declared 2010: Pagans Tonight year of the Zombie and have talked about your book!!
If you are interested, please let us know. You can contact us at Paganstonight@gmail.com or go directly to our show page…www.paganstonight.com.
Blessed Be,
Traci Wood
Co-Host Pagans Tonight
Hi – we’ve recently created a zombie website http://www.zombiesdefined.com – it’s still early days and a lot of sections are still under construction, but we’d really appreciate it if you could check it out an let us know what you think. Also would it be possible for you to link our site ? We would of course return the favour and link your own blog.
Hope to hear from you,
Livi
(ZombiesDefined)
You might enjoy my zombie movie that premieres in less than two weeks.
http://thebookofzombie.com
If you could help us promote this:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1314530217/the-zombie-code-keys-to-unlocking-your-undead-dest
we would be happy to help you promote your upcoming book. Maybe a feature on the blog? Get the word out to zombie enthusiasts?
You might be interested in some music by the Fossil Aerosol Mining Project. Two largely undiscovered CDs are composed of artifacts and relics from zombie films of the 1980s: “If You Enjoyed the Dawn of the Dead” (2006), and the more recent “The First 15 Minutes of the Second Sequel” (2010). Free samples are at Afterdaysmedia.com and they can be downloaded from iTunes, Amazon, etc.
Cheers-
Scott–I wanted to say thank you for the review of Crusade. To be compared to Beowulf, well, that is pretty heady stuff! And then when I looked at who wrote the review, and I said, wait a second, I have a book by that guy…and sure enough I did, Zen of Zombie (which I thoroughly enjoyed!). And now I look forward to reading your other undead satires and the release of Zombie, Ohio in ’11. I’ve asked the wife for your other books for X-Mas as I am busy now writing (Eden 3–Resurrection), reading (things I think might be good for me to read as I write Eden 3), and working my day job to be able to enjoy them at the present moment. Thanks man!!
Just wanted to submit a link. You might be interested to hear a zombie radio-play:
http://rhunekincaid.com/blog/2010/09/zombiegeddon-with-the-best-zombie-stuff-ever/
Enjoy!
~Rhune
Scott – THANK YOU for Zombie, OH! I recently flew to Cleveland (yes, on purpose). On the day I was supposed to come home, there was a major snowstorm between there and here. My flight was delayed an hour… then 2… then 5! Wanting some distraction from the oh-so-very-annoyed people-watching I had been doing, I wandered into the bookstore and right away saw Zombie, OH. No question – this is what I needed to see me thru my layover. …Okay, the book and a Guinness in the airport bar. I was so engrossed (boo!) that I just about missed the announcement that my formerly delayed flight was boarding in 10 minutes. Thank you for making my lasting impression of oHIo a favorable one. You’re a life saver (?!) !
The Blissters should play in Minneapolis/St. Paul!
XOXOO but not my brain –
~ Kathy
I read the Zen of Zombie Im not a avid book reader I usually pick up a book and skim through and put it down. This book was brilliantly funny I couldn’t put it down I blasted through it in 9 hrs and was in gut busting laugh mode most of the time thank you for sharing your life enlighting ideas with zombie zen. Because zombies just don’t give a shit.
Mr. Kenemore,
As a graduate of Kenyon College (class of 1980), I was struck by your description of the ascent at the main entrance to Kenton College. I new it had to be Kenyon and that Gant, Ohio had to be Gambier. I am currently reading your novel Zombie, Ohio and I love it.
Although I am 53, I and a half dozen friends went to Columbus to see the opening of “Dawn of the Dead”. I became a zombie fan right then, but it was to be 25 years before the genre became popular in novel form. So I am kind of reliving part of my youth.
This novel, so far, is one of the best written of the genre. Thanks.
Jeffrey Curtiss
Sir:
Please review my zombie hunter mockumentary. Thanks.
http://video.tvguide.com/Contagion+The+Macabre+World+of+the+Zombie+Hunter/Contagion+The+Macabre+World+of+the+Zombie+Hunter/7089932
I’ll be filming “Contagion 2: When Zombie Hunters Bite Back” in eight days.
(I’ll send reimbursement of the VOD. Thanks.)
Great chapter in Triumph of the Walking Dead. Thanks!
Scott, you have some awesome stuff on your blog! Here is a link to a zombie music video that you will probably really enjoy and hopefully blog about!
Rock it!
You might want to wear this during the invasion: http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/374191_335005116528137_223765340985449_1291042_1326124723_n.jpg
This video rocks!!!!!! Check it out!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.cambio.com/2012/02/13/just-another-valentines-day-horror-story/
What a great zombie blog!
I’ve been blogging about zombies lately and the smash hit web series, ‘Bite Me’. It’s a story about three hardcore gamers that use their video games skills to survive during a zombie outbreak.
I just interviewed one of the stars of the show. And I’m running a four-part series on my blog. I’m going to profile each of the principal cast members leading up to the March 6th air date of the second season.
I’m calling it – “The Bite Me Interviews” and you can read part one, with actor Justin Giddings.
To read the interview or watch a promo for Bite Me, go to: http://www.mentalswag.com
Feel free to excerpt my post, but please link back to: http://www.mentalswag.com
And watch out for the zombies.
Cheers!
Rich Livsey
http://www.mentalswag.com
Blog, Blogging, Blogger….
Shooting range near me is advertising zombie targets. Thought of you.
Greetings Mr. Kenemore,
With all the noise in the news about the pending zombie apocalypse, we thought you might like to hear that someone’s taken action to document the phenomenon.
Mad Genius is an anonymous pop group who uses on news samples and social media to construct their songs. They have a series they’re working on charting the year 2012 in news and trends. Noticing the zombie hoard beginning to spread, they created the track “How To Build A Zombie Apocalypse” in response. We thought you might enjoy a listen…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZF-z1IKZzY&w=560&h=315%5D
Thanks again for your blog and (potential) listen…
Magnus Genioso
PR
Mad Genius
I would love to share my Zombie engagement shoot!
http://www.hilarycam.com.au/blog/2012/09/zombie-engagement/#
We LOVE zombies!!!
Great site! Id like to share my utterly disgusting glow in the dark maggot ridden ZOMBIE T-SHIRT!
http://www.omarangulo.net/livingdead.html
http://www.facebook.com/OmarAnguloArt
Hey, my boyfriend made this awesome Zombie music video for a hip-hop artist. I thought you might enjoy!
just finished Zombies VS Nazis (i read slow..ok)
GREAT STORY, love the comedy used.
Good stuff.
Hallo,
Some friends and i made a short video were we show the only survivor in the netherlands after the 21-12-2012 apocalypse.
It’s just for fun and maybe you like it.
This is the youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PntzH2Y4MvA
Thanks for your time and greetings from the Netherlands.
Boudewijn Luijten.
Hi scott!,
I am Currently working on a limited edition Zombie Art book, with images of my Zombie paintings from the last few years. It will be released this upcoming June. Check it out! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1280207017/zombie-nation-limited-edition-art-book
Looks like I’m only piling on to the Check-Out-My-Zombie-Related-Thing stack but alas, here is my own Kickstarter for ZOMBIE SHUFFLE, a zombie card game based on the 52-card deck. http://kck.st/WuwXTd
I must admit this is the first time I’ve seen your blog but it looks amazing and I plan to check out some of your books. Best of luck.
I’m so proud to finally be sharing this link with you. This has been a passion project of me and my brother for the past year and we finally put our video up on youtube. If nothing else I hope you enjoy it from one zombie fan to another: http://youtu.be/Nbnz0icT-TY Enjoy!
Ran into this earlier today and looked like something you might want to review! Zombie apocolypse preparedness http://wazoosurvivalgear.com/product_info.php/keychains-p-64