PRONUNCIATION GUIDE:
Zoje = ZOH-yuh (rhymes with "glad to KNOW ya")
Stage = It's not a trick, it's just like the stage you perform on.
(she/her)
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| Official Author Photo by Gabrianna Dacko |
SHORT BIO:
Zoje Stage is the USA Today and internationally bestselling
author of the psychological thrillers Baby Teeth, Dear Hanna, and Getaway, and
the psychological horror novels Wonderland and Mothered. Her
books have been named "best of the year" by Forbes Magazine, Library
Journal, PopSugar, LitReactor, Barnes & Noble, Book Riot, and
more. She lives in Pittsburgh with her cats.
LONGER BIO:
Zoje Stage's debut novel, BABY TEETH, was a USA Today and international bestseller. It was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award and named one of the best books of the year by Forbes Magazine, Library Journal, PopSugar, Barnes & Noble, Bloody Disgusting, and BookBub. Her second "mind-bending" (New York Times) novel, WONDERLAND, was one of Book Riot's Best Horror Books of 2020. GETAWAY, "a stunning...third triumph" (Booklist, starred review), was named by LitReactor as one of the best books of 2021. Her most recent novel, "utterly harrowing...masterful" (Criminal Element) is MOTHERED. She lives in Pittsburgh with her cats.
Before turning to novels, Zoje Stage had a deep and eclectic background in film and theatre. Highlights include being a 2012 Emerging Storytellers Fellow from the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP.org), and a 2008 Fellow in Screenwriting from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA.org). In 2009 she won the Screenplay Live! Screenwriting Competition, which afforded her the opportunity to direct a staged reading of her winning script, THE MACHINE WHO LOVED, for the High Falls Film Festival (Rochester, NY). Zoje has written-directed-produced numerous zero-budget films, including the documentary short BEST OF LUCK ("an amusing take on the travails of aspiring writers" - The New York Times). Her films have screened at venues such as Anthology Film Archives and Two Boots Pioneer Theater (both in NYC), Film Kitchen (Pittsburgh, PA), and Emerging Filmmakers (Rochester, NY). As a playwright, Zoje is most proud of her play MONSTER, which was produced in Pittsburgh by the Upstairs Theatre ("Ms. Stage now makes her own contribution to holocaust literature with a demanding and intensely felt play... a must-see for those wanting another view of why and how the holocaust happened." - The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). After living in Rochester, NY for many years, she is back in her hometown of Pittsburgh, PA.
