Born in Parma, Ohio, author Kenneth Zak is an aquatic nomad of Bohemian-Polish ancestry. As a lad, he dove into Lake Erie in search of a silver coin. Decades later, he surfaced off the island of Crete with a tale filled with mystical sea turtles, mermaids, sunken treasure and a young woman's search for a reclusive poet, a muse and the myth of eternal love.
A summa cum laude graduate of The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science and special interest in Art History, Zak went on to receive his Juris Doctor and follow the waves to California...more 
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Dangerous Writing II Workshop & Saturday Night Reading
I am happily entrenched in Tom Spanbauer’s Dangerous Writing II Workshop this weekend working on a new short fiction entitled Thea. Tonight (Saturday, Oct 15), Tom and friends will be reading at the downtown San Diego InkSpot from 7 to 9 pm. Come join us for some dangerous readings!
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Dangerous Writing II Workshop This October
I am thrilled to be participating in the Dangerous Writing II Workshop this October 14-16 in San Diego with Pulitzer Prize nominated author Tom Spanbauer. Tom is a gripping, soulful writer and a perpetual inspiration. There should be some public readings around the event. Stay Tuned!
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Kenneth Zak Guest Blogging May 31st
I am honored to be the first guest on the new “Romancing the Genres” blog. I am blogging on why I write and the difficulty of placing a finished manuscript into a neat little box. To Genre or Not to Genre, That is the Question. Please swing by and drop me a comment. Best, KZ
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