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Edward Einhorn (born 6 September 1970) is an American playwright, theater director, and novelist, noted for the comic absurdism of his drama and the imaginative richness of his literary works.

A native of Westfield, New Jersey, Einhorn attended Johns Hopkins University. In 1992 he started the Untitled Theater Company #61 in New York (co-founded with his older brother David Einhorn, who has produced plays for the company). With that company, Edward Einhorn has directed T. S. Eliot's Sweeney Agonistes, Eugene Ionesco's The Bald Soprano, Dennis Potter's Brimstone and Treacle, and Richard Foreman's My Head Was a Sledgehammer among other works. He has staged a festival of the complete plays of Eugene Ionesco, a festival of the complete plays of Václav Havel, a calypso musical adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle, and a "NEUROfest" of plays on aspects of neurology. Off-Broadway, he directed Fairy Tales of the Absurd, a trilogy of one-act plays, two by Ionesco and one (One Head Too Many) by himself.

As playwright, Einhorn has composed one-act and full-length plays, including dramas on Jewish legends and a series of plays on neurological conditions — The Boy Who Wanted to be a Robot (on Asperger syndrome), Strangers (on Korsakov's syndrome), and Linguish (on aphasia). He has adapted the Lysistrata of Aristophanes for modern audiences.

He was written two Oz novels, Paradox in Oz and The Living House of Oz (both illustrated by Eric Shanower), as well as a number of short stories. He has also written a book on probability for young readers, A Very Improbable Story, illustrated by Adam Gustavson.

In the year 2000, Einhorn was involved in a supposed controversy with playwright Richard Foreman over Foreman's Lava, although Einhorn has stated that the reviewer mistook a joke in the play for a real controversy. Four years later, Einhorn was involved in a more genuine controversy with the producers of Nancy McClernan's play Tam Lin, which resulted in legal action.
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Total Books: 11
Fractions in Disguise A Math Adventure
2014 - Fractions in Disguise a Math Adventure (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781570917738
ISBN-10: 1570917736
Genres: Children's Books, Science & Math
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Fractions in Disguise A Math Adventure
2014 - Fractions in Disguise a Math Adventure (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781570917745
ISBN-10: 1570917744
Genres: Children's Books, Science & Math
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Playing Dreidel with Judah Maccabee
2011 - Playing Dreidel with Judah Maccabee (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780977019748
ISBN-10: 0977019748
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Velvet Oratorio
2009 - The Velvet Oratorio (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780977019731
ISBN-10: 097701973X
Genres: Arts & Photography, History, Humor & Entertainment
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A Very Improbable Story A Math Adventure
2008 - A Very Improbable Story a Math Adventure (Hardcover)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781570918711
ISBN-10: 1570918716
Genre: Children's Books
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A Very Improbable Story
2008 - A Very Improbable Story (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781570918728
ISBN-10: 1570918724
Genre: Children's Books
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The Golem Methuselah And Shylock Plays by Edward Einhorn
2005 - The Golem Methuselah and Shylock Plays By Edward Einhorn (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780977019700
ISBN-10: 0977019705
Genres: History, Literature & Fiction
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The Golem Methuselah And Shylock Plays by Edward Einhorn
2005 - The Golem Methuselah and Shylock Plays By Edward Einhorn (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780977019717
ISBN-10: 0977019713
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Living House of Oz
2005 - The Living House of Oz (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781929527083
ISBN-10: 192952708X
Genre: Children's Books
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OzStory 3
1997 - Ozstory 3 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780964498846
ISBN-10: 0964498847
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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A Very Improbable Story A Math Adventure
A Very Improbable Story a Math Adventure (Hardcover)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781606860489
ISBN-10: 1606860488
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