Leslie Margolis

Leslie Margolis
Leslie Margolis
Occupation	Author; novelist;
Nationality	American
Genre	Children's literature
Website
	www.lesliemargolis.com

Leslie Margolis is an American author and novelist, whose works are more targeted towards children. Her book, Boys Are Dogs, was adapted into a film entitled Zapped, by Disney. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

Bibliography

Annabelle Unleashed series

This five-part series includes:

Boys Are Dogs published in 2008 and adapted into audio book format.^[1]
- adapted into the Disney Channel Original Movie titled Zapped starring Zendaya and Spencer Boldman 2014^[2]^[3]
Girls Acting Catty published in 2009
Everybody Bugs Out published in 2011
One Tough Chick published in 2013
Monkey Business published September 2014

Maggie Brooklyn Mystery series

Girl's Best Friend published in 2010
Vanishing Acts published in 2012
Secrets at the Chocolate Mansion published in 2013

Stand-alone novels

Fix published 3 October 2006
Price of Admission published 1 February 2007
If I Were You published 12 May 2015
We Are Party People published 3 October 2017
Ghosted published 23 October 2018

Co-operative projects

21 Proms published 1 March 2007
First Kiss (Then Tell) published 1 December 2007
Lucky Dog: Twelve Tales of Rescued Dogs published in 2014

References

^ Listen Up!: What's New in Audiobooks published 2009 by Library Media Connection: "Boys are Dogs, by Leslie Margolis, read by Ellen Grafton. Brilliance Audio, 2008, 5 hours, 4 discs, ISBN 978-1-4233-7729-0
^ Zendaya Stars in the Disney Channel’s ‘Zapped’ by Jon Caramanica of New York Times published 26 June 2014: "This movie, starring Zendaya and based on Leslie Margolis's book "Boys Are Dogs," will be broadcast Friday on the Disney Channel. Credit David Bukach/Disney Channel" .. "This hastily written and structured TV movie is based on Leslie Margolis’s middle-grade book “Boys Are Dogs” and is presumably meant to be slightly confused with “Zapped!,” the 1982 romp in which a dweeb played by Scott Baio gets telekinetic powers and uses them to improve his lot."
^ Disney role brings Zendaya to Mill Bay by Michael D. Read of Times Colonist published 26 June 2014: "Zendaya was in her element shooting the comedy based on the Leslie Margolis book Boys are Dogs, especially when Pitch Perfect choreographer Aakomon Jones put her through her paces."