David Lubar is an author of numerous books for teens. He is also an electronic game programmer, who programmed
Super Breakout for the Nintendo

Nintendo

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 Game Boy

Game Boy

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, and Frogger

Frogger

Frogger is an arcade game introduced in 1981. It was developed by Konami, and licensed for worldwide distribution by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game is to direct frogs to their homes one by one. To do this, each frog must avoid cars while crossing a busy road and navigate a river full of...

 for both the SNES

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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 and Game Boy. As a game designer, he designed the game Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge

Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge

Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge is a console and computer game released in 2000. The game is part of the Frogger series, and the sequel to Frogger , featuring similar 4-way movement gameplay in a 3D world with 6 different environments...

 for the Nintendo Game Boy Color

Game Boy Color

The is Nintendo's successor to the 8-bit Game Boy handheld game console, and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, November 19, 1998 in North America, November 23, 1998 in Europe and November 27, 1998 in the United Kingdom. It features a color screen and is slightly thicker and taller than...

. The son of a librarian, Lubar was born and raised in Morristown, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, and loves humor.

Novels

• Hidden Talents
  Hidden Talents (novel)
  Hidden Talents, published in 1999, is a novel by author David Lubar. Its sequel is the 2007 novel, True Talents- Summary:Martin Anderson cannot stay out of trouble. He seems to have a natural talent for getting on everyone's bad side. This talent lands him in Edgeview, a last-chance alternative...
  
  (1999)
• Monster road (1999)
• Wizards of the Game (2003)
• Flip (2003)
• Dog Days (2004)
• Dunk
  Dunk (novel)
  Dunk is a novel written by David Lubar, written in 2003, about a boy, whose dreams are about becoming a bozo in a Dunk Tank. Full Cast Audio later made an audio version of the book, read by Matt Goldmen, an full cast.- Plot :...
  
  (2004)
• Punished! (2005)
• Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
  Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
  Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie is a 2005 young adult novel by David Lubar. It is a story about the high school experiences of a fourteen-year-old boy named Scott Hudson. The narration is peppered with lists, journal entries and Scott's creative writing attempts...
  
  (2006)
• True Talents
  True Talents
  True Talents is a novel by David Lubar. It's the sequel to Hidden Talents. It was published in 2007. The story focuses on 6 children with psychic abilities who are found out by a man named Douglas Bowdler.-Summary:...
  
  (2007)
• Toon Out (2007)

Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie series

• My Rotten Life (2009)
• Dead Guy Spy (2010)
• Goup Soup (2010)
• Enter the Zombie (2011)

Short stories

• In the Land of the Lawn Weenies
  In the Land of the Lawn Weenies
  In the Land of the Lawn Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales is a children's book written by David Lubar. It is a collection of short stories that end in unusual ways...
  
  (2003)
• Invasion of the Road Weenies
  Invasion of the Road Weenies
  Invasion of the Road Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales is a children's book written by David Lubar, containing a collection of short stories all ending with creepy, strange, or unhappy endings. "The Invasion of the Road Weenies" story is about a kid who tries to figure out why the joggers...
  
  (2005)
• The Curse of the Campfire Weenies
  The Curse of the Campfire Weenies
  The Curse of the Campfire Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales is the third Weenies children's short story book written by David Lubar. It was preceded by Invasion of the Road Weenies and is followed by The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies. It was published in 2007.-Stories:Mr...
  
  (2007)
• The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies
  The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies
  The Battle of the Red hot Pepper Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales is the latest book by David Lubar and is the fourth in the Weenies collection. It was preceded by The Curse of the Campfire Weenies. It was published in June 2009.-Stories:...
  
  (2009)
• Attack of the Vampire Weenies (2011)

Video games

• Home Alone (GameBoy)
• Leisure Suit Larry Magna Cum Laude (PC)
• Fantastic Voyage (Atari 2600)
• River Raid II (Atari 2600)
• Worm War I (Atari 2600)
• Bart VS The World (Nintendo Entertainment System)

External links

• "David Lubar bio page"