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Dean Lorey Biography

Birth Name:Dean Lorey

Birth Place:Conyers, Georgia, United States

Profession Writer, Producer, Actor, Director

Fast Facts

His first novel, "Nightmare Academy: Monster Hunters" won the SCIBA's award for Best Children's Novel of the Year in 2008
Attended the film school at New York University after moving away from his Georgia home
Wrote book cover copy for Simon and Schuster and commercials for MTV and Nickelodeon
A fellow NYU student with a connection to director and producer Sean Cunningham got Lorey into the film business by giving a copy of his firs screenplay, what would become "My Boyfriend's Back" to Cunningham
Known for writing and executive producing such television shows as "Arrested Development" and "My Wife and Kids․"
Co-authored the nonfiction bestseller "Fitness Confidential" with Vinnie Tortorich
Wrote a young adult book series called "Nightmare Academy․"