Ayun Halliday facts for kids
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Ayun Halliday
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| Born | March 29, 1965 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer and Actor |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Park Tudor School |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University |
| Genre | Zines, Graphic novels, Memoir, Plays, Travel literature |
| Spouse |
Greg Kotis
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| Partner | Stephen Colbert (1986–1990) |
| Children | 2 |
Ayun Halliday is an American writer and actor. She is known for her creative work, including books, plays, and a unique magazine called a zine.
She is most famous for writing and illustrating The East Village Inky. This zine is like a small, self-published magazine. Ayun Halliday even calls herself the "chief primatologist" for it, which is a fun way to say she's in charge! The zine got its name because she lived in the East Village in New York City. "Inky" was the nickname for her daughter, India, when she was a baby.
Ayun Halliday also wrote a graphic novel called Peanut. This book, which is like a comic book but longer, came out in 2012. It even got a good review from The New York Times!
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Ayun Halliday's Early Life
Ayun Halliday was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She went to Park Tudor School and then studied at Northwestern University. There, she earned a degree in theater performance.
After college, she joined a group called the Neo-Futurists in Chicago. This was an experimental theater group, meaning they tried new and different ways of performing plays. While working with this group, she met her husband, Greg Kotis, who is a playwright. A playwright is someone who writes plays.
Her Family and Creative Projects
Ayun Halliday lives in East Harlem, New York. She and her husband, Greg Kotis, have two children. Their daughter, India, was born in 1997, and their son, Milo, was born in 2000.
Ayun Halliday and Greg Kotis also started their own theater group called Theater of the Apes.
Ayun Halliday created and hosts a monthly show in New York City called Necromancers of the Public Domain. In this show, old books from the New York Society Library are used to create a fun, low-budget variety show. It's a unique way to bring old stories to life!
Books by Ayun Halliday
Ayun Halliday has written many books for different ages. Here are some of her published works:
- The Big Rumpus (2002)
- No Touch Monkey! And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late (2003)
- Job Hopper (2005)
- Dirty Sugar Cookies: Culinary Observations, Questionable Taste (2006)
- Always Lots of Heinies at the Zoo (2009)
- The Zinester's Guide to NYC (2010)
- Peanut (2012)
- Creative, Not Famous: The Small Potato Manifesto (2022)
- Creative, Not Famous Activity Book (2023)
Plays Written by Ayun Halliday
Besides books, Ayun Halliday has also written several plays:
- Farang (1992)
- Bagel: Anatomy as Simile (1994)
- Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (1989-1998)
- The Mermaid's Legs (2014)
- Fawnbook (2015)
- Zamboni Godot (2017)
- Nurse! (2018)
