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Elfman, Eric

(1957-    ) US author and screenwriter who began to publish work of genre interest with X-Files #4: Our Town (1997), a tie to The X-Files forming part of the X-Files Young Adults sequence. He has also published two series in collaboration with Neal Shusterman: the Accelerati Trilogy opening with Tesla's Attic (2014) whose volumes successively invoke the legacies of Nikola Tesla, Thomas Alva Edison (see also Edisonade) and Stephen Hawking (1942-2018).The N.O.A.H Files sequence opening with I Am the Walrus (2023), again with Neal Shusterman, is Fantasy for children. [DRL]

born Boston, Massachusetts: 29 January 1957

works

series

X-Files Young Adults

• X-Files #4: Our Town (New York: Harper Trophy, 1997) [tie to The X-Files: X-Files Young Adults: pb/Cliff Nielsen]

Accelerati Trilogy

• Tesla's Attic (New York: Disney-Hyperion, 2014) with Neal Shusterman [Accelerati Trilogy: hb/Owen Richardson]
• Edison's Alley (New York: Disney-Hyperion, 2015) with Neal Shusterman [Accelerati Trilogy: hb/Cliff Nielsen]
• Hawking's Hallway (New York: Disney-Hyperion, 2016) with Neal Shusterman [Accelerati Trilogy: hb/Cliff Nielsen]

The N.O.A.H Files

• I Am the Walrus (New York: Little, Brown, 2023) with Neal Shusterman [The N.O.A.H Files: hb/Jim Madsen]
• Shock the Monkey (New York: Little, Brown, 2024) with Neal Shusterman [The N.O.A.H Files: hb/Jim Madsen]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 21:24 pm on 11 March 2026.
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