Source: Contemporary Authors, First Revision, Volume 33-36, page 598, editor Ann Evory, Gale Research Company (Detroit, MI, ©1978).

PERSONAL: Surname is pronouced Ny-der-man; born October 26, 1940, in Brooklyn, N.Y.; son of George and Anne (Malisoff) Neiderman; married Diane Wilson, Feburary 8, 1964; children: Melissa Gay, Erik Richard. Education: Attended Hunter College, Bronx Campus (now Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York), 1958-1960; State University of New York at Albany, B.A., 1962, M.A., 1964. Politics: Liberal Democrat. Religion: Hebrew. Agent: James Brown Associates, 25 West 43rd St., New York, N.Y. 10017. Office: Fallsburgh Central School, Fallsburgh, N.Y. 12733. (NOTE: These addresses may not be current.)

CAREER: Fallsburgh Central School, Fallsburgh, N.Y., English teacher, 1964-, audio-visual director. Town historian, Fallsburgh, 1977. Member: New York State Teachers Association, Sullivan County Teachers Council (president, 1971-72), Fallsburgh Teachers Association (president, 1969).

WRITINGS: Sisters (novel), Stein & Day, 1971. Also author of The Sesquicentennial of Fallsburgh Township, 1976. Contributor of short stories to The Young Judean, English Record, Interaction and other periodicals, of poetry to Prairie Schooner, University Review, Cimarron Review, and other periodicals, of short plays to Scholastic Magazine's Voice, and of articles to Media and Methods and Campaign Insight.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Two novels, Beyong the Front Lines and The Vigilante.

SIDELIGHTS: Andrew Neiderman told CA that he has been most influenced by Kurt Vonnegut. He added: "Mainly, today, I am concerned with the theme of violence. I am concered with how we are driven to acts of violence by an imposing society and [an] entrapping environment."

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