Ayun Halliday
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Ayun Halliday is a writer and actor.
She is best known as the author and illustrator (or, as Halliday herself terms it, "the chief primatologist") of the long-running zine
The East Village Inky. The zine
got its name from Halliday's living in New York City's East Village
, and "Inky" being the nickname of her then-infant daughter.
She is Bust
magazine's Mother Superior columnist, in which she often discusses motherhood, her children and social issues.
Her first graphic novel
, Peanut, is to be published in the summer of 2011.
Initially named "Anne", Halliday was born in Indianapolis
, Indiana
, on March 29, 1965. She has no siblings. She attended Park Tudor School
and Northwestern University
, where she obtained a degree in theater performance. After graduating, she joined the Neo-Futurists
, an experimental theater troupe in Chicago
. It was during her tenure with the troupe that she met her husband, playwright Greg Kotis
.
She lives in Brooklyn
, New York
, with Kotis and their two children, India and Milo.
She participates yearly in the Coney Island
Mermaid Parade.
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)
She is best known as the author and illustrator (or, as Halliday herself terms it, "the chief primatologist") of the long-running zine
Zine
A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....
The East Village Inky. The zine
Zine
A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....
got its name from Halliday's living in New York City's East Village
East Village, Manhattan
The East Village is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, lying east of Greenwich Village, south of Gramercy and Stuyvesant Town, and north of the Lower East Side...
, and "Inky" being the nickname of her then-infant daughter.
She is Bust
Bust (magazine)
Bust is a bi-monthly United States-based women's lifestyle magazine. It was founded in 1993 by Debbie Stoller, Laurie Henzel, and Marcelle Karp.-Content:...
magazine's Mother Superior columnist, in which she often discusses motherhood, her children and social issues.
Her first graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
, Peanut, is to be published in the summer of 2011.
Initially named "Anne", Halliday was born in Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
, Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
, on March 29, 1965. She has no siblings. She attended Park Tudor School
Park Tudor School
Park Tudor School is a private, coeducational, nondenominational school for grades junior kindergarten through 12 in the Meridian Hills neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Park Tudor was created with the 1970 merger of Tudor Hall School for Girls and Park School...
and Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
, where she obtained a degree in theater performance. After graduating, she joined the Neo-Futurists
Neo-Futurists
The Neo-Futurists are an experimental theater troupe founded by Greg Allen in 1988. Neo-Futurism, inspired by the Italian Futurist movement from the early 20th century, is based on an aesthetics of honesty, speed and brevity.-Aesthetic:...
, an experimental theater troupe in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
. It was during her tenure with the troupe that she met her husband, playwright Greg Kotis
Greg Kotis
Greg Kotis is a New York-based playwright, who specializes in dark, disturbing comedies with socially relevant themes.-Earlier career:Kotis studied political science at the University of Chicago. He dropped out when took a course on the Short Comic Scene, he realised that he wanted to be part of...
.
She lives in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, with Kotis and their two children, India and Milo.
She participates yearly in the Coney Island
Coney Island
Coney Island is a peninsula and beach on the Atlantic Ocean in southern Brooklyn, New York, United States. The site was formerly an outer barrier island, but became partially connected to the mainland by landfill....
Mermaid Parade.
Published books
The Big Rumpus (published in the UK as Mama Lama Ding Dong) (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)