Geoffrey Paul Gordon Books

About the author

Geoffrey Paul Gordon is a writer, teacher, and performer from New York City. He is a graduate of the Ethical Cuture Schools, where he was a high school valedictorian. He earned a BA from Columbia University, summa cum laude and phi beta kappa, and an MA from NYU in English Drama and Literature. His first play, SHORT CHANGE, won critical plaudits and international awards. It is included in his published collection, SIX PLAYS. His novels are BORN RICH, LEONARD, THE LUST RESORT, and PURE GOLD.

BORN RICH

In his fourth novel, BORN RICH, Geoffrey Paul Gordon weaves one character from each of his previous novels into a parodic tapestry depicting contemporary American social and political life and death.

“A Mark Twain kind of writer…” — Dick Cavett

LEONARD

LEONARD is a satirical bildungsroman about a sexually and literarily fixated writer, his eccentric parents, his lovely, long-suffering wife, and their loyal, but antisocial dog.

“This is a very funny book...read it in one sitting...great character...the neurotic, sex-crazed artist/writer wanna-be in all his manic splendor...loved it, man...still laughing as I write this...” — Richard Corozine, author, The Last Painting

THE LUST RESORT

THE LUST RESORT is the story of Adam and Elle Fine, loving partners on a romantic holiday, who suddenly become amateur detectives embroiled in a murder mystery.

“A sexy, funny, murder mystery with wonderful characters, and a lot of heart. It keeps you turning pages!" — Xaviera Hollander, author, The Happy Hooker

PURE GOLD

PURE GOLD is a novel of multiperspectivity, chronicling the singular season of a mythical modern baseball team, as a motley collection of players defy all odds to reach the
precipice of history.

“A most impressive first novel... inventive and insightful... shows a deep understanding of his subject and his characters... a real achievement.” – Michael Seidel, author, Streak:  Joe Dimaggio and the Summer of '41

SIX PLAYS

These SIX PLAYS have all been produced in New York City—and some in other places, such as Amsterdam, Moscow, and Paris. Of the six, only the first one in this volume is surrealist. The others can be described as a tragedy, a melodrama, a comedy, a farce, and a romance.

Writers Bloc • Short Change • Testiculations • Onward Bound • Big Family Dinner • Marieke

“Gordon’s plays bring great humor and humanity to every genre of theater.”
– Nicole Pandolfo, playwright, Brick City

THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM

In 1946, at age twenty-two, Beate Sirota Gordon helped to draft the new postwar Japanese Constitution. The Only Woman in the Room chronicles how a daughter of Russian Jews became the woman who aided in the rushed, secret drafting of a constitution which codified women’s rights.

“Gordon's personal story will enlighten all who question the importance of women's presence in the corridors of power."
– Gloria Steinem, author, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellion

YOKO WAS MY BABYSITTER, by Geoffrey Paul Gordon, a memoir-in-progress…