Steve Adams (born Steven Saint Lawrence Adams, February 8, 1947)[citation needed] is an American author and screenwriter who also uses the penname Waldo Mellon.[1] He wrote Envy (2004), starring Ben Stiller and Jack Black.[2] Adams conceived the idea with long-time friend Larry David.[3] They met while both were comedy writers for Fridays, a Saturday Night Live inspired show in the early 1980s.[4][5] Adams also wrote Waiting for Forever (2010)[6] starring Tom Sturridge, Rachel Bilson, and Blythe Danner[7] as well as No Stranger Than Love (2015)[8] starring Alison Brie and Colin Hanks.
In 2014, Adams wrote and self-published his first book What's What And What To Do About It[9] under the pen name Waldo Mellon.[10][11] The book was published in March 1, 2022 by Seven Stories Press.[12]
Adams's uncle is Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), an American novelist known for satirical, science fiction.[13] In 1958, Adams' mother, Alice Vonnegut Adams, died of cancer two days after her husband, James Carmalt Adams, was killed in a train accident. Vonnegut, Alice's brother, adopted Adams and his three brothers and raised them in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.[14][15] Adams graduated from Dartmouth College in 1969 with B.A. in English. He currently lives in Massachusetts, with his wife Jeannie.[16]
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