Matthue Roth

Matthue Roth is a Hasidic author, slam poet, screenwriter, and video game designer. His first book, Never Mind the Goldbergs , was an ALA Popular Paperback in Religion and a NYPL Best Book for the Teen Age. He's also written a memoir about becoming Orthodox ( Yom Kippur a Go-Go ), a supermodel spy caper ( Candy in Action ), and a cover of Ferris Bueller's Day Off starring Russian Jewish immigrants ( Losers ). Co-creator of the irreverent Biblical YouTube series G-dcast, his screenplay 1/20 was...See more

Matthue Roth is a Hasidic author, slam poet, screenwriter, and video game designer. His first book, Never Mind the Goldbergs , was an ALA Popular Paperback in Religion and a NYPL Best Book for the Teen Age. He's also written a memoir about becoming Orthodox ( Yom Kippur a Go-Go ), a supermodel spy caper ( Candy in Action ), and a cover of Ferris Bueller's Day Off starring Russian Jewish immigrants ( Losers ). Co-creator of the irreverent Biblical YouTube series G-dcast, his screenplay 1/20 was also produced as a feature film. Matthue lives with his wife, the chef Itta Roth, and children in Brooklyn. He holds an MFA from Brooklyn College. See less