Jonathan Fast

Fast was born in New York City. He attended Princeton University, and earned graduate degrees at Columbia University and Yeshiva University. He has a daughter, Molly Jong-Fast, from his first marriage to author Erica Jong,[1] and two sons from his marriage to Barbara Fast, a Unitarian minister.

Fast's nonfiction book, Ceremonial Violence: A Psychological Explanation of School Shootings (2008), analyzes five school shootings from a psychological perspective: Cleveland Elementary School shooting (San Diego), the Columbine High School shooting, the shootings at Simon's Rock College, the Bethel Regional High School shooting, and the Pearl High School shooting.[2]

As of 2017, Fast is an associate professor of social work at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University.[3]

His father, Howard Fast (1914–2003), was the author of many best-selling novels, including Spartacus (1951), which became the basis for the 1960 film of the same name.

• Science fiction
  • The Secrets of Synchronicity (1977)
  • Mortal Gods (1978)
  • The Inner Circle (1979)
  • "Prisoner of the Planets" (1980)
  • The Beast (1981)
• Other fiction
  • The Golden Fire (1986)
  • The Jade Stalk (1988)
  • Stolen Time (1990)
• Adaptations
  • Newsies (1992)
• Non-fiction
  • Ceremonial Violence: a psychological explanation of school shootings (2008). ISBN 1-59-020047-0
  • Beyond bullying : breaking the cycle of shame, bullying, and violence (2015). ISBN 0-19-938364-2

• Jonathan Fast at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database