Arie Kaplan is an award-win­ning author and pub­lic speak­er. His most well known non­fic­tion book is From Krakow to Kryp­ton: Jews and Com­ic Books (Jew­ish Pub­li­ca­tion Soci­ety, 2008), which was named a 2009 Book­list Edi­tors’ Choice: Books For Youth Win­ner, a 2008 final­ist for the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award, a 2009 Sophie Brody Hon­or Book (award­ed by the Amer­i­can Library Asso­ci­a­tion), and a 2009 Nation­al ​“Best Books 2009” Awards Final­ist (award­ed by USA Book News). Arie has also writ­ten non­fic­tion books on a vari­ety of oth­er sub­jects, rang­ing from the his­to­ry of pira­cy to the life of Vlad the Impaler. And he has authored sev­er­al graph­ic nov­els and com­ic book sto­ries — fea­tur­ing such icon­ic char­ac­ters as Super­man, Speed Rac­er, and Bart Simp­son — for DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Bon­go Comics, IDW, and oth­er pub­lish­ers. In addi­tion to his work as an author, Arie is an in-demand pub­lic speak­er. He has lec­tured all over the world on var­i­ous pop cul­ture-relat­ed sub­jects, such as the his­to­ry of Jews in film, the his­to­ry of Jews in com­ic books, and the his­to­ry of Jews in com­e­dy. Arie has also writ­ten arti­cles on these sub­jects for Slate, The Jew­ish Review of Books, The Utne Read­er, Reform Judaism Mag­a­zine, and oth­er pub­li­ca­tions. Arie Kaplan is avail­able to be booked for speak­ing engage­ments through Read On. Click here for more information.