Amazon #1 Bestselling Author MORTY SHALLMAN was born on the West Coast of Illinois and studied creative writing at the University of Chicago. A novelist, singer, songwriter, screenwriter, and producer, Morty was voted the #1 Indie Artist in LA by Reverbnation.com (2018), and is the creator of Literary Pop, an artistic genre characterized by unique mashups of pop music and literary fiction. Morty’s seminal works of Literary Pop include Love’s Oblivion, A Novel in Twelve Pop Songs (2002), Last of the Zachary’s, A Novel with Songs (2010), and Pop Fiction, An Indie-Noir Musical Thriller (2017).

Morty’s novel, The Tyranny of Desire (2023) was the #1 New Dark Comedy Release and the #1 Bestselling Absurdist novel on Amazon. It’s been praised as a “Comedic Masterpiece” by Readers’ Favorite, and as a “ribald and incisive provocation” by Booklife. His latest novel, War and Sex (2024), was the #1 New Release in Popular Culture and reached #3 in Political Humor. It was also shortlisted for the prestigious Faulkner-Wisdom Prize in Literature. Morty is an AWAL recording artist and a voting member of The Recording Academy, the Author’s Guild, and The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society.

In addition to writing, producing, and performing his own music, Morty has collaborated with a variety of songwriters, DJs, and Producers. Morty co-wrote former Nickelodeon TV Star Drake Bell’s hit, “Highway to Nowhere,” which was featured on The Drake and Josh Show, Zoey 101, Bell’s first solo CD, Telegraph, and on several top-selling Nickelodeon/BMG soundtrack compilations.

Morty lives in Valley Village, California with his dog Primo and continues his work as a novelist, singer, songwriter, publisher, producer, screenwriter, and creative director.