Isaac Rudansky once got suspended in seventh grade for turning in a short story instead of a Social Studies report (he thought it was pretty funny, but his teacher thought it was pretty dark), but he never stopped writing.
After earning his master’s in industrial psychology, Isaac founded AdVenture Media, an award-winning advertising agency with fifty employees across three US offices. He’s written campaigns for clients like AMC Networks, Hearst, Sports Illustrated, Forbes Magazine, Asurion, Corning Glass, Hanes, Nasdaq, and many others. He writes for industry-leading publications and has given workshops at marketing events around the world.
His online courses, each #1 bestsellers in their categories, have attracted over 300,000 students worldwide.
His debut novel, Georgie Summers and the Scribes of Scatterplot, is the result of years of narrative-driven ad copywriting, imagination, and a belief that middle-grade books shouldn’t be concerned with teaching kids lessons, ethics, or any other nonsense like that. They should just entertain.
Isaac grew up in Huntington, Long Island—the boondocks, at least for him, especially since he had zero TVs in his house and just as few friends. Growing up an orthodox Jew, he knew what being an “other” felt like. He also has red hair, and if you don't think that's a challenge, try having red hair and dating at the same time.
Before advertising, Rudansky made ends meet (barely) as an artist, selling his impressionist paintings at art festivals on Long Island. He was invited to a private exhibition in Huntington, New ... See more
Isaac Rudansky once got suspended in seventh grade for turning in a short story instead of a Social Studies report (he thought it was pretty funny, but his teacher thought it was pretty dark), but he never stopped writing.
After earning his master’s in industrial psychology, Isaac founded AdVenture Media, an award-winning advertising agency with fifty employees across three US offices. He’s written campaigns for clients like AMC Networks, Hearst, Sports Illustrated, Forbes Magazine, Asurion, Corning Glass, Hanes, Nasdaq, and many others. He writes for industry-leading publications and has given workshops at marketing events around the world.
His online courses, each #1 bestsellers in their categories, have attracted over 300,000 students worldwide.
His debut novel, Georgie Summers and the Scribes of Scatterplot, is the result of years of narrative-driven ad copywriting, imagination, and a belief that middle-grade books shouldn’t be concerned with teaching kids lessons, ethics, or any other nonsense like that. They should just entertain.
Isaac grew up in Huntington, Long Island—the boondocks, at least for him, especially since he had zero TVs in his house and just as few friends. Growing up an orthodox Jew, he knew what being an “other” felt like. He also has red hair, and if you don't think that's a challenge, try having red hair and dating at the same time.
Before advertising, Rudansky made ends meet (barely) as an artist, selling his impressionist paintings at art festivals on Long Island. He was invited to a private exhibition in Huntington, New York in 2012, which was written up in Newsday.
Eventually, Isaac married up (way up), and he and his wife live (mostly happily) in Long Island with their quartet of little anarchists who operate on a sugar-based economy where candy is the only legal tender. Isaac’s withdrawal to the realm of writing isn’t just escapism; it’s a tactical retreat from those pint-sized insurgents. Besides, it’s the only time he gets to decide what happens next without a cacophony of dissenting opinions.
Reach Isaac at isaac@GeorgieSummers.com. He likes critical feedback, but he likes compliments even more.
