Arnon Shorr
Arnon Z. Shorr is an author of Jewish genre fiction, where popular genres get remixed and reimagined with elements of Jewish history, folklore, tradition and culture. He is also a screenwriter and filmmaker.
Arnon's swashbuckling graphic novel, José and the Pirate Captain Toledano, is an expansion of his award-winning short film.... more
Arnon Z. Shorr is an author of Jewish genre fiction, where popular genres get remixed and reimagined with elements of Jewish history, folklore, tradition and culture. He is also a screenwriter and filmmaker.
Arnon's swashbuckling graphic novel, José and the Pirate Captain Toledano, is an expansion of his award-winning short film about Jewish pirates in the 16th century Caribbean. He is a 2024 Fellow of the JWI Screenwriters Lab, and a 2024-25 Fellow of the PJ Library Sephardic Stories Initiative. He was born in Israel, lives in Massachusetts, and considers Los Angeles his creative home.
