Nationality American | Name A. Mayers | |
Born June 19, 1987 (age 36) ( 1987-06-19 ) Laredo, Webb County
Texas, US Residence West Hollywood, California Occupation Marketing coordinator for Paramount Pictures
Novelist Parent(s) John P. and Ruth Elizabeth Mayers Alma mater United South High School, University of Texas at Austin Books Moonshadow, The Cosmos of Destiny, Black Sheep's Meadow | ||
Anthony James Mayers, known as A. J. Mayers (born June 19, 1987), is the marketing coordinator for Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles, and the author of four novels.
Biography
A native of Laredo, Texas, Mayers at the age of six began writing his personal thoughts in a spiral notebook, unknowingly providing the training for his later success as a novelist and storyteller. He graduated in 2005 from United South High School within the United Independent School District in Laredo and in 2009 from the University of Texas at Austin. He received a scholarship through the Hispanic Scholarship Consortium in Austin.
In August 2014, he released Black Sheep's Meadow, a crime drama. His earlier books constitute a trilogy: Among Us (2011), Moonshadow (2012), and The Cosmos of Destiny (2013). Moonshadow, the sequel to Among Us, is a story of aliens who live on Earth and a government agency willing to murder to keep their presence secret. His next book will be entitled Final Boarding. Mayers describes his craft of wordsmith as mentally draining and exhausting.
Among the films that Mayers has marketed for Paramount are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which grossed nearly $66 million in its first weekend in August 2014; Guardians of the Galaxy, Let's Be Cops, If I Stay, and The November Man. Mayers was the production assistant for the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards and the 2010 MTV Movie Awards.
Mayers is a lecturer on the dangers of bullying, an issue in his own past. In January 2014, he was named vice chair of the Viacom Employee Resource LGBT Group called "Emerge".
In December 2013, Mayers was named by Mayor Raul G. Salinas as the second person to receive the honor of "Laredo's Outstanding Son". In 2014, he was inducted into the "League of Legends" of the United Independent School District.