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Authors: Zach Anner
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is an award-winning comedian, show host, and public speaker. In 2011, he won his own travel show on the Oprah Winfrey Network,
Rollin' with Zach
. He hosted the Web series
Have a Little Faith
for Rainn Wilson's media company SoulPancake, and
Riding Shotgun
and
Workout Wednesday
on his YouTube channel, which has over eleven million hits. Zach lives in Buffalo, New York, and Austin, Texas, and spends most of his spare time in his underwear, thinking about how he can change the world. If you'd like to know more about Zach, consult the book you are currently holding.
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is an animation artist who has worked on projects for Fisher-Price, the Syfy channel, the History Channel, and Sesame Workshop's Emmy-nominated TV series
Pinky Dinky Doo
. Originally from Buffalo, New York, Kevin currently lives in New York City.
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Contents
Introduction: ⦠Well, Why Don't I Start?
2.   How to Win a Television Show
3.   Drivers Ed in the Mars Rover
5.   Who Wants to Smell a Billionaire?
6.   How to Lose a Television Show
Part II: Friends in Search of Benefits
7.   Destiny in a Red One-Piece Bathing Suit
8.   I'll Have a Virgin Zachary
9.   Something to Offend Everyone
10. Hope, Salad, and Breadsticks
11. Barking Up the Wrong Tree House
12. With Apologies to Gene Shalit
Part III: The Learning Curve of a Late Bloomer
14. The Most Magical Life on Earth
16. A Wedding, Two Meat Loaves, and a Lobster Funeral
18. The Wurst and Best of Berlin
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Copyright © 2016 by Zachary Dean Anner. All rights reserved. For information, address Henry Holt and Co., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
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Anner, Zach, 1984â
     If at birth you don't succeed: my adventures with disaster and destiny / Zach Anner.
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     ISBN 978-1-62779-364-3 (hardback) â
     ISBN 978-1-62779-365-0 (electronic book)
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First Edition: March 2016
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Illustrations copyright © 2016 by Kevin Scarborough