Charlie Haas is an Oakland journalist, screenwriter, and novelist. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Threepenny Review, Esquire, New West, and many other magazines. His screenwriting credits include Over the Edge, Tex, Gremlins 2, and Matinee. His novel The Enthusiast (HarperPerennial) was a San Francisco Chronicle Notable Book of the Year. His newest novel, The Current Fantasy, was published in 2024 by Beck & Branch.