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January 31, 2023 at 01:58 pm Reply

Logan

Hey Gordon Korman. I have not been on this page in a while, but I have read some more books and found some interesting similarities. Around in November, I started reading the Riordan books, otherwise known as the Percy Jackson books. I really enjoyed them, (don't worry, I still have two of your books on queue) and I am now on the Heroes of Olympus series. Note that one of the only reasons I absolutely love your books is because of the unique style where it shows many different character perspectives. In Heroes of Olympus, Rick also does that! That made me super happy because two of my favorite authors used the same style! But it also made me super curious if it was a complete coincidence. So, I did some digging, and I remembered you two actually wrote the 39 clues together! (Couldn't find that in my library) That was around 2008-2010 around when Rick started writing Heroes of Olympus! I couldn't find when you started using that style, so did you give him the idea, he gave you the idea, or if it is just a big coincidence?

Thanks,
Logan
February 1, 2023 at 04:49 am Reply

Gordon Korman

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Hi, Logan,

Coincidence, I would guess. Rick and I did do THE 39 CLUES together, but separately. He started the series with the first book, which was then handed to me. I wrote the second one, ONE FALSE NOTE, which then went to the #3 guy, Peter Lerangis, and so on. We didn't have much contact with each other besides being next in line to continue the story. The only time we spent together was to produce publicity for the series and its multi-author status.

Multiple narratives is not a new technique, Logan. I don't know why other writers use it. My purpose is to tell a more complete story by seeing to it that the reader gets all the different points of view. And my readers seem to love it.

Glad you're enjoying your reading. Thanks for posting. -----Gordon Korman-----
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Hi, Logan,

Coincidence, I would guess. Rick and I did do THE 39 CLUES together, but separately. He started the series with the first book, which was then handed to me. I wrote the second one, ONE FALSE NOTE, which then went to the #3 guy, Peter Lerangis, and so on. We didn't have much contact with each other besides being next in line to continue the story. The only time we spent together was to produce publicity for the series and its multi-author status.

Multiple narratives is not a new technique, Logan. I don't know why other writers use it. My purpose is to tell a more complete story by seeing to it that the reader gets all the different points of view. And my readers seem to love it.

Glad you're enjoying your reading. Thanks for posting. -----Gordon Korman-----