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SLACKER FEATURED IN THE WASHINGTON POST!
Great news! SLACKER has been selected for The Washington Post‘s KidsPost summer reading program, “Laughing Matters.” Which it does, so thanks for getting it right, KidsPost! CHECK IT OUT HERE – SLACKER along with seven other awesome books by writers like Carl Hiaasen. And read something funny this summer!
THE OFFICIAL JINGLE COVER REVEAL
Okay, I predicted it when I knew the next SWINDLE book would be holiday-themed. But the reality of Luthor in a Santa suit is beyond my wildest dreams (or possibly nightmares). Only Scrooge wouldn’t laugh. I can’t wait to see how SWINDLE fans react when they see JINGLE …
MASTERMINDS WINS SILVER BIRCH AWARD
In this glorious spot overlooking the sparkling waters of Lake Ontario, MASTERMINDS won the 2016 Silver Birch Award. As you can see, a few thousand clones of criminal masterminds turned up to witness the occasion. (Well, actually, not all of them are cloned from full-fledged masterminds, so we had to include the clones of some […]
AWARD NEWS
Not a bad week on the award front. I had a great visit to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where I accepted the 2016 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young People’s Literature. And on the plane ride home, I found out that I also won the 2017 New York State Knickerbocker Award. Woo-hoo! Seriously, can we jump straight […]
GREETINGS FROM THE SCHOLASTIC SUMMER READING ROAD TRIP
Here I am with R.L. Stine and Kristin Earhart on the Scholastic Summer Reading Road Trip. No, the authors don’t get to keep the R.V. These events are awesome – but not that awesome.
CHECK OUT THIS EXCERPT FROM SLACKER
Inconceivable as it may seem, some people haven’t read SLACKER yet. For those deprived few, here’s an excerpt of one of my favorite scenes, from the beginning of my newest stand-alone novel. CLICK HERE TO READ
SLACKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!
It’s finally here, SLACKER, the story of a video-game-addicted couch potato who doesn’t care about anything and ends up at the center of everything. Of course, I totally understand that fans who are true slackers will have to send someone else to bookstores and libraries to pick up their copies. That’s fine. I can wait. […]
SCENES FROM THE GO JUMP IN THE POOL PREMIERE
BRUNO & BOOTS: GO JUMP IN THE POOL airs on YTV in Canada on April 1st at 7:30 pm. I went to Toronto last week for the premiere at the Bell Lightbox Theatre, home of Toronto International Film Festival. Here are some of the highlights: Onstage with the cast and producers. […]
BRUNO & BOOTS: GO JUMP IN THE POOL AIRS ON APRIL FOOL’S DAY
Getting super-pumped for BRUNO & BOOTS: GO JUMP IN THE POOL, which airs at 7:30 pm on April 1st – April Fool’s Day – on YTV in Canada! CHECK OUT THE TRAILER HERE! US fans: We’ll find out soon where are when you can watch the movie in the USA! Keep watching my website. As […]
STATE AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR MASTERMINDS
More nice news out of the perfect town of Serenity, New Mexico. MASTERMINDS has started to appear on a lot of state award lists. Here are some early nominations: Illinois Rebecca Caudill Award Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award Connecticut Nutmeg Award New Hampshire Great Stone Face Award Maine Student Book Award How’s that for a discussion […]