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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 […]
THE OFFICIAL BRUNO & BOOTS GO JUMP IN THE POOL MOVIE POSTER
I have no words except very, very cool.
MASTERMINDS IS A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Psyched to report that MASTERMINDS is a New York Times bestseller on the middle-grade paperback list! Thanks so much to the newly-minted fans of this amazing series. It puts a spring in my step as I tackle the revision of the third and final book in the trilogy. You’ve made this (noncriminal) mastermind very happy!
YTV WELCOMES BRUNO & BOOTS
Check out the lobby of Corus Entertainment, home of YTV, as they welcome Bruno and Boots in advance of the April 1st premiere of GO JUMP IN THE POOL. Now, this is something I never could have predicted back in 7th grade …