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UNGIFTED WINS BC’S RED CEDAR AWARD
Great news! UNGIFTED just won the Red Cedar award, voted on by the readers of British Columbia. This is especially amazing since – until yesterday – I didn’t even realize UNGIFTED had even been nominated. Not sure how news of the nomination slipped through my fingers, but thank you, thank you, thank you to the […]
TEACHER WHO HELPED INSPIRE UNGIFTED NAMED FINALIST FOR TOP TEACHER ON LIVE WITH KELLY & MICHAEL
John Motchkavitz, the teacher whose robotics program was the inspiration for the robotics class in UNGIFTED, is one of five finalists for the Top Teacher competition on LIVE: With Kelly and Michael. “Motch” invited me to spend an entire day in his robotics lab at Great Neck South High School while I was researching the […]
UNGIFTED NOMINATED FOR SUNSHINE STATE READER AWARD
Great news! UNGIFTED continues its roll through the young readers’ choice awards. The latest nomination is for the 2014-2015 Sunshine State Reader Award, Grades 6-8. Thank you, Florida! Tin Man and I are truly grateful!
SUPERPOWERS???
Did the authors develop superpowers while on the Worlds Collide tour? You decide. Here I am with Brandon Mull, Jude Watson, and James Dashner subduing Seattle’s famous bridge troll. (Note how I summon fire. I’m kind of proud of that. A much more exciting hobby than collecting stamps.) And below, witness true Cahill-style treachery as […]
HEY, SEATTLE, HOUSTON, CHICAGO, NEW HAMPSHIRE…
Only one more week until Scholastic’s Worlds Collide tour, featuring authors from THE 39 CLUES, INFINITY RING, and SPIRIT ANIMALS. Hope to see you there!
FROM THE ARCHIVES – THE ORIGINAL 39 CLUES TEAM
Check out this classic photo from a bookstore appearance during the one of the early 39 CLUES tours. From left: Riordan, Korman, Watson, Lerangis.
NICKELODEON’S SWINDLE NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
What?! You missed SWINDLE on Nickelodeon this fall? No problem! Nick’s monster hit TV movie SWINDLE is now available for download. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS. Catch up on all the latest on Nickelodeon’s SWINDLE HERE!
THE CLASSICS ARE BACK!
Great news! Three of my “classic” teen titles from the eighties have been re-released as e-books. DON’T CARE HIGH, A SEMESTER IN THE LIFE OF A GARBAGE BAG, and LOSING JOE’S PLACE are now available in Kindle, Nook, and Kobo editions!
BORN TO ROCK chosen for Great Opening Lines
I’m disproportionately (and probably absurdly) proud to report that BORN TO ROCK has been selected for the list of teen books with great opening lines. CHECK IT OUT. The book opens with: “The thing about a cavity search is this: It has nothing to do with the dentist. If only it did.”
CATCH ME ON THE WORLDS COLLIDE TOUR WITH AUTHORS JAMES DASHNER, BRANDON MULL, JUDE WATSON, AND RICK RIORDAN
News flash – from April 22-25, I’ll be hitting the road for the WORLDS COLLIDE tour, featuring authors from Scholastic’s blockbuster multi-platform series THE 39 CLUES, INFINITY RING, and SPIRIT ANIMALS. Catch me with superstars James Dashner, Brandon Mull, and Jude Watson in Seattle, Houston, and Chicago. And on April 25th, we’ll be in Exeter, NH, joined […]