A little while back, my über-editor Nina Hess–who’s in charge of the young-adult fiction at Wizards of the Coast–sent me a copy of my first hardcover novel. Secret of the Spiritkeeper, which was my first mass-market novel when it hit shelves in 2004, just came out in a brand-new Japanese translation from ASCII, and although I can’t read a word …
Things to Come
A bit of digging through Amazon.com shows that I have three new books and one repackaged book due to hit shelves this year. First up, we have the novelization of the Mutant Chronicles film. This is listed as shipping August 26, but I wouldn’t put too much faith in that until the film’s release date is set. Still, they have …
A Practical Guide to Monsters
A copy of A Practical Guide to Monsters showed up on my doorstep the other day. It’s a fun book for kids, essentially a Monster Manual without any D&D stats, with witty writing and wonderful artwork. It’s a handsome and durable hardcover book that kids should love. Nina Hess, my kind and insightful editor for my Knights of the Silver …
Spiritkeeper Book Club
Barak Blackburn pointed out a report of a children’s book club in his local paper, the Daily Hampshire Gazette. In it, there’s a picture of a boy talking about a book he’s just read, my Secret of the Spiritkeeper. Barak sent me a link to the article, but it only lasted for a hour before expiring. Otherwise, you would need …
The Mirrorstone Anthology
Earlier this year, Wizards of the Coast asked me to pitch a story for a Mirrorstone anthology, a collection of short stories for young-adult readers, edited by Steve Berman. I jumped at the opportunity, and now I’m told my story will accompany those of Eugie Foster, J. D. Everyhope, Sean Manseau, Tiffany Trent, Gregory Frost, Jim C. Hines, Janni Lee …
New Mirrorstone Site
Wizards of the Coast has revamped the website for Mirrorstone, the young-adult imprint of its book-publishing department. Their Knights of the Silver Dragon section, dedicated to the series I created for them, looks prety snazzy. They even have a new photo of me up on my bio page, although I’ll have to get them to update the text. Still this …
The Dragons Revealed Already Out
This is what I get for not checking on Amazon regularly. Originally–at least as far as I recall, The Dragons Revealed–was due out on August 29. Now it’s listed as having been released on August 8. So, if you’re interested in reading the final chapter in the Knights of the Silver Dragon series, you could have been doing so already …
Dragons About to Be Revealed
I got my author’s copies of The Dragons Revealed in the mail last Thursday. They look great, and I think this is going to make a fitting capstone for this line. Fourteen books in a series is great by any standard, and I’m honored to be the one who both opened the door and closed it. Because of the word …
Prophecy on Shelves Now!
Today is the official release date for Prophecy of the Dragon. This is the first of the climactic two-part story that brings the saga of the young Knights of the Silver Dragon to a roaring end. If you were there with me at the beginning with Secret of the Spiritkeeper, be sure to join me for the finale!
Knights No More
This morning, Nina Hess, my editor on the Knights of the Silver Dragon line, gave me a call. That should have been my first clue something was wrong. You see, in this age of the internet, I’d yet to speak with Nina even once. If she’d picked up the phone to talk with me, something had to be up. In …