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Edward wrote one of the most beloved novels of my childhood, David and the Phoenix (published 1957, though my childhood came later). This...

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In August 2011, a crime was committed in Illinois, home state of Metropolis. (Metropolis? True story. ) Not only did Superman not stop it...

When I was first asked (in 2008) to write the book that became Vanished: True Stories of the Missing , I said no, feeling it would be too to...

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Rather a young man as Jerry Siegel. This is AW, who read Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman for a school biography project:   This...

F.B. Leon Guerrero Middle School, Guam: Love the humility and conviction of this one. Note: This is not a ranking but rather a list in order...

This is great though I'd love to see more songs per category:

It was my great honor to know Jerry Robinson (early Batman artist; co-creator of Robin and the Joker; brave advocate for Superman creators ...

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In high school, I was an eager member of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO). Recently, B'nai B'rith Magazine interv...

  Finding out that Edward Ormondroyd, author of the 1957 YA novel David and the Phoenix , was still with us (at age 86) was a highlight of...

On 11/30/11, I had the pleasure of speaking in my hometown at Garrett Park Elementary in Bethesda, MD. Their welcome sign made my surname ge...

Thanks to their new movie, the Muppets are back at the forefront of pop culture, but I remain a bigger fan of Sesame Street …even more so on...

… Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman . Twitter-unfriendly, but still on schedule for a 7/1/12 release. On 11/22/11, I w...

I was thrilled to stumble across a trailer for a (nonexistent) movie based on my nonfiction compilation book Vanished: True Stories of the M...

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Before Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman , few of the books I’d written involved original research. And while I was writing Boys of S...

A lovely time of year to visit the Lowcountry. On 11/17/11 and 11/18/11, I spoke seven times at four Charleston area schools. It was so tigh...

This was one highlight of many on my recent two-week author trip to Guam . I talked extra slowly because they told me to. I didn't smile...

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On 9/22/11, I kicked off the 2011-12 year of author visits at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, MD. The students in attendanc...

On 11/9/11, I took part in my third Community Night event for the Washington D.C. organization Turning the Page . The format is this: I sh...

Fourteen of my cartoons appear in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Food and Love . Here are four of my favorites: