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Monday, June 13, 2016

"Tension escalates" - "Publishers Weekly" on "Brave Like My Brother"

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Blurb about Brave Like My Brother in Publishers Weekly (6/13/16) : The stru cture of the book — namely, that most of the lett...
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Thursday, June 9, 2016

Soundtrack to the Bill Finger film in my head

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While researching and writing Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman beginning in the summer of 2006, I regularly did someth...
Friday, June 3, 2016

"Historically accurate" - "School Library Journal" on "Brave Like My Brother"

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Review of Brave Like My Brother from School Library Journal (5/1/16) :    Glimpses:    "historically accurate beyond ...
Thursday, June 2, 2016

"A good option" - "Booklist" on "Brave Like My Brother"

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Review of Brave Like My Brother from Booklist (4/16) : "age-appropriate storytelling, making this a good choice for reluctant r...
Thursday, May 26, 2016

The revelation of the dedication

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My next book (due March 2017) is a comedy called The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra .   hand lettering (and art—wait'll you see it...
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

"Works well at the beginning" - "Kirkus" on "Brave Like My Brother"

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Review of Brave Like My Brother from Kirkus Reviews (4/15/16) : Clarifications regarding the nonfiction: "blow-by-blow acc...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

"Keeps the suspense tight" - "Horn Book" on "Brave Like My Brother"

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Review of Brave Like My Brother from Horn Book (May-June 2016): Glimpses: "fascinating" (though this is referring t...
Monday, May 23, 2016

"Entertainment Weekly" RIP covers

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Between the 1989 launch of Entertainment Weekly  and its 2019 switch to a monthly, the magazine ran only 19 "in memoriam" covers....
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Friday, May 20, 2016

Jim Steranko tweets

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Only four known people interviewed Bill Finger : Jerry Bails in 1965, Tom Fagan in 1965, Jim Steranko circa 1969 or 1970 (for his History o...
Monday, May 16, 2016

Pawcatuck Middle School, CT

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On 5/11/16, I spoke and ran writing workshops at this lovely school, where a four-color, five-alarm welcome awaited me. A highligh...
Sunday, May 15, 2016

I was born in a small town, and I spoke in a small town

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On 5/5-6/16, I was in Indiana for the first time, speaking at five schools (one in Amo, one in Monrovia, and three in New Palestine) and a ...
Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Dunning Elementary, Framingham, MA

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On 4/26/16, I made my first trip in several years to the state where I colleged, Massachusetts. Huge props to teacher Michael Pearson for t...
Sunday, May 1, 2016

Newbery 2017 - prediction 1

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...an expression that may seem sly to some and shy to others...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

A day in Houston

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On 4/12/16, I spoke at three lively schools in Houston: Hogg Middle School Alexander Hamilton Middle School North Shore Senior High ...
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