For Reese

I just had a great chat about MINRs with Reese from WXGM in Norfolk, VA.

Promised I'd post the pic of me and Gordon Ramsay!

Yes, the dorkiest picture of me ever.
I look like Gordon is going to eat me!
Or maybe I'm his ventriloquist dummy.
Or possibly Frodo meeting Gandalf.

TORONTO EVENT ADDED

I had a great time visiting the South with Kevin Sands and Lisa McMann on our #advenTOUR for MINRS, Blackthorn Key and Unwanteds.

Lisa is on her way to Toronto! And look who else is joining our little reunion! Ken Oppel and Evan Munday!

The only sad part is that the amazing Margaret Peterson Haddix will be unable to join us. Maybe we can Skype her in?

BOOK BIRTHDAY!!!!

MINRS is released today!

A while back the amazing people at Simon and Schuster sent me this bottle of champagne.

I've been saving it for a special occasion, and today is definitely the day. (My family also got me this amazing Peanuts and Space t-shirt! In a special twist, it's also my dad's birthday.)

Thanks to everyone who's enjoyed the book in PRE-release (I'm looking at you US SouthEast).

I'll be on the road in Canada for the next few weeks, so please say hello if you are in Calgary October 13-15, Vancouver on the 16th and then Kelowna.

I'm proud of this book and I hope you like it too.

One week to go!

MINRs will be released a week from today!

I'm already on my US tour along with Kevin Sands, Lisa McMann and Margaret Peterson Haddix!

MINRs is out on the 22nd. (go to minrs.ca for more info)

To celebrate, one final preview of the Great Mission.

Families are welcome (but are they safe?)

Alek

My book tour for MINRs (details below) is just days away.

Heading to places such as Miami, Nashville, Memphis - along with Kevin Sands, Lisa McMann and Margaret Peterson Haddix!

MINRs is out on the 22nd. (go to minrs.ca for more info)

I'm doing one more "travel poster" for the Great Mission and will try to post it next week... from the road. (Fingers crossed as I criss-cross the US southeast)

But here's one more character sketch - Alek. A kid who takes a long time to recover from the horrors he witnesses during the attacks.

BTW - tour dates are...

Monday, September 14

Nashville – Parnassus Books

Tuesday, September 15

Memphis – The Booksellers at Laurelwood

Wednesday, September 16

Atlanta – Little Shop of Stories

Thursday, September 17

Miami – Books & Books

  

Friday, September 18

Jackson – Lemuria Books

Therese

Getting ready to head out on a book tour for MINRs.

Heading to places such as Miami, Nashville, Memphis - along with Kevins Sands, Lisa McMann and Margaret Haddix!

The book is out on the 22nd. (go to minrs.ca for more info)

I handed in the second book manuscript yesterday.

And to celebrate all that, here's one more sketch - Therese, one of the grinders from book one.

BTW - tour dates are...

Monday, September 14

Nashville – Parnassus Books

Tuesday, September 15

Memphis – The Booksellers at Laurelwood

Wednesday, September 16

Atlanta – Little Shop of Stories

Thursday, September 17

Miami – Books & Books

  

Friday, September 18

Jackson – Lemuria Books

Maria

The launch date for MINRs is closing in fast! September 22nd!

I'm posting some bonus stuff here, sketches I've done, and a series of posters for the Great Mission to Perses (the planetoid in the book).

Here is a sketch of Maria, one of the miner children who survive the attacks.