Category Archives: Dead Kid Detective Agency

Talking ’bout John Bellairs in The Post

By munday | Published January 21, 2012

The National Post runs a semi-regular column called ‘Old Book, New Author,’ in which a new author (in this case, I) talk about an older book that has influenced his or her work. On January 19, 2012, I wrote an installment about one of the greats of kids’ mystery novels (and frequent Edward Gorey collaborator) [...]

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Two new dead kid reviews!

By munday | Published January 11, 2012

On her book blog, Words That Fly, K. Quinlan very kindly reviewed The Dead Kid Detective Agency, alongside Marissa Meyer’s certified mega-hit Cinder, in one of her ‘Double Whammy’ reviews (and I’m very proud to say my book received the same star rating): ‘Sounds interesting right? I thought so too. October’s a really interesting character, [...]

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Reviewed in the National Post!

By munday | Published December 19, 2011

The weekend of December 17, 2011, the National Post featured a bunch of review of new kids’ and YA books, all reviewed by their intended readership. The Books section featured reviews of This Dark Endeavour, Tilt and Shatter Me reviewed by twelve-, thirteen- and fourteen-year-olds. Among them, a very nice review of The Dead Kid [...]

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Season’s Greetings

By munday | Published December 16, 2011

Apologies! I’ve been AWOL lately, as I try to complete the second installment of The Dead Kid Detective Agency (tentatively subtitled Dial ‘M’ for Morna) before the holidays arrive. Most of my nights have been spent writing and editing into the wee hours, so I haven’t had much time to post on the site (or [...]

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