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Talking ’bout John Bellairs in The Post

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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Dead Kids: Now in Electronic Form

My debut novel for young readers, The Dead Kid Detective Agency, is now available as an ebook. So if you’d rather read about October Schwartz and her corpse friends on a screen than on a page, you can totally do that! Whether you have a Kindle, Kobo, Nook or Sony Reader, we’ve got you covered. [...]

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People being too nice to me

It’s been a busy week. Given last night was Halloween (which is my unofficial Christmas, with its potent combo of dressing up and sugar), I’ve been running around from Chapters talk to Indigo signing to workshop to workshop. The Dead Kid Detective Agency is kind of a perfect Halloween book, so I’ve had a lot [...]

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Talk and Workshop at Chapters Bayview Village

I’ll be visiting the Bayview Village Chapters (2901 Bayview Avenue, #132) in Toronto on Friday, October 28, to talk with their book club and do a drawing demonstration. I’ll do a short reading, answer questions about The Dead Kid Detective Agency and draw some illustrations of October and the Dead Kids live.

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