Spy School made the New York Times bestseller list!
When you set out to be an author, you have a few dreams. And I’m betting that most of us dream of making the New York Times bestseller list. It is the list in publishing. And next Sunday, for the...
View ArticleAn answer to your burning questions about Spy School #4
Hello, readers! First of all, thanks to all of you for being such great supporters of my work. It has been a thrill to hear from so many people who have read Evil Spy School so soon after it has come...
View ArticleI am going off all social media for June
Hey readers! I know all of you have many, many questions about my books, current and future. I always do my best to respond to these as quickly as possible. However, I also have to get writing done on...
View ArticleHere’s the cover for Spaced Out! (Plus, other intriguing book cover news.)
OK, I know I said I was off social media for all of June (and I almost made it) but sometimes, things come up. Like, the official release of a cover for a new book. While I was off-line, it turns out...
View ArticleBoxed sets of my books are coming this fall!
Hello, readers! I’m blogging today to share some very exciting news with all of you (although you probably have figured it out from the heading of my post): This fall, my publisher, Simon &...
View ArticleThis has been one insanely awful week for African wildlife
If you care about animals at all, this has been one of the worst weeks I can ever remember for news about African wildlife — and it’s only Wednesday. First off, on Sunday, the New York Times ran an...
View ArticleThis seems like a pretty good time to reveal the animal in FunJungle #4…
I know, I know. FunJungle #3 (Big Game) isn’t even out yet (though it will be soon… October 13th!) and I’m already talking about FunJungle #4 (pub date: sometime in spring 2017). But there’s been...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble is printing an exclusive edition of Big Game!
Did you enjoy the B&N exclusive edition of Evil Spy School, with its 32 pages of hilarious bonus material, secret map on the inside of the book jacket, and super-shiny cover? Well, here’s some...
View ArticleThis is Nola. She’s a northern white rhino. And her species is about to go...
Nola lives at the San Diego Safari Park. By all accounts, she as as sweet and good-natured as any animal can be; she’s like a two ton labrador retriever. And she is one of only four northern white...
View ArticleBoxed sets of my books are now in stores!
Troubled by which one of my book series to start first? Well, now you don’t have to worry any more — because you can get the first edition of all three series at once! That’s right, Belly Up, Spy...
View ArticleAn answer to your burning question: Where do I get my ideas?
I get this question more than any other (except ‘When is your next Spy School/FunJungle/Moon Base Alpha novel coming out?’) and it’s one of the most complicated questions to answer. So I’m going to do...
View ArticleBig news about Spy School #4 — and the spy school series overall
Here’s that big update on Spy School #4 I’ve been promising for a while. To start with, here’s the cover (once again, done by the immensely talented Lucy Cummins): As you have probably deduced, this...
View ArticleExclusive Collector’s Edition of Spaced Out available at Barnes & Noble
Remember how, last year, Barnes & Noble printed exclusive editions of Evil Spy School and Big Game, with lots of great extra bonus material, and they were really awesome? Well, there’s now an...
View ArticleWant a cameo in a book of mine? Now’s your chance!
A lot of you have asked me if there’s any way I can write you into a book, and I always have to give you the same answer: No. Because if I wrote everyone into my books who asked me to write them into...
View ArticleMy visit with the WWF wildlife crimes division (and some new info about...
HEADS UP: There is some cool new info about FunJungle 4 — including the name of the book — in the blog post below. A few weeks ago, I got to meet some of the great unsung heroes on earth: the people...
View ArticleGet a free book from Barnes & Noble this summer — and vote for me!
Every summer, Barnes & Noble has a great reading program for kids — and this year’s was just announced. In honor of the 2016 Olympics (I think), this summer’s event will be a reading triathlon....
View ArticleI’m on social media vacation this summer
Hey readers – Just like last year, I’m going to take a break fro social media so I can hit some book deadlines and spend a little more time with my kids now that they’re not in school. So, I won’t be...
View ArticleThis has been one insanely awful week for African wildlife
If you care about animals at all, this has been one of the worst weeks I can ever remember for news about African wildlife — and it’s only Wednesday. First off, on Sunday, the New York Times ran an...
View ArticleThis seems like a pretty good time to reveal the animal in FunJungle #4…
I know, I know. FunJungle #3 (Big Game) isn’t even out yet (though it will be soon… October 13th!) and I’m already talking about FunJungle #4 (pub date: sometime in spring 2017). But there’s been...
View ArticleNew shirts available!
Hey folks – A lot of you may have noticed that there haven’t been any new t-shirts available on this site for, oh… five years or so. That’s because I never had the time to design any more. (I suppose...
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