Author. Walrus scholar apprentice.
I have been writing for intelligent children of all ages for almost 20 years, helping create educational books, documentaries, and online content for Discovery Networks, National Geographic, the Library of Congress, Scholastic, and Time-Life Books. Ever since seeing puffins at the Baltimore Aquarium, I have wondered why penguins are so much more celebrated than their equally adorable northern counterparts.
For NEVERSINK, my first book, I conducted extensive research at the legendary walrus library at Ocean's End. I currently live with a walrus-sized cat named Charlie in Memphis, Tenn.
Along the Arctic Circle lies a small island called Neversink, which wouldn’t be considered much worth saving by many talking animals. But for Lockley Puffin and his fellow sea-birds, the remote and rugged habitat is just perfect.
They have few concerns other than Egbert, a scholarly walrus with an opinion on everything, and Ruby, a vagrant hummingbird prone to withering put-downs.
All that changes when Rozbell, a pygmy owl with a Napoleon complex, takes control of the Parliament of Owls, the governing body of the territory that includes Neversink. Can Lockley, Egbert and Ruby stop an owl invasion?
Read more about, and purchase Neversink.
News
The NEVERSINK Epic Book Launch is set for Tuesday, April 3, at 6 pm, at the Booksellers of Laurelwood in Memphis. Join the fun!
More puffin love from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews!
Lovely review from Teach Mentor Texts, a blog devoted to child literacy and reading. Great ideas on using NEVERSINK in the classroom.
How many fiction writers get excited about a review from a birding journal? Well if you write about puffins and tried to keep it real, you do. Check out the American Birding Association's review.
NEVERSINK is a selection of the Children's Book Council's Early Career Committee! I'm pretty excited to be among some of the great authors they've picked.
The first official review of NEVERSINK comes from — wait for it — Tasmania! Young Aussie blogger Romi Foster wrote me back in the Spring asking if she could review the book, and courtesy of Walden Pond Press, Lockley made the long flight down under. Fortunately, it was worth it! Read Romi's review.
If you live in Memphis, my friends at the Booksellers of Laurelwood have made pre-order vouchers for NEVERSINK if you want to reserve a copy for 20% off! Just go to the registers and ask nicely.
