Nonfiction for young readers, as well as reviews, interviews, and other writing about authors and literature.
Enduring Mysteries
Dive into the paranormal, spooky, and strange with Creative Company’s Enduring Mysteries nonfiction series aimed at sixth-grade readers, including Atlantis, Area 51, Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, Near Death Experiences, and Sea Monsters. I absolutely loved tales of Bigfoot and UFOs when I was a kid, and I tried to cover each other these topics with a skeptical but sympathetic eye, keeping it grounded with real facts and science but not losing sight of the wonder and mystery that makes these topics such a compelling part of our culture. Published in January 2025. Click on the images above for more on each book!
Watch my interview about the books with Ghostbox Radio on March 31!
Amazing Animals
Creative Company’s Amazing Animals series—including Otters, Pronghorn, Porcupines, Seals, and Scorpions—tells the tales (and tails) of some of the Earth’s most fascinating creatures: How they live, what they eat, and what makes them unique. They were a lot of fun to write, and the animals were of course adorable and fuzzy. (Well, not the scorpions…) Published in January 2025. Click on the images above for more on each book!
Reviews, interviews, and other book features
A beginner’s guide to Sherlock Holmes
Discovering the adventures of the world’s greatest detective should be no mystery.
Interview: Donald Westlake a.k.a. Richard Stark
One of the greatest American crime novelists opens up about the crooks who read his books.
H.P. Lovecraft: Lovecraft: Tales
A review of The Library of America’s collection of the macabre mastermind’s greatest works.
A beginner’s guide to classic crime fiction
Where to dive into the hardboiled world of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler.
Other reviews:
- Richard Stark, Ask the Parrot
- Fletcher Hanks, I Will Destroy All The Civilized Planets!
- Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter
- Jonathan Lethem, Fortress of Solitude
- Joseph Heller, Catch as Catch Can: Collected Stories and Other Writings
- Jonathan Ames, Wake Up, Sir!
- Samuel Fuller, A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting, and Filmmaking