Guys Read: Other Worlds

D. J. MacHale ("The Scout") is a bestselling author and is also a director, executive producer, and creator of several popular television series and movies. He lives in Southern California with his family, where they spend a lot of time backpacking, scuba diving, and skiing

Neal Shusterman is theNew York Timesbestselling and award-winning author over thirty books, including Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award;Scythe, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book;Dry, which he co-wrote with his son, Jarrod Shusterman;Unwind, which won more than thirty domestic and international awards;Bruiser, which was on a dozen state lists;The Schwa Was Here,winner of the Boston Globe Horn Book Award. His latest book,Game Changer, debuted as an indie top-five best seller. You can visit him online atwww.storyman.com.

Jon Scieszka is the National Ambassador for Children's Literature emeritus and the bestselling author of more than twenty-five books for kids, including The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Math Curse, Robot Zot!, and the Time Warp Trio series. Jon founded Guys Read to encourage a passion for reading among young boys, with the philosophy that boys love to read most when they are reading things they love. A former elementary school teacher, Jon lives in Brooklyn with his family. For more great books, more great facts, and more about your favorite authors, head over to www.guysread.com. You'll be glad you did.

Tom Angleberger ("Rise of the RoboShoes™") began writing his first novel in eighth grade, but never completed it. Since then, he’s been a newspaper reporter and columnist, a juggler, a weed boy, a lawn-mower-part assembler, and a biology research assistant. This bestselling author insists he’s not really all that creative—"I’m more of a puzzle-putter-together."

Eric Nylund ("The Warlords of Recess") is a New York Times bestselling and World Fantasy Award–nominated author of fourteen published science fiction, fantasy, and YA novels. His latest is a science fiction series for young readers, The Resisters. Eric also works for Microsoft Studios, where he makes video games.

Kenneth Oppel a scris prima sa carte la vârsta de paisprezece ani și de atunci nu s-a mai oprit. Printre cărțile semnate de el se numără trilogia Silverwing, care s-a vândut în peste un milion de exemplare în întreaga lume, și Airborn, care i-a adus două premii, Governor General’s Award și Michael L. Printz Honor Award. Ken locuiește împreună cu familia sa în Toronto. Poate fi găsit online la www.kennethoppel.ca, precum și pe Twitter, la @kennethoppel. Sydney Smith este ilustratorul a numeroase cărți premiate, inclusiv Smoot: A Rebellious Shadow, de Michelle Cuevas, Sidewalk Flowers, de JonArno Lawson și Town is by the Sea, de Joanne Schwartz. Sydney locuiește împreună cu familia sa în Toronto.

Shaun Tan ("A Day in the Life") grew up in Perth, Western Australia, and made up for the fact that he was the shortest kid in every class by being known as a "good drawer." Besides working full-time as an illustrator of his own stories, Shaun has worked as a designer in theater and film, and also directed the Academy Award–winning short film The Lost Thing.

Rebecca Stead s-a născut şi a crescut în oraşul New York, iar în prezent locuieşte în Manhattan împreună cu soţul şi cei doi copii. Autoarea mărturiseşte că a fost întotdeauna în căutarea magiei. În copilărie obişnuia să-şi testeze puterile magice închizând ochii şi încercând să facă să apară o piscină mică-mică, cât pentru un şoricel. Pe măsură ce a crescut, testul piscinei a fost înlocuit cu obiceiul lecturii. Ca mulţi cititori pasionaţi, Rebecca Stead a vrut să scrie ea însăşi o carte, pentru a deschide singură una dintre porţile magice. Deşi a început să scrie din copilărie, profesia pe care a ales-o ulterior a fost cea de avocat. A scris cărţi pentru copii şi adolescenţi: „First Light” (2007), „Când mă vei întâlni” (2009, „When You Reach Me”) şi „Liar & Spy” (2012). Romanul „Când mă vei întâlni” a fost premiat cu Medalia Newbery în 2010.