Level, Plumb, and Square With Chris Grabenstein

First Draft Episode #304: Chris Grabenstein

Chris Grabenstein is the New York Times bestselling author of the
Lemoncello series, the Wonderland series, the Haunted Mystery
series, and The Island of Dr. Libris. He is also the co-author,
with James Patterson, of the #1 Bestsellers I Funny, House of
Robots, Max Einstein and many others. He joins to talk about his
newest middle grade series, Dog Squad, out now!


Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:




Mad Magazine




Rocky & Bullwinkle (TV show)




The Twilight Zone (TV show)




Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White




American Heritage magazine




Bruce Willis (actor)




Kathy Kinney (comedic actor)




Jane Brucker ((comedic actor)




James Patterson is the world’s bestselling writer, known for
the Alex Cross series, the Women’s Murder Club series, the
Michael Bennett series, and many more




Cheers (TV show)




Michael Bay (producer, director)




Woody Harrrelson (actor)




Orlando Jones (actor, writer)




On Writing by Stephen King




Kiss the Girls, Along Came a Spider, and Pop Goes the Weasel
are some of the nursery-rhyme-themed James Patterson books
that inspired Chris to name his first detective novels after
carnival rides




Shine by Chris and J.J. Grabenstein




Robin Williams (actor, comedian)




Jim Henson (creator of The Muppets)




Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of
mysteries and urban fantasy novels, including the Sookie
Stackhouse urban fantasies (which inspired the True Blood TV
show), the Aurora Teagarden mysteries, the Lily Bard
mysteries, the Harper Connelly urban fantasies, the Midnight,
Texas novels, and the Gunnie Rose books, set in an alternate
history America.




Beth Hughes, illustrator of Dog Squad




The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators




How to Write a Mystery edited by Lee Child


 




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Kate DiCamillo, one of six
people to win two Newbery Medals, for her novels The Tale of
Despereaux and Flora & Ulysses, and author of Newbery
Honor book Because of Winn-Dixie, National Book Award
finalist The Tiger Rising, as well as New York Times
bestselling novels The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane,
The Magician’s Elephant, the Mercy Watson series, and more.
DiCamillo was the U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's
Literature for 2014 and 2015. Her most recent novel, Beverly,
Right Here completes the trilogy of Raymie Nightingale and
Louisiana’s Way Home.




Stuart Gibbs, New York
Times bestselling author of the Spy School series, the
FunJungle series, the Moon Base Alpha series, and The Last
Musketeer series. His newest series kicked off in 2019 with
Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation.




Soman Chainani, New York
Times bestselling author of the School for Good and Evil
series, which will be a Netflix series.




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