I am the author of several novels for young readers including Mudville (2009), Mamba Point (2010), The Tanglewood Terror (2011), The Winter of the Robots (2013), Rooting for Rafael Rosales (2017) and Lukezilla Beats the Game (2020). I am also the author of the Topps League series (illustrated by Eric Wight and Ethen Beavers) and biographies of Jackie Robinson and Lin-Manuel Miranda. More about those books under My Books.
My first picture book, Granny Rex, will be released in 2023 from Cameron Kids, and is illustrated by Nik Henderson. I’m really excited to enter the world of picture books!
I was born in Louisiana, but moved a lot as a kid. I lived in five states and three foreign countries before I graduated from high school! The most interesting place I lived was Monrovia, Liberia, which inspired my second novel. Moving made me an avid reader, because books were the friends I could take with me from place to place. I attended the University of North Dakota and the University of Maine before moving to Minneapolis. I now live in Minneapolis with my wife Angela, my son Byron, and three cats named Bertie, Jack, and Shadow. I love animals of all kinds.
In addition to writing for children I write book reviews and essays and teach the occasional class. My “day job” is developing online classes. I am a Twins fan, an avid reader across multiple genres, a crossword and jigsaw enthusiast, an occasional roller-skater, a clumsy but determined drawer, a long-distance walker, a frequent maker of soup, and gamer (especially the Legend of Zelda series).
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