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Robert Paul Weston

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Ahoy. This is my small, oddly-shaped island in the GoodReads archipelago. You're welcome to surf, swim in the lagoon, or stroll along the pier (where they sell prawns and whelks by the cupful). If you'd like to keep things topical—as well as tropical—head down to the beach and sling yourself in a hammock with a good book. One of these, perhaps...

My first novel, ZORGAMAZOO, won the 2011 California Young Reader Medal, the 2010 Silver Birch Award, and the 2009 Children’s Choice Award.If you've had a bit too much sun and crave something darker, try my hardboiled fairytale, DUST CITY. It was shortlisted for the 2011 Edgar Alan Poe Award and the 2011 Sunburst Award. My newest novel-in-verse, PRINCE PUGGLY OF SPUD AND THE KINGDOM OF SPIFF, is out...more


That’s it. What else is there to say?


Nothing.


(Except what everyone already knows, that this is the real reason you become a writer. Toproduce phosphorescent books.)


This Book Glows in the Dark


The Creature Department By Moonlight

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Published on March 26, 2013 15:50 • 12 views
Average rating: 3.74 · 1,525 ratings · 481 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors
Zorgamazoo
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 702 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions
Dust City
3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 777 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions
Prince Puggly of Spud and t...
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
The Creature Department
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — expected publication 2013 — 2 editions

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“It appeared painful to regrow a set of hands, but I can hardly blame her for dabbling in street magic. Anyone can see she's addicted to being whole.”
Robert Paul Weston, Dust City

“Jiminy," says the old woman. The mothballs gleam with excitement and she claps her hands. "A wolf!"
"Gram!" Siobhan glares across the room. She turns to me. "You'll have to excuse her. She's real old. Wasn't a lot integrating between the species back in her day."
I pad over and put out a paw. "Pleased to meet you, madam."
She blushes, the varicose veins in her cheeks swelling with blood. Instead of taking my paw to shake, however, she turns it over as if it's a piece of bruised fruit in a market. "Hmmm..." She pores over my palm, nodding like a fortune-teller. Her spectacles slide comically down the bridge of her nose, and when she looks up at me, her face is full of mock astonishment. "Oh, my! What big teeth you have!" She giggles and kicks her slippered feet.
"Gram!!
The old elf claps her tiny hands. "I always wanted to say that!”
Robert Paul Weston, Dust City




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message 2: by Robert

Robert Weston So glad you liked it! The short answer to your question is: A LOT. I have a new verse novel in the style of Zorgamazoo coming out in Feb 2013; a coming-of-age teen novel out in summer 2013; and I'm currently working on a middle grade prose novel for fall 2013. So, yeah—a lot.


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Karin Thanks for requesting Friendship. I love DUST CITY. What are you working on now?


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