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I've been in full writing mode the last few weeks, working on the final tweaks for The Red Pyramid, first of the Kane Chronicles out May 4, and also the first draft of the Camp Half-Blood series, book one, which will come out next fall. One thing I had to blog about, however, was the incredible response to BookPeople's Camp Half-Blood.
Every year, Topher Bradfield and his crew put on an amazing camp in Austin, Texas. This coming summer, 2010, they will be holding four week-long sessions, and ...

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The news broke in Entertainment Weekly this weekend, and I announced it live at the Texas Book Festival on Saturday: my Egyptian mythology series will be called the Kane Chronicles, and the first book's title is The Red Pyramid. The series follows brother and sister Carter and Sadie Kane, who accidentally help unleash the Egyptian gods into the modern world, and then discover they are the only ones who can set things right. I read the first page at the Texas Book Festival, and the response wa...

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An interesting press release just came across the wire concerning a Hollywood billboard for the Lightning Thief movie and a meet-the-cast event.

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Next Saturday, I'll be heading to Austin for the Texas Book Festival. It will be my last public event for 2009, and I'm looking forward to it! I'll be sharing the Paramount Theater stage with Peter Lerangis, a fellow 39 Clues author. As I mentioned, I'll be bringing something special for show-and-tell, but it's a secret until the day of the festival. If you live too far away to attend, I'll give you an update after the festival. A whole slew of great authors will be on hand, so if you are in ...

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Another rainy day in San Antonio! It seems to be either extreme drought or flash flooding around here. Last week San Antonio got almost six inches of rain in three hours, and the creek down the street turned into a raging river. I needed Percy Jackson to turn the tide for us, but alas he wasn't around. Despite all the rain, it is nice to see a little cold weather rolling in.

We're still enjoying our new house a lot. Being close to a creek, it's fun to have more wildlife in the...

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I got a present in the mail on Friday: the first, hot-off-the-press boxed set for the Percy Jackson series. It looks so awesome! It has all five hardcover books in a special camp chest with a secret compartment inside featuring a Camp Half-Blood map and other fun goodies. The boxed set will be available in stores starting Oct. 13. The Last Olympian paperback won't come out until the spring, so a paperback boxed set of all five titles is probably still another year away, but if you're looking ...

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Greetings from cool and rainy San Antonio. After three brutal months of dry heat, it's nice to have a wet cold spell – well, in the 70s, which qualifies as fall weather for us.

Above are some pictures from BookPeople's Camp Half-Blood Austin 2009. Thank you to Topher for sending them, and to Kyle Kurlick, who took the photos and gave us permission to post them. From all reports, the camp was amazing this year and every session was sold out. The campers went up against a nefarious group o...

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A second trailer for the Lightning Thief movie has been released, similar to the first but with some new footage.

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If I've been quieter than usual on the blog, it's because I've been feverishly finishing a manuscript. This is the Egyptian mythology book, which should be out in May if all goes according to plan. It is not connected with the Percy Jackson series or Greek mythology, but like Percy Jackson, it is a modern-day adventure and it was SO fun to write. I just sent the manuscript to my editor.

People often ask, "Well, if it's finished, why isn't it in the bookstores?" Alas, it takes several...

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