Gordon Korman's Blog

I'm the featured author on Scribblitt.com this month - check out the interview on: http://www.scribblitt.com/celebrity/

Check out the new TV trailer for THE 39:CLUES: CAHILLS VS. VESPERS, just hitting the airwaves in time to promote THE MEDUSA PLOT!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4pAP0...

Here's an update on what you can expect in the future:

SHOWOFF: You probably already know that the SWINDLE series is going to continue. Finally, I can provide a few more details. SHOWOFF - the story of Luthor in the Global Kennel Society dog show -will be published in January.

UNGIFTED: In Fall 2012, I'll be releasing my next book with HarperCollins (the publisher of POP). It's about a regular kid who accidentally ends up in a super high-powered gifted academy.

The other big news is that all three Books of the TITANIC trilogy - UNSINKABLE, COLLISION COURSE, and SOS, are now available.

This series has been an amazing voyage of research and discovery for me - luckily one with a happier ending. I've been receiving letters and e-mails from TITANIC fans around the world, so I'm really excited to hear everyone's reaction to Book 3: SOS. (Spoiler alert - the boat sinks.)

39 Clues fans have been champing at the bit for the second series to start, and the day is finally here. Tomorrow THE 39 CLUES: CAHILLS VS. VESPERS begins with my opening shot, BOOK 1: THE MEDUSA PLOT. And the all-new better-than-ever website premieres - check it out at www.the39clues.com!

It's time for the truth to come out. For 500 years, the Cahill family has dominated history, with members like Mozart, Shakespeare, Ben Franklin, and more. But a shadowy group known as the Vespers has been waiting in the wings, waiting for their turn to stomp across the global stage. At the very same instant in different time zones around the world, seven Cahill cousins are kidnapped. Now Amy and Dan Cahill have just days to deliver a bizarre series of high-stakes ransoms, or their family members will die. The Cahill kids have to track down and steal priceless artifacts from every corner of the earth - some of the most famous and valuable objects ever created. And all the while, the question remains: Just what are the Vespers REALLY after?

I can't wait to hear what readers think of the new series. And remember, there are books coming from Jude Watson, Peter Lerangis, Roland Smith, Linda Sue Park, and David Baldacci.

Right - that's my excuse for disappearing for so long. But we did get walloped by the hurricane up here - well, technically it was a tropical storm by the time it nailed Long Island. We just got our power back, and I'm good to go for the fall - as soon as I rush out and drag 60 tons of fallen tree branches to the curb. Stay tuned …

Check it out - the covers for the upcoming TITANIC trilogy!

Sorry to disappear for so long! Things have been crazy-busy lately, between my travel schedule, and all the projects I've been juggling lately. Right now I've got five different books nominated for dozens of state, provincial, and regional kids and teen choice awards - SCHOOLED, SWINDLE, THE JUVIE THREE, ZOOBREAK, and POP. And of course, THE 39 CLUES express is still barreling along, picking up speed.

Let me take a minute to get you up to date on what's coming out this year:

39 CLUES Book 11: VESPERS RISING. Leave it to THE 39 CLUES to bring out Book 11 of a ten-book series. VESPERS RISING features novellas by the original four 39 CLUES authors, Rick Riordon, Peter Lerangis, Jude Watson, and yours truly. Hitting the shelves on April 5th, it will close out the original series and set the stage for the next one, THE 39 CLUES: CAHILLS vs. VESPERS. More on that later.

The TITANIC trilogy. This is the project that has been obsessing me for the past year and a half. I've always been a huge TITANIC buff, so writing a series about kids on the ill-fated maiden voyage has been a dream come true for me. Book 1 - UNSINKABLE - comes out in May.

RE-RELEASES: A couple of my personal favorites are getting a facelift this spring - with brand new covers and the chance to reach a whole new audience. The first will be THE CHICKEN DOESN'T SKATE, the epic tale of a school, a team, a town, and the chicken that brings them all together. Look for it in March. And in May, I'm delighted to welcome back THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING AT MACDONALD HALL, my very first book, which also happens to have been my 7th grade English assignment. Not many 47-year-olds are still talking about what they did at age 12, but I couldn't be more psyched to have this book gracing the shelves of bookstores once again. Hooray!

Thanks for coming back to gordonkorman.com. Keep watching my blog for all the latest on future projects - including Book 1 of THE 39 CLUES: CAHILLS vs. VESPERS, coming at the end of the summer.

Well, it's official - there's going to be a second 39 CLUES series. It's called THE 39 CLUES: CAHILLS VS. VESPERS. (The Vespers are the Cahills' arch-nemeses over the centuries).

The new series is going to have a prequel and six books. The prequel - VESPERS RISING - will catch readers up on 500 years of Cahill/Vesper rivalry. It contains four novellas by Rick Riordon, Peter Lerangis. Jude Watson, and me - the original 39 CLUES team of authors. It's coming out pretty soon - in April 2011.

And I'll be writing the first of the six CAHILLS VS. VESPERS books. There's no title just yet, but I believe it will be published at the end of next summer - very late August 2011.

I can't tell you how psyched I am to be kicking off the new series!

The Swindle series is officially a trilogy with the release of FRAMED today! I couldn't be more pumped about the third novel featuring the Swindle crew!

Keep watching this space for updates on the progress of #4. But for now, enjoy FRAMED.