D.J. MacHale

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March 11, 1956 in Greenwick, CT, The United States

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http://djmachalebooks.com/

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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D.J. MacHale is a writer, director, executive producer and creator of several popular television series and movies.

He was raised in Greenwich, CT and graduated from Greenwich High School. While in school, he had several jobs including collecting eggs at a poultry farm, engraving sports trophies and washing dishes in a steakhouse...in between playing football and running track. D.J. then attended New York University where he received a BFA in film production.

His filmmaking career began in New York where he worked as a freelance writer/director, making corporate videos and television commercials. He also taught photography and film production.

D.J. broke into the entertainment business by writing several ABC Afterschool Specials. After moving...more D.J. MacHale is a writer, director, executive producer and creator of several popular television series and movies.

He was raised in Greenwich, CT and graduated from Greenwich High School. While in school, he had several jobs including collecting eggs at a poultry farm, engraving sports trophies and washing dishes in a steakhouse...in between playing football and running track. D.J. then attended New York University where he received a BFA in film production.

His filmmaking career began in New York where he worked as a freelance writer/director, making corporate videos and television commercials. He also taught photography and film production.

D.J. broke into the entertainment business by writing several ABC Afterschool Specials. After moving to Los Angeles, he made the fulltime switch from informational films, to entertainment. As co-creator of the popular Nickelodeon series: Are You Afraid of the Dark?, he produced all 91 episodes over 8 years. He wrote and directed many of the episodes including the CableAce nominated The Tale of Cutter's Treasure starring Charles S. Dutton. He was nominated for a Gemini award for directing The Tale of the Dangerous Soup starring Neve Campbell.

D.J. also wrote and directed the movie Tower of Terror for ABC's Wonderful World of Disney which starred Kirsten Dunst and Steve Guttenberg. The Showtime series Chris Cross was co-created, written and produced by D.J. It received the CableAce award for Best Youth Series.

D.J. co-created and produced the Discovery Kids series Flight 29 Down for which he writes all the episodes and directs several. His work on Flight 29 Down has earned him both Writers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America award nominations.

Other notable writing credits include the classic ABC Afterschool Special titled Seasonal Differences; the pilot for the long-running PBS/CBS series Ghostwriter; and the HBO series Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective for which he received a CableAce nomination for writing.

In print, D.J. has co-written the book The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors, based on his own teleplay and penned the poetic adaptation of the classic Norwegian folk tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon.

The book series: Pendragon - Journal of an Adventure through Time and Space marks D.J.'s first turn as a novelist. He plans for this series of Young Adult adventures to span a total of 10 books.

D.J. lives in Southern California with his wife Evangeline and daughter Keaton. They are avid backpackers, scuba divers and skiers. Rounding out the household are a Golden Retriever, Maggie; and a Kitten, Kaboodle. (less)

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Average rating: 4.15 · 73,014 ratings · 3,715 reviews · 48 distinct works

	The Merchant of Death (Pendragon, #1) 4.00 avg rating — 10,751 ratings — published 2002 — 33 editions	My rating:
	The Lost City of Faar (Pendragon, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 8,756 ratings — published 2003 — 27 editions	My rating:
	The Rivers of Zadaa (Pendragon, #6) 4.20 avg rating — 7,838 ratings — published 2005 — 18 editions	My rating:
	The Never War (Pendragon, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 7,117 ratings — published 2003 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Black Water (Pendragon, #5) 4.17 avg rating — 6,697 ratings — published 2004 — 22 editions	My rating:
	The Reality Bug (Pendragon, #4) 4.12 avg rating — 6,415 ratings — published 2003 — 23 editions	My rating:
	The Quillan Games (Pendragon, #7) 4.19 avg rating — 5,821 ratings — published 2006 — 17 editions	My rating:
	The Pilgrims of Rayne (Pendragon, #8) 4.18 avg rating — 5,427 ratings — published 2007 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Raven Rise (Pendragon, #9) 4.27 avg rating — 4,792 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Soldiers of Halla (Pendragon, #10) 4.34 avg rating — 4,474 ratings — published 2009 — 14 editions	My rating:

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Series by D.J. MacHale

Pendragon (10 books)
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Morpheus Road (3 books)
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4.01 avg rating — 1,136 ratings

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" Quick Start SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? DM: My life is an ongoing, ever changing adventure. SS: What is your motto or maxim? DM: Do unto others...(etc.) What Readers want to know... SS: How would you describe perfect happine..." ...More

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“There are two types of people in this world. People who hate clowns...and clowns. (Bobby Pendragon)”
― D.J. MacHale, The Quillan Games

tags: clowns , humor , people

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“Now it was just the three of us: the leader, the warrior, and the kid about to wet his pants. Guess who I was.”
― D.J. MacHale

tags: funny

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“Hobey-Ho, let's go.”
― D.J. MacHale

tags: sci-fi

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