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The Merchant of Death (Pendragon #1)

by D.J. MacHale

4.01 · rating details · 8,975 ratings · 918 reviews

Bobby Pendragon is a seemingly normal fourteen-year-old boy. He has a family, a home, and even Marley, his beloved dog. But there is something very special about Bobby.

He is going to save the world.

And not just Earth as we know it. Bobby is slowly starting to realize that life in the cosmos isn't quite what he thought it was. And before he can object, he is swept off t

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Published September 23rd 2002 by Aladdin

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Jan 12, 2012

Stephen rated it

Shelves: ebooks, fantasy, audiobook, retellings-reimaginings-and-mashes, knight-jobs, 2000-2005, ya

Not even something as terrifyingly cuddly as a trio of skydiving "ninja" cats could have won me over to this story.

However, fans of this book/series can keep their dander down as this is not going to turn rant as I have no reason or desire to bash this tale. My angries were not provoked. The writing is fine, the main character is fairly engaging, there’s a decent back-story and nicely drawn diabolical villain.

My less than lofty rating is more a recognition that...more

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Mar 19, 2010

Ariana Deralte rated it

Shelves: action-adventure, fantasy

I wanted to enjoy this book because then I'd have several more good books to read after this one, but I was ultimately disappointed. I found the first person, diary pov grating and impossible to get into. The writing also came off as either uninspired or overly wordy when MacHale realized he needed a bit more exposition. Though actually, it was a lot of exposition since everything kept being repeated several times. On top of that, a lot of things happened in the plot just for the sake of the plo...more

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Jan 11, 2008

Osho rated it

Shelves: 2007, fantasy-science-fiction, young-adult

There are a number of books entitled "Pendragon" out there, including Lawland's Pendragon Cycle. You'd do best to search for this series by the name of each installment.

The Merchant of Death is the first in the series and sets the grounds for the rest of the series: Bobby Pendragon appears to be a typical popular young teenager, but discovers in a Gaiman-esque scene in an abandoned subway station that he is a Traveler, a sort of interworld, intertemporal good-guy who has a ...moreThere are a number of books entitled "Pendragon" out there, including Lawland's Pendragon Cycle. You'd do best to search for this series by the name of each installment.

The Merchant of Death is the first in the series and sets the grounds for the rest of the series: Bobby Pendragon appears to be a typical popular young teenager, but discovers in a Gaiman-esque scene in an abandoned subway station that he is a Traveler, a sort of interworld, intertemporal good-guy who has a role in the battle between good and evil. This premise is okay and generally well-executed. The device of having Bobby writing to his friends on magical parchment also works reasonably well.

The major problems with this first volume are the overuse of artificial-sounding teenager language in the narration, the formulaic feel of the plot, and implausible worldbuilding that decreases suspension of disbelief. To give two examples of the latter problem, one more throwaway and one more crucial: One of Bobby's earliest observations of Denduron is that it has three suns, which set simultaneously in three quadrants of the sky. Other than a chance convergence I don't see how this is possible. It has no relevance to the plot, so its only actual function is to irritate the reader. More critically, Bobby and his Uncle Press endure a dangerous and harmful journey from the subway to Denduron via a flume that deposits them atop a snowy mountain surrounded by evil creatures called quigs. Later it is revealed that there is a second flume, much more convenient to the village and with no mention of quigs. Apparently Uncle Press didn't choose this flume solely because the author needed Bobby and Press to be separated. This is poor plotting and not compelling.

I don't mean to be overly critical. This series is clearly beach reading, not enduring literature. It's entertaining enough, and judging by the reviews online, children enjoy it even when critics don't. The next few volumes should show whether this is a picaresque series in which a world is saved per volume, or whether a larger plot unfolds.
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Jun 09, 2008

Martinibeerman rated it

Recommends it for: young adults, teens and adults

Recommended to Martinibeerman by: Bryant

I just finished reading the first book in this series and I am excited to have 7 more to plough through! I realize that few can come close to the genius of J.K Rowling, but I had hoped that this series would. While I am thoroughly enjoying reading them (I just started the second book,) the set-up is far too obvious. I appreciate when an author tries to take the format of a book into a direction that has not been done before, but with the journal format of the book, I feel like he is constantly t...more

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Jan 19, 2009

Jemmuel rated it

The beginning book that hooked me on its fast paced, plot twisting, and at times adrenaline pumping series.

This book really cannot be denied. D.J. MacHale, who has created many other favorites for Y.A. has now beautifully written a creative and entertaining book. The story is of youbg Bobby Pendragon, a life of a normal 14 year old, which takes a dramatic turn as he is introduced to a universe that is all so unreal; yet completely in danger. His Uncle Press, who interrupts his grea...more

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May 09, 2008

Roxane rated it

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult

The Merchant of Death is the story of Bobby Pendragon, a normal fourteen year old boy who is going to save the world... yeah, nothing out of the ordinary so far I know, your basic fantasy story... Bobby doesn't know it until his Uncle Press takes him through the gates of an alternative world called Denduron, preventing Bobby from attending a basketball game... the basketball game and a certain Courtney Chedwynde are pretty much all that are on Bobby's mind.

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Jan 22, 2011

Jessica rated it

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I read this series many years ago and couldn't remember anything! I do remember why I liked them so much though! This book was a fantastic journey to a new world filled with interesting people. I love how you feel like the main character is writing strait to you. In a sense he is though cause your reading it as Mark and Courtney. I love how you can relate to him. How he isn't some perfect hero that you can't even begin to understand how he thinks. Bobby has doubts and has the same reactions that...more

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Apr 22, 2009

Mary added it

Recommends it for: Anyone who likes fantasy adventures

Recommended to Mary by: My really good friend from school

Goodreads is being annoying today (it may just be my computer) so I'll try and make this quick:

The Merchant of Death, the first book in the Pendragon series, made hardly any sense--I can't wait to read the rest of them. My friend has pestered me like crazy to get me into this book. And so, obviously, when I went to get books for my trip to Mexico, Pendragon was pretty high on my list. At first I didn't really want to read it, so I read a bunch of different books, including a very ...more

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Mar 09, 2009

Jeremy rated it

The homeless guy jumped and got hit by a train. In the “Merchant Of Death” by D.J. McHale there were many different things that kept me interested in the book.

One thing that made me enjoy this book was that this book’s cover was kind of cool looking. The cover had a boy in a tunnel with a light shining through the door. Another reason I liked this book was because the personalities of the characters were defined they each had a different one. Like how Loor thinks bobby is unw...more

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Mar 06, 2009

gilbert rated it

My book the lost city of Faar written by D.J Machale. The ending was phenominalaction filled. Here let me tell you what happened. There are two main protagonists, the lead traveler Bobby Pendragon and his uncle Press. and he has a friend along with him called Spader a aqueneer. The scene in the ending was when Saint Dane where he wanted to leave cloral and go to Elong another territorie. Saint Dane is a malevolent person always a step ahead of Bobby. The ending was good with face ...more My book the lost city of Faar written by D.J Machale. The ending was phenominalaction filled. Here let me tell you what happened. There are two main protagonists, the lead traveler Bobby Pendragon and his uncle Press. and he has a friend along with him called Spader a aqueneer. The scene in the ending was when Saint Dane where he wanted to leave cloral and go to Elong another territorie. Saint Dane is a malevolent person always a step ahead of Bobby. The ending was good with face to face confrantation with spader and saint dane. Spader wanted to kill him for the death of his dad. But Saint Dane succeeded and jumped into a flume where Spader was still standing, rounds of bullets where coming his way. Bobby's uncle jumped in and tooked the blow. The character that has opinions would have to be Bobby. He has second thoughts; he keeps having second thoughts of his the one person that can stop Saint Dane. Bobby Pendragon has second thoughts and he wonders if he can do this.
The pieces of that where more interesting was the floating ship. Everyone on board that ship was dead poisoned with a mutated crop. I hated how one of the characters acted, Spader tried to take justice into his own hands almost killing himself and Bobby. I also like his uncle Press while they where in the ship he picked up clues so fast that nobody saw him. But what’s it is all about is teamwork. They found the lost city of Faar and saved Cloral.
The four words I would describe this book would be dramatic, with every page you read and flip you uncover more of the plot. Second word would have to be is treachery, there are many friends made throughout this book but there is also not many trust. The third word is unfulfilling bobby feels like he never is going to see his parents or his uncle again. The final word is stern, I has many reason why Bobby always seemed serious in in his mind he cared about others and that’s what this book ids about loyalty and trust.
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Feb 22, 2009

Kayla rated it

Well, I didn't realize it when I first started reading this series, but D.J. MacHale is the same guy who co-wrote the TV series Flight 29 Down.

As you can probably tell, I am only puting the first book of all of my series down. I am not saying the first is the best, but I am saying if you are reading the series, this is the one to start with.

The book was great, I mean you get so hooked on it, on the series. I mena this boy, Bobby Pendragon, gets whisked off on an adventu...more

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Jan 24, 2012

Sher A. Hart rated it

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I had a hard time getting into a story presented as a first-person POV of a teenage boy far wordier than any teenage boy I've ever known. I've taught enough boys in church and Boy Scouts to know this writing does not represent a normal teen. Even the ADD boys don't talk that much. Give the talkiest teenage boy a pen and ask him to write a journal? One page, maximum, per day, if you take away his game controller.

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Dec 11, 2011

Cat rated it

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Title: The Merchant of Death (Pendragon #1)
Author: D. J. MacHale
Year: 2002
ISBN: 780743437318
Type: Book
Genre: Fantasy
Age:10-14
Length/Pages: 372
Publisher/studio: Aladdin
Annotation/Teaser: Bobbylearning his desteny as traveler must fight againts evil Sain Dane.

Plot:
Robert "Bobby" Pendragon, a 14-year-old boy from Second Earth. He doesn't want to be part of his destiny as traveler but he has to accept it. Bobby alwa...more

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Dec 04, 2011

Jessye rated it

The Pendragon Series is my favorite book series of all time, probably because it's one of the first book series I've read, it's extremely long which I love in books, and also I've read it over a couple of years. I started reading in 6th grade and finally finished the last book in 9th grade. I FREAKING LOVE THIS SERIES! I recommend it to everyone! The characters are so lovable and you become really attachted to them. The relationships made between them are wonderful and the action and suspense ju...more

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Oct 24, 2011

06jacobs rated it

This was a very good book, though not my favorite. It was just the right length. It also had an ongoing story. There weren't many parts of this book that were boring. This book has a different fantasy, a kind that has to do with science fiction too. This is one of those books where you just have to keep reading, and it kept me glued to the end. It has mostly action, some intense parts, exciting parts, and parts that could be classified as boring.

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Oct 18, 2011

Tommy Anantasomboon rated it

"Ready?" he asked.
"No," I replied honestly.
"Good. I'd be surprised if you were," he shot back.

Have you ever been at school, ready to play a basketball game when the girl who stares-right-into-your-heart-with-her-deep-gray-eyes, comes up to you and kisses you? No? Well Bobby Pendragon has, and with his Uncle watching. This series of events kicks off the first book of the Pendragon series, The Merchant of Death.

Pendragon is a series...more"Ready?" he asked.
"No," I replied honestly.
"Good. I'd be surprised if you were," he shot back.

Have you ever been at school, ready to play a basketball game when the girl who stares-right-into-your-heart-with-her-deep-gray-eyes, comes up to you and kisses you? No? Well Bobby Pendragon has, and with his Uncle watching. This series of events kicks off the first book of the Pendragon series, The Merchant of Death.

Pendragon is a series written by D.J. MacHale in which Bobby Pendragon is a traveler. Somebody who travels to a territory to ensure the history of the territory plays out as it is intended.

But Saint Dane, an evil traveler is set on disrupting each territories' history in order to break down Halla, which is essentially everything there is, will be, and was. He wishes to do so so that he can rebuild it in his own image.

The story takes place in Denduron. A territory in which Bobby's uncle tells him needs help. (How he gets here you need to read.) Denduron is just like Earth, however, it has 3 suns.

When I first picked up this book and began to read it, I thought it was really slow. It was like this for about 10~20 pages. After that the book started to become more interesting, so interesting I almost couldn't put the book down. The story begins to become fast paced and packed with action as Bobby tries to help the people of Denduron. After Bobby has entered Denduron, he writes journals to his friend Mark on Earth describing what is happening in the world around him.

One interesting thing is the way the author has Bobby describe his story to the reader. The way the story of Bobby is told in his journals. Journals that he writes during his spare time in Denduron telling his friend Mark what is happening. The story of how Mark deals with Bobby's journal is told along side the story of Bobby, always bolder and written in different font. This allows the reader to see both stories unfold and relate to each other.

Although the story's plot was well written and the characters really had their own personalities, I was confused on some loose ends that really aren't tied up at the end, and some of them are very obvious, but this may be because I have not read the second book yet.

Thanks for reading my review, and I hope that you choose to read and enjoy this book just like I have.

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Sep 26, 2011

Andrei Biswas rated it

Well, as always, this book is truly fantastic.

Before I say anything, let me give you a quick review of the book. Bobby Pendragon is a normal kid, or better say he was, and now, his uncle, Uncle Press has brought him in this mad world called Denduron where two tribes are in conflict with each other. The Bedoowan, the rulers, and the Milago,the slaves. Uncle Press was the person to give a bit of confidence to fight the Bedoowan. The decision was taken.

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Sep 18, 2011

Jeremy rated it

What all began with a simple kiss between potential lovers - Pendragon throws the reader into a versatile world full of both excitement and danger. The book, starting out, seems to be another traditionalist approach to the "coming-of-age" scenario. The protagonist is a boy who is a sports star, has great friends, an amazing family, a hot and sexy crush, and is just the cookie-cutter approach to a "hero" archetype. This boy has a big important sports game coming up and runs in...moreWhat all began with a simple kiss between potential lovers - Pendragon throws the reader into a versatile world full of both excitement and danger. The book, starting out, seems to be another traditionalist approach to the "coming-of-age" scenario. The protagonist is a boy who is a sports star, has great friends, an amazing family, a hot and sexy crush, and is just the cookie-cutter approach to a "hero" archetype. This boy has a big important sports game coming up and runs into his crush and, fireworks flying, plants one on her. Then enters our next major player, the Uncle. He comes in and crashes the sexy party and then voila, whisks Bobby away from his potential girlfriend and starts talking all cryptic-like about people needing help and that whole shebang. Following very much the traditional path of the hero put into foundation by the late Joseph Cambell, Bobby follows the path of a hero very well. The call has been made, thresholds have been crossed, and temptations and trials have ensued.

D.J. MacHale has laid the foundations to a fantastic universe in this first book. "The Merchant of Death" was given three stars because it is the setup book. There are some slow parts to the action and some of the more cliche moments make the story trudge through mud at points, but overall, this is a solid beginning to a fantastic series. The whole story sets up a storyline that is one of the most intricate in the market of today's rehashed "Twilight" books. The characters are memorable. Mark Dimond is one of the most intriguing characters of fiction today. Saint Dane is one of my favorite villains of all literary time, even more so than Voldemort in some regards. Saint Dane is a vicious and sadistic killer that defies the cliche boundaries that plagues novels of this type throughout the industry.

"The Merchant of Death" is a good beginning to what became a fantastic and amazing series. Some plot points were not needed and some of the action and characters were very cliche, but for setting up a universe that entails a minimum of 20 major characters and 10 major plot lines and 10 very different and amazing locales, D.J. MacHale has done himself proud in this first book. (less)

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Sep 10, 2011

Kita rated it

Recommends it for: Preteens

The characters of Pendragon were mostly either dull or two dimensional. While I liked Bobby for the most part, his character seemed a bit lower than average; there weren't any quirks to Bobby that gave off the feeling of a real guy. I think the author was trying too hard to make him realistic that he ended up lacking in some areas.
Uncle Press was about as cryptic and bland as any stereotypical teacher in a hero storyline. His character was in no way compelling and I couldn't help but inwar...more

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May 07, 2011

Keaton Henderson rated it

Bobby Pendragon, a fourteen year old kid from Stoneybrook Connecticut, was living a perfect life. He was the star player on his basketball team, had a great family, great friends, and best of all, his Uncle Press. Until one day, heading to his basketball game meets his friend/rival, Courtney Chetwynde, who admits she loves him. After a kiss, Bobby comes face to face with Uncle Press. Uncle Press takes Bobby to an abandoned subway station in Bronx. Uncle Press tells Bobby that people need his...more

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Mar 20, 2011

Chris Johnson rated it

Recommends it for: Everyone

Man oh man!! What a ride this book was! I'm just disappointed that it took me so long to finally get around to reading it! This book follows the adventure of Bobby Pendragon and is the first in a series of ten books. To avoid spoilers, I will simply say this...Bobby is a normal 14 year old boy, or so we thought. He was enjoying life, just made out with one of the cutest girls in school, and was the star of the basketball team. Heading out to play in the school's most important game of the season...more

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Feb 05, 2011

Eppie rated it

Shelves: fantasy-children, young-adult

OK, but I didn't want to go further.

In Pendragon: The Merchant of Death, D.J. MacHale, the creator of several popular television series and Afterschool Specials, transplants the Pendragon name from Arthurian legend to modern-day junior high school. Fourteen- year-old Bobby Pendragon has it all; he's smart, popular, and a star basketball player in quiet Stony Brook, Connecticut. But a visit from Uncle Press soon topples all of that as Bobby learns that he is a Traveler, someone who can ...more

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Jan 13, 2011

Josh Dimond rated it

Bobby is just getting ready for a very important basketball game when his Uncle Press comes and asks for his help. Bobby is skeptical but agrees to go and help. Press takes him to an abandoned subway station and meets Saint Dane, a very evil person. Press explains to Bobby that Saint Dane is here to stop them from helping the people. Press tells Bobby where a flume is and to yell Denduron while inside, and that he will hold off Saint Dane. Bobby follows Press' instructions to the flume and is tr...more

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Dec 17, 2010

Shira Karp rated it

As a person who freely admits to judging books by their covers (and titles), I was confused at first with this book. From the title, I guess I had assumed this YA series would somehow be tied in with Arthurian legend, but I guess D.J. MacHale just liked the name. If you are looking for a series with an element of King Arthur, Merlin, or Camelot, this is not the book you're looking for no matter how enticing the title seems.

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Dec 08, 2010

Erin rated it

Shelves: classroom-library, science-fiction, middle-grade

I noticed that some readers shelved this book as "science fiction" while others shelved it as "modern fantasy." At first, I too had a little trouble deciding. In the end, though, I concluded that it really is science fiction, because Bobby Pendragon gets whisked off through time and space, using a wormhole-like contraption (he is a Traveler) and he ends up in another world. Within that world, Bobby has to use his own wits, not magic, to overcome the difficulties that he fi...more

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Sep 20, 2010

Phillip Snyder rated it

Shelves: sci-fi

D.J. MacHale has a history of script writing for movies and T.V. shows, which makes sense because the entire Pendragon series feels like it's fit for the big screen right as you read it. That's what I was really able to take from MacHale. I myself am interested in script writing and hope to one day write for movies and video games (here I have sealed the nerd image of myself in stone). So it was really interesting to see the subtle tones and lines used to create a cinematic book.
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Jul 19, 2010

Julie Bennett rated it

Shelves: third-and-last-set

Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon has always thought that he had a normal life. He has a great family, great friends, was lucky enough to have kissed the most perfect girl, has a perfect dog, Marley, and has a super-cool Uncle. But there's something that Bobby never knew about himself, and is about to find out. He's destined to save the world. No, not in ten years from now, but at this very instant. And no, not on this Earth, because life on this Earth is different than Bobby ever thought it cou...more

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Jun 08, 2010

Sean Randall rated it

I'm starting to wonder how I was able to read books without Michael's aid - for yet another recommendation from him propels me headlong into this series.

In tone reminding me of Darren Shan, Diane Duane and perhaps even Trudi Canavan, this seems to be the start of quite an interesting collection. I'm in need of one, having finished Rick Shelley's DMC series a short while ago.

This book is a fairly typical adventure story with the person-in-a-new-world motif, but as there...more

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Apr 21, 2010

Max added it

Bobby Pendragon is a “traveler,” but he doesn’t know it. His Uncle Press picks him up the day he is on the way to a big basketball game and takes him to an abandoned subway station. Once there, he makes it to the flume and is transported to Denduron. Bobby has no idea what he’s doing there. His Uncle hasn’t had time to explain anything. It turns out he is meant to save worlds like Denduron from disaster. One of Bobby's earliest observations of Denduron is that it has three suns, which set simult...more

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Mar 28, 2010

Chase rated it

Recommends it for: everyone

Recommended to Chase by: no one

Pendragon: The Merchant of Death
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Bobby Pendragon has the life that every 14-year-old boy could want. He is the star of his middle school basketball team, has an awesome dog, is the popular guy in school, and he has the world’s coolest uncle! Press is Bobby’s mom’s brother and every once and a while appears out of the blue and does something awesome. Press has taken Bobby snorkeling, skydiving, has turned Bobby’s house into...more

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About D.J. MacHale

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. the...moreD.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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The Merchant of Death (Pendragon #1)

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