David Neilsen

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David Neilsen

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David Neilsen is a classically trained actor and professional storyteller from Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow who has performed all over New York City, Westchester County, and the Hudson Valley. Specializing in traumatizing children for life during the Halloween season, he has performed in such locations as the New York Botanical Gardens, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, and Washington Irving’s Sunnyside in addition to warping minds at various schools and birthday parties. He has also created a number of one-man shows based on the works of author H.P. Lovecraft, as well as an educational show based on the life of Revolution-era British Spy, Major John Andre.

His debut Middle Grade novel, Doctor Fell and the Playground of Doom--published by Crown Books
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David Neilsen The creature stared down at the child who walked, unaware, through the woods. The next morning, all that remained was a forest floor covered in blood.
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A Good Story Never Dies

I just released my latest Middle Grade horror/comedy/adventure, Death is a Many-Splendored Thing. It is book one of The Chronicles of the Deadly Dead, and I am very excited to tell this story. Here’s the way-cool cover: Books two and three are already 95% written. Or rather, they are 100% written, but I’ll need to … Continue reading "A Good Story Never Dies" Read more of this blog post »
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I wanted to love this. I loved the first two of Lovegrove's Firefly books, and so greedily picked this one up, expectations high. Alas, it did not satisfy.

The writing itself is still top notch, Lovegrave is a great writer and he has the feel for the
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Having loved the entire Scythe trilogy, I was excited to delve into another worlf created by Mr. Shusterman. I was not disappointed. The Skinjacker trilogy is another unique look at death (which seems to be one of the author's favorite subjects), but ...more
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