But the real story is that I had been paying my dues for DECADES getting a TV career going, and then creating a few very successful TV shows for young people. My agent sent the proposal for Pendragon to an editor, the editor liked it and the rest is history. The short answer is that it was incredibly easy. lives with his family in Southern California.ĭJM: My route to publication was different than most. In addition to his published works, he has written, directed and produced numerous award-winning television series and movies for young people including Are You Afraid of the Dark? Flight 29 Down and Tower of Terror. The first book of his new adventure trilogy, SYLO, will be published in the summer of 2013. MacHale is the author of the bestselling book series Pendragon – Journal of an Adventure Through Time and Space the spooky Morpheus Road trilogy and the whimsical picture book The Monster Princess. When I saw that he was embarking on a new series, I thought it would be a great time to shine the spotlight on this talented author.ĭ.J. I met DJ last year at the Children’s Book Festival in La Mesa. How far should the military go to protect its citizens? Should the government lie?Īll in all, S.Y.L.O is an incredible book for all ages., and can be found wherever books are sold.I am thrilled to introduce best-selling author DJ MacHale for our author spotlight today. There are also themes of government overreach. This presents the question, how far will you go be the very best? However, in high doses, Ruby will cause the body to over exert itself, causing the user to die. It increases awareness, strength, speed, and stamina. Ruby is a PED: a performance enhancing drug. MacHale also knows how to stretch readers. He justified time travel by creating a wormhole by detonating a nuclear bomb inside a small area, pressurizing the local area to create a wormhole. He does this by basing elements of the story with science. MacHale will keep readers in a state of disbelief. Through his dialogue, readers can infer that Kent has the hots for Olivia, and the complex relationship concerning Tucker, Quinn, and Tori. He can take each characters personalities, wants, needs and desires, and translate them into speech. In addition to incredible sensory description, MacHale, also creates genuine and honest dialogue. For example, when Tucker, Quinn and Tori see a man gunned down on the beach, readers will both see and feel what happened that fateful night. He can create realistic worlds sprinkled with just enough imagination to fuel readers. MacHale, author of the Pendragon series, does a fantastic job of creating stunning visuals. He is not alone, his friends Quinn Carr and Tori Sleeper are on a mission to find out what is really going on with the government in D.J MacHale’s S.Y.L.O Tucker Pierce, a freshmen at Pemberwick High, a small island just off the coast of Maine, suspects there is more to S.Y.L.O than meets the eye. have come to quarantine the island because of a lethal new virus. Rumors of a new super drug called ruby are circulating, and naval officers under the name S.Y.L.O. Imagine watching a high school football game, and the star running back dies.
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