Chris Grabenstein
Chris Grabenstein | |
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At the Marion Public Library, April 2022 | |
Born | Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Period | 2005–present |
Genre | Children's, Mystery |
Spouse | J.J. Grabenstein |
Website | |
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Christopher Grabenstein is an American author. He published his first novel in 2005.[1] Since then he has written novels for both adults and children, the latter often with frequent collaborator James Patterson. He graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1977 with a degree from the College of Communication and Information.[2] In the 1980s he performed with the improvisational group "First Amendment Comedy".
Awards
In 2005, Grabenstein's debut novel was the first in the adult Ceepack Mysteries series, Tilt-a-Whirl, called an "entertaining debut" by The New York Times and given a Library Journal starred review.[1][3] He has subsequently written more books in this series, called a "mash-up of Jersey Shore, Big Brother, and Survivor."[4]
Grabenstein has also written many novels for children, including the Agatha and Anthony award-winning Haunted Mysteries series and the New York Times bestselling Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library. He has also co-authored a number of books with author James Patterson, for whom he previously worked when he was in advertising.[5]
Grabenstein has won the Agatha Award for Best Children's/Young Adult Novel four times: for The Crossroads, The Hanging Hill, The Black Heart Crypt, and Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library.[6] He has also won the Anthony Award twice, once for Best First Novel for Tilt-A-Whirl and once for Best Children's/Young Adult Novel for The Crossroads.
Bibliography
The John Ceepak Mysteries
- Tilt-a-Whirl (2005)
- Mad Mouse (2006)
- Whack A Mole (2007)
- Hell Hole (2008)
- Mind Scrambler (2009)
- "Ring Toss" (A Ceepak Short Story) (2010)
- Rolling Thunder (2010)
- Fun House (2012)
- Free Fall (2013)
Christopher Miller Holiday Thrillers
- Slay Ride (2006)
- Hell for the Holidays (2007)
Anthologies
- The Boys Go Fishing (Aug 2010) in Death's Excellent Vacation[7]
- The Unknown Patriot (2018) in Scream and Scream Again
Books for Children
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
- Island of Dr. Libris
The Haunted Mysteries
- The Crossroads (2008)
- The Hanging Hill (2009) which is now The Demons Door (2017)
- The Smoky Corridor (2010) which is now The Zombie Awakening (2017)
- The Black Heart Crypt (2011)
Riley Mack
- Riley Mack and the Other Known Troublemakers (2012)
- Riley Mack Stirs Up More Trouble (2013)
Mr. Lemoncello
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (2013)
- Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics (2016)
- Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race (2017)
- Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game (2019)
- Mr. Lemoncello and the Titanium Ticket (2020)
- Mr. Lemoncello's Very First Game (2022)
Daniel X
- Daniel X: Armageddon (2012)
- Daniel X: Lights Out (2015)
I Funny
- I Funny (2012)
- I Even Funnier (2013)
- I Totally Funniest (2015)
- I Funny TV (2016)
- I Funny School of Laughs (2017)
Treasure Hunters
- Treasure Hunters (2013)
- Treasure Hunters: Danger Down the Nile (2014)
- Treasure Hunters: Secret of the Forbidden City (2015)
- Treasure Hunters: Peril at the Top of the World (2016)
House of Robots
- House of Robots (2014)
- House Of Robots: Robots Go Wild (2015)
- House Of Robots: Robot Revolution (2017)
Wonderland
- Welcome to Wonderland: Home Sweet Motel (2016)
- Welcome to Wonderland: Beach Party Surf Monkey (2017)
- Welcome to Wonderland: Sandapalooza Shake-Up (2018) with James Patterson
Jackie Ha Ha
- Jacky Ha-Ha (2016)
- Jacky Ha Ha: My Life Is A Joke (2017)
Others
- The Explorer's Gate (2012)
- Don't Call Me Christina Kringle (2013)
- The Island of Dr. Libris (2015)
- Word of Mouse (2016)
- Laugh Out Loud (2017)
- Pottymouth and Stoopid (2017)
- Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment (2018) with James Patterson
- The Smartest Kid in the Universe (2020)
- The Smartest Kid in the Universe: Genius Camp (2021)
References
- ^ a b "Fiction Reviews". Library Journal. 15 September 2005. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ Blakely, Amy (28 September 2009). "UT Alumnus, Award-winning Mystery Writer, to Speak on Oct. 1". Tennessee Today. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ Stasio, Marilyn (11 June 2006). "Killing Time". New York Times Sunday Book Review. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ Stasio, Marilyn (1 June 2012). "New York Times Sunday Book Review". Buried in the Sand. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ Mitrani, Joseph (30 October 2012). "A Fun Chat with 'Fun House' author Chris Grabenstein". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Crime Fiction Awards". Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ Harris, Charlaine; Kelner, Toni L. P., eds. (Aug 2010). Death's Excellent Adventure.
External links
- Official website
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- Elizabeth George (1988)
- Jill Churchill (1989)
- Katherine Hall Page (1990)
- Mary Willis Walker (1991)
- Barbara Neely (1992)
- Nevada Barr (1993)
- Jeff Abbott (1994)
- Jeanne M. Dams (1995)
- Anne George (1996)
- Sujata Massey (1997)
- Robin Hathaway (1998)
- Donna Andrews (1999)
- Rosemary Stevens (2000)
- Sarah Strohmeyer (2001)
- Julia Spencer-Fleming (2002)
- Jacqueline Winspear (2003)
- Harley Jane Kozak (2004)
- Laura Durham (2005)
- Sandra Parshall (2006)
- Hank Phillippi Ryan (2007)
- G. M. Malliet (2008)
- Alan Bradley (2009)
- Avery Aames (2010)
- Sara J. Henry (2011)
- Susan M. Boyer (2012)
- Leslie Budewitz (2013)
- Terrie Farley Moran (2014)
- Art Taylor (2015)
- Cynthia Kuhn (2016)
- Kellye Garrett (2017)
- Dianne Freeman and Shari Randall (2018) (tie)
- Tara Laskowski (2019)
- Erica Neubauer (2020)
- Hank Phillippi Ryan (2013)
- Hank Phillippi Ryan (2014)
- Margaret Maron (2015)
- Louise Penny (2016)
- Louise Penny (2017)
- Ellen Byron (2018)
- Ann Cleeves (2019)
- Louise Penny (2020)
- Carolyn G. Hart (1988)
- Elizabeth Peters (1989)
- Nancy Pickard (1990)
- Nancy Pickard (1991)
- Margaret Maron (1992)
- Carolyn Hart (1993)
- Sharyn McCrumb (1994)
- Sharyn McCrumb (1995)
- Margaret Maron (1996)
- Kate Ross (1997)
- Laura Lippman (1998)
- Earlene Fowler (1999)
- Margaret Maron (2000)
- Rhys Bowen (2001)
- Donna Andrews (2002)
- Carolyn Hart (2003)
- Jacqueline Winspear (2004)
- Katherine Hall Page (2005)
- Nancy Pickard (2006)
- Louise Penny (2007)
- Louise Penny (2008)
- Louise Penny (2009)
- Louise Penny (2010)
- Margaret Maron (2011)
- Louise Penny (2012)
- Rhys Bowen (2011)
- Catriona McPherson (2012)
- Caroline and Charles Todd (2013)
- Rhys Bowen (2014)
- Laurie R. King (2015)
- Catriona McPherson (2016)
- Rhys Bowen (2017)
- Sujata Massey (2018)
- Edith Maxwell (2019)
- Rhys Bowen (2020)
- Barbara D'Amato (1993)
- Jean Swanson and Dean James (1994)
- Alzina Stone Dale (1995)
- Willeta L. Heisin (1996)
- Willeta L. Heisin (1997)
- Alzina Stone Dale (1998)
- Daniel Stashower (1999)
- Jim Huang (2000)
- Tony Hillerman (2001)
- Jim Huang (2002)
- Elizabeth Peters and Kristen Whitbread (2003)
- Jack French (2004)
- Melanie Rehak (2005)
- Chris Roerden (2006)
- Jon Lellenberg (2007)
- Kathy Lynn Emerson (2008)
- Elena Santangelo (2009)
- John Curran (2010)
- Leslie Budewitz (2011)
- John Connolly (2012)
- Daniel Stashower (2013)
- Hank Phillippi Ryan (2014)
- Martin Edwards (2015)
- Jane K. Cleland (2016)
- Mattias Bostrom (2017)
- Jane Cleland (2018)
- Mo Moulton (2019)
- Christina Lane (2020)
- Robert Barnard (1988)
- Sharyn McCrumb (1989)
- Joan Hess (1990)
- Margaret Maron (1991)
- Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)
- M. D. Lake (1993)
- Dorothy Cannell (1994)
- Elizabeth Daniels (1995)
- Carolyn Wheat (1996)
- M. D. Lake (1997)
- Barbara D'Amato (1998)
- Nancy Pickard (1999)
- Jan Burke (2000)
- Katherine Hall Page (2001)
- Margaret Maron and Marcia Talley (2002)
- Elizabeth Foxwell (2003)
- Elaine Viets (2004)
- Marcia Talley (2005)
- Toni Kelner (2006)
- Donna Andrews (2007)
- Dana Cameron (2008)
- Hank Phillippi Ryan (2009)
- Mary Jane Maffini (2010)
- Dana Cameron (2011)
- Dana Cameron (2012)
- Art Taylor (2013)
- Art Taylor (2014)
- Barb Goffman (2015)
- Art Taylor (2016)
- Gigi Pandian (2017)
- Leslie Budewitz and Tara Laskowski (2018) (tie)
- Shawn Reilly Simmons (2019)
- Barb Goffman (2020)
- Cindy Callaghan (2018)
Young Adult Fiction
- Penny Warner (2001)
- Daniel J. Hale & Matthew LaBrot (2002)
- Kathleen Karr (2003)
- Blue Balliett (2004)
- Peter Abrahams (2005)
- Nancy Means Wright (2006)
- Sarah Masters Buckey (2007)
- Chris Grabenstein (2008)
- Chris Grabenstein (2009)
- Sarah Smith (2010)
- Chris Grabenstein (2011)
- Penny Warner (2012)
- Chris Grabenstein (2013)
- Penny Warner (2014)
- Amanda Flower (2015)
- Penny Warner (2016)
- Cindy Callaghan (2017)
- Frances Schoonmaker (2019)
- Richard Narvaez (2020)
for Lifetime Achievement
- Phyllis A. Whitney (1990)
- Mignon G. Eberhart (1994)
- Mary Stewart (1996)
- Emma Lathen (1997)
- Charlotte MacLeod (1998)
- Patricia Moyes (1999)
- Dick Francis (2000)
- Mildred Benson (2001)
- Tony Hillerman (2002)
- Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels (2003)
- Marian Babson (2004)
- H.R.F. Keating (2005)
- Robert Barnard (2006)
- Carolyn Hart (2007)
- Peter Lovesey (2008)
- Anne Perry (2009)
- Mary Higgins Clark (2010)
- Sue Grafton (2011)
- Simon Brett (2012)
- Aaron Elkins (2013)
- Dorothy Cannell, Joan Hess and Margaret Maron (2014)
- Sara Paretsky (2015)
- Katherine Hall Page (2016)
- Charlaine Harris (2017)
- Nancy Pickard (2018)
Poirot Award
- David Suchet (2003)
- Ruth Cavin (2004)
- Angela Lansbury (2005)
- Douglas G. Greene (2006)
- Janet Hutchings and Linda Landrigan (2008)
- Kate Stine and Brian Skupin (2009)
- William Link (2010)
- Janet Rudolph (2011)
- Lee Goldberg (2012)
- Tom Schantz (2014)
- Barbara G. Peters (2016)
- Martin Edwards (2017)
- Brenda Blethyn (2018)