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KIM VENTRELLA loves infusing everyday settings with a touch of magic. Her works explore difficult topics with big doses of humor, whimsy and hope. Her most recent middle grade novel, THE SECRET LIFE OF SAM, was named one of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2020. BONE HOLLOW was chosen as a Best Book for Kids 2019 by New York Public Library, and SKELETON TREE was nominated for the 2019 Carnegie Medal in the UK. She is also a contributor to the middle grade horror anthology, DON'T TURN OUT THE LIGHTS. She is a former librarian, Peace Corps Volunteer and a lover of all things strange and creepy. When she's not writing, she spends her days ruling over a seaside garbage dump and her nights helping vampires remove all that excess glitter. ...more

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Kim Ventrella So many of my books start with a "what if?" What if a boy discovered a bone in his backyard, then it grew into a full-sized skeleton only children can…moreSo many of my books start with a "what if?" What if a boy discovered a bone in his backyard, then it grew into a full-sized skeleton only children can see? What would happen next? What if you could be with the people you love, even after they're gone? What if you started getting IMs from your future self? What if death (or Death) wasn't all worms and horribleness, but something totally unexpected? I love posing these questions and seeing where they take me.(less)
Kim Ventrella Discovering things I didn't know about the world by putting one word in front of the other. Also getting mail from readers! It's so much fun and amazi…moreDiscovering things I didn't know about the world by putting one word in front of the other. Also getting mail from readers! It's so much fun and amazing and will never get old. Oh, and that time a kid at a school visit asked me to sign his forehead in Sharpie, because he thought I was famous. (less)
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