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Young Adult, Paranormal, Graphic Novels

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J.R. Potter is the author and illustrator of the critically-acclaimed THOMAS CREEPER series about a reluctant mortician's apprentice turned detective for the dead. Booklist calls Potter's debut THOMAS CREEPER AND THE GLOOMSBURY SECRET "marvelously macabre!" The novel won the 2019 Kraken Prize for Middle Grade Fiction and has become a staff pick at libraries across the world from San Jose to Saudi Arabia. The second Gloomsbury mystery THOMAS CREEPER AND THE PURPLE CORPSE hits shelves 6/15/23 from Black Rose Writing. Potter's graphic novel work has been published by Image Comics (THE GLIMMER SOCIETY, first appearance in Issues #2 and #3 of VOID TRIP), and his short fiction has been collected in various horror, steampunk, and sci-fi anthologie ...more

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Average rating: 4.37 · 131 ratings · 55 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Thomas Creeper and the Gloomsbury Secret (Thomas Creeper, #1) 4.54 avg rating — 46 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thomas Creeper and the Purple Corpse (Thomas Creeper, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 25 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terra Mechanica: a Steampunk Anthology by Terri Wagner (Editor), Penny Freeman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), J.R. Potter (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mechanized Masterpieces 2: An American Anthology by Penny Freeman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), M.K. Wiseman (Goodreads Author), M. Irish Gardner 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Toll of Another Bell: A Fantasy Anthology by McKenna Gardner (Goodreads Author) (editor), Jodi L. Milner (Goodreads Author), Timothy Vincent 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ragtag: City of Ash and Fire 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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There is something simple and wonderful and sensual about a book. You are most likely reading these words on a lighted screen, perhaps while your child is trying to grab hold of the tail of a dog or paint the hallway with chocolate milk.

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