![]() ![]() Degrees in both psychology and drama give Neal a unique approach to writing. As a speaker, Neal is in constant demand at schools and conferences. Much of his fiction is traceable back to stories he tells to large audiences of children and teenagers - such as his novel The Eyes of Kid Midas. Wherever Neal goes, he quickly earns a reputation as a storyteller and dynamic speaker. Currently Neal is adapting his novel Everlost as a feature film for Universal Studios. ![]() He has even tried his hand at creating Games, having developed three successful "How to Host a Mystery" game for teens, as well as seven "How to Host a Murder" games.Īs a screen and TV writer, Neal has written for the "Goosebumps" and “Animorphs” TV series, and wrote the Disney Channel Original Movie “Pixel Perfect”. Neal's talents range from film directing (two short films he directed won him the coveted CINE Golden Eagle Awards) to writing music and stage plays – including book and lyrical contributions to “American Twistory,” which is currently playing in Boston. His books have received many awards from organizations such as the International Reading Association, and the American Library Association, as well as garnering a myriad of state and local awards across the country. As a full-time writer, he claims to be his own hardest task-master, always at work creating new stories to tell. In the years since, Neal has made his mark as a successful novelist, screenwriter, and television writer. Within a year of graduating, he had his first book deal, and was hired to write a movie script. After spending his junior and senior years of high school at the American School of Mexico City, Neal went on to UC Irvine, where he made his mark on the UCI swim team, and wrote a successful humor column. If you were on the fence about getting into this trilogy, I can confirm that it holds up beyond the first book, and I can’t wait to get into the next one.Award-winning author Neal Shusterman grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he began writing at an early age. If you’re into YA books, and liked Everlost, you’ll love Everwild. So I guess that’s a pretty good sign for the book. But at the time, I couldn’t put the book down. I shouldn’t have… I paid the price for it the next day. But I read the last quarter of this book in a single sitting. I still have limits I’ve imposed upon my reading time daily-no more than half an hour at a time, just to allow my eyes to rest as I recover from GBS. Hopefully someone will go back and fix the Kindle version of Everlost. I don’t think I found any glaring errors in this one. The problems I had with the copy edit of Everlost where non-existent in Everwild. Writers really learn to appreciate when another author accomplishes this feat with such a large cast of characters-it’s one of the hardest things to do in writing. The characters are so very identifiable through their unique traits… my wife and I actually discussed that there may be no other book (short of Harry Potter), where the characters are so marked by distinguishing characteristics. Allie the Outcast finds out why skinjacking is such a rare talent in the Everlost, and Mikey McGill must figure out how to control the uncontrollable-his anger.Īs sequels go, Everwild is pretty darn good. But she is determined to rebuild it, and to get revenge on Nick, the Chocolate Ogre, for causing her downfall. In Everwild, the battle with the McGill is over, and Mary Hightower has lost her flock. It continues the story of the children who, when they die, are diverted from moving to whatever may come, and are stuck in the purgatory of Everlost. ![]() Everwild is the second book in the Skinjacker Trilogy by Neal Shusterman, following Everlost, which I reviewed in November of 2012.
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