My first dream was to be a singer-songwriter.
I guess I wanted to be a writer of some kind since my late teens. Strangely enough, the whole idea for the story started when I accidentally typed ‘eric fail’ instead of ‘epic fail’ while writing a comment on facebook. You can see his trailer for ‘Eric Vale Epic Fail’ below. The exciting thing about this book is that it is fully illustrated by my multi-talented son Joe. Perhaps not surprisingly, the book is called ‘ Eric Vale Epic Fail’. So Eric with the help of his crazy super-positive friend Chewy Rodriquez attempts to conjure up some kind of Epic Win to get things back to normal. Unfortunately Eric gets lumbered with the nickname Epic Fail which turns into an increasingly disastrous self-fulfilling prophecy for him. My latest book is a comedy about a grade five boy called Eric Vale (Megan note – review here). Ten Things You Need to Know About Michael Gerard Bauer Regret.Ĭlick on title links or cover images to purchase. You can read about my EPIC FAIL in underestimating MGB many years ago here. Many of his novels are now studied in classrooms across Australia, and his books are published worldwide and frequently awarded. His writing is often ridiculously funny, but always with depth and strength, and his books are pitched perfectly at the age range for which they are intended.
He owes me so many boxes of tissues for the times his books have made me sob, several times in front of a class. The man is a writing genius and I’ve loved every single one of his books. Today I’d like you to meet Michael Gerard Bauer. Each post is a great starting point for an author study in your classroom, or just for learning a little more about your favourite creator of children’s/YA books. The world of children’s literature is full of creative, interesting lovely people and this series is about meeting these people and getting to know them a little bit better. Me? I idolise creators of children’s and YA books. These are the people that start our children or students on their journey as lifelong readers and I for one am completely in awe of them.
‘Book People’ is a series of posts in which you will meet some talented and dedicated authors, illustrators and publishers.
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