It’s official – THE DEAD GENTLEMAN arrives in summer 2011!

The New Book is dead!  Long live THE DEAD GENTLEMAN!

The title has been settled and our creepy, lovely dark horse has galloped past the finish line.  I must admit, I’m a bit surprised at the enthusiastic response from the publishing powers-that-be. I’d feared that the title would be considered too dark for children’s literature, and in fact had a different (safer, more boring) working title all along.  But it just goes to show that editors and designers are really smart people. Far smarter than your average writer.

So what’s the book about, you ask?  Well, since we are still a year away from publication, I can’t spill too much.  But I will say that this book is epic adventure, in the vein of Jules Verne and Arthur Conan Doyle. It’s as dark and exciting and mysterious as the title, and I had a lot of fun writing it.  It was also a LOT of work, but it was worth it.  I’m very proud of the finished product.

Oh, and there might be an airship or two.

And just wait till you see about the cover!