Rachel Riley: Professional Reporter is here to give you the scoop!
Rachel Riley: Professional Reporter, Book Three of the multi-award winning middle-grade series, The Professionals, is available now through local and online booksellers.
Mr. Collins thinks this news is better than Christmas!
Quenton Cohen wins medal at 2011 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards
Quenton Cohen: Professional Chef has won a Bronze Medal at the 2011 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards in the Pre-Teen Mystery category. Congratulations to MAC!
Quenton Cohen: Professional Chef gets cooking!
It’s finally here!!! Quenton Cohen: Professional Chef, The much-anticipated second book of the multi-award winning middle-grade series, The Professionals, is available now through local and online booksellers.
Which of course, makes Gus very happy!…
Anna Smudge wins the National Best Books 2009 Awards!
Another gold medal for Anna Smudge!—This time she’s a winner in the Children’s Fiction category.
Anna Smudge wins 3 Gold Medals!
We are thrilled to announce that Anna Smudge: Professional Shrink has swept this year’s Young Voices Awards! Anna won the gold in 3 different categories by 3 different sets of judges: Best Juvenile Fiction, Best Juvenile Mystery, and Best Youth Fiction- NE Region.
Anna Smudge wins the Benjamin Franklin Award!
We have just returned from the Benjamin Franklin Awards, held during Book Expo America at the beautiful Roosevelt Hotel in New York City—and Anna Smudge has won for Best Juvenile Fiction! Additionally, artist Greg Horn & designer Greg Collins were finalists in the Children’s Best Cover Design category.
Read more about the awards ceremony at MAC’s blog- http://macismy.name/bingo/
Anna Smudge wins the National Indie Excellence Award!
Anna Smudge has just taken home the National Indie Excellence Award for Best Children’s Fiction. Congratulations to MAC!
Anna Smudge wins the Silver Medal!
At this year’s Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, Anna Smudge won the Silver Medal for Best First Book.
MAC on Starz!
MAC was interviewed in conjunction with Starz’ Comic Books Unbound, a new documentary about the crossover of comic and children’s properties into big-budget, mainstream Hollywood productions.
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Summer Reading Tips at WABC-TV
MAC on WABC-TV alongside international best-selling authors Scott Westerfeld (Uglies) and Jane O’Connor (Fancy Nancy)!
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Author MAC on WABC-TV!
MAC and her book, Anna Smudge, were featured Sunday morning on WABC-TV alongside international best-selling authors Scott Westerfeld (Leviathan, Uglies) and Jane O’Connor (Fancy Nancy)!
Read more about it at MAC’s blog here-http://macismy.name/scott-jane-and-little-ol-me-on-wabc-tv/
Author MAC on Starz!
A promotional spot with author MAC is currently running on all of the Starz Entertainment Channels. Keep your eyes peeled!
The spot will run in conjunction with Starz’ Comic Books Unbound, a new documentary about the crossover of comic and children’s properties into big-budget, mainstream Hollywood productions.
The Starz crew, MAC, and Greg Horn preparing for their interviews:
A new website for The Professionals series!
The new website for The Professionals series is live! Now you can find out the answer to the question everyone is asking… Who is Mr. Who?!!
Praise for Anna Smudge: Professional Shrink
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This series opener may well prove irresistible to Disney Channel fans and, for that matter, its executives.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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The world is a safer place with Anna Smudge in it! Here’s hoping for a television version of this exciting series!”
— KEWL Magazine
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How long before I get my hands on the sequel?”
— Joe Quesada, Editor-in-Chief, Marvel Comics
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This book is a mystery masterpiece… I loved it so much, I was heartbroken when it ended.”
— Allen Alvarado (Discovery Kids’ “Flight 29 Down”)
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This is one kid’s book that may make your daughter aspire to be something other than Hannah Montana.”
— The Associated Press
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One of the best mysteries I have ever read.”
— Flamingnet Book Review, Top Choice Award Winner
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Throw Nancy Drew, an action movie, a couple of graphic novels, Dr. Phil and a bunch of talented (and precocious) 11-year-olds in a blender, mix them up… what’d you get is something pretty close to Anna Smudge. And, just for the record, it’s a whole lotta fun.”
— Book Nut
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I showed this book to some eleven-year-olds who summed up how I felt in one word: Wow!”
— Enchanting Reviews
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This book is a blast… I can’t imagine a kid who wouldn’t like it. It’s oozing kid appeal. Pure, 100% fun.”
— Shelf Elf
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Not since Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys or Encyclopedia Brown has a young detective so captivated her audience.”
— Jazma Review
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Anna Smudge-Professional Shrink is one of the cooliest books I’ve read in a long time…when I write a book I hope it will satisfy kids as much as I know this one will.”
— Nick Chance, The Kid Reviewer
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…deftly written and highly recommended…”
— Midwest Book Review
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Not since Lucy from Peanuts has an eleven year old shrink been a cool thing to read… Anna Smudge is full of promise as the next new series that will lure your kids like little fish to bait… This book will be the sleeper of the summer for kids nine and older.”
— Sandbox World
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A lively throwback to the spirit of the old “Nancy Drew” series.”
— Lauren Storm (Disney’s “The Game Plan”, Fox’s “I Love You, Beth Cooper”)
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What fun! …a gutsy and intelligent heroine who never talks down to her prime audience.”
— Family Time Magazine
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Now there is a new book that is not only mysterious but at the same time empowering.”
— Children of the New Earth
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[Anna Smudge] would provide an easy entrée into discussions about peer relations like bullying and friendship.”
— Paula McMillen, Ph.D., Children’s Literature
Awards-
Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Juvenile Fiction
Winner of the National Indie Excellence Award for Children’s Fiction
Gold Medal at the Young Voices Awards for Best Juvenile Fiction
Gold Medal at the Young Voices Awards for Best Juvenile Mystery
Silver Medal at the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards for Best First Book
Top Choice Award from the popular kid’s review site, Flamingnet
Gold Medal at the Young Voices Awards for Best Youth Fiction- NE Region
Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist for Best Cover Design-Children’s Books
MAC meets gorilla
MAC on Gorillawire TV at the sold out New York Comic Con!
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Anna Smudge sells out!
Anna Smudge sold out at the massive New York Comic Con—one of the largest media events in the U.S.
Newsarama interview at NYCC
The Dream Team- author MAC, cover artist Greg Horn, and interior artist Glenn Fabry are interviewed from a glass room overlooking the New York Comic Con by Newsarama (the largest online channel in the comic book industry)!
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MAC and Glenn Fabry on Comixology
In this podcast, Peter Jaffe of Comixology interviews author MAC and illustrator Glenn Fabry on life & work leading up to The Professionals.
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Lauren Storm reviews Anna Smudge!
Actress Lauren Storm (I Love You Beth Cooper) calls Anna Smudge a “lively throwback to the spirit of the old Nancy Drew series.”
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Anna Smudge write-up in the NY Post!
The New York Post has featured Anna Smudge as one of five books to read now that Harry Potter has ended, calling Anna the new Nancy Drew!
Author MAC’s new blog!
The Professionals series’ author, MAC, has just launched her new blog. Drop by and say howdy to her at http://MACismy.name
Anna Smudge featured on Book Bites for Kids
The popular online radio show, Book Bites for Kids, invited MAC on the show for a half hour interview with Suzanne Lieurance, director of the National Writing for Children Center.
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Anna Smudge wins a Top Choice Award!
The ever-popular juvenile review site, Flamingnet, has rated Anna Smudge a whopping 9 out of 10, garnering the book a Top Choice Award!
Allen Alvarado loves Anna Smudge!
Just in- actor Allen Alvarado (Flight 29 Down) devoured Anna Smudge calling the book “a mystery masterpiece”!
