Patrick Carman

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Patrick Carman
Born	Patrick Carman (1966-02-27) February 27, 1966 (age 58)[1] Salem, Oregon, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist short story writer screenwriter
Genre	Young adult, fantasy, science fiction, children's literature
Notable works	Skeleton Creek Saga, The Land of Elyon Series, Atherton Series, Atherton Thirteen Days to Midnight, and Elliot's Park Series
Website
www.patrickcarman.com

Patrick Carman (born February 27, 1966, in Salem, Oregon) is an American writer and a graduate of Willamette University.

Carman's first book, The Dark Hills Divide, was published in 2005^[2] The book, and the subsequent books in the same series (The Land of Elyon), were all New York Times bestsellers.^[3] The Land of Elyon has been translated into over twenty languages. The series was nominated for many state and national awards.

Carman followed the five-book Elyon series with the Atherton trilogy, which was shortlisted for the Texas Bluebonnet. Over two dozen books followed across middle grade and YA, including award-winning bestsellers Skeleton Creek, Floors, Pulse, Dark Eden, and Fizzopolis.

Carman is a public speaker who presents at national events throughout the year including the National Book Festival, the LA Book Festival, and the School Library Journal Summit. He has also spoken to over a million students at 2500+ schools across the country. On March 5, 2011, Patrick Carman gave a TED talk about 21st-Century literacy. He started an annual event in his own hometown, Walla Walla Kids Read, as a blueprint for literacy in rural communities.

• The Black Circle (2009) - the 5th book of The 39 Clues series
• Thirteen Days to Midnight (2010)
• Omega Rising (2016) - the 3rd part of Voyagers series
• Mr. Gedrick and Me (2019)

• The Dark Hills Divide (2005)
• Beyond the Valley of Thorns (2005)
• The Tenth City (2006)
• Into the Mist (Prequel) (2007)
• Stargazer (2008)

• House of Power (2007)
• Rivers of Fire (2008)
• The Dark Planet (2009)

• Saving Mister Nibbles (2008)
• Haunted Hike (2008)
• The Walnut Cup (2009)

• Skeleton Creek (2009)
• Ghost in the Machine (2009)
• The Crossbones (2010)
• The Raven (2011)
• The Phantom Room (2014)
• Skeleton Creek is Real (2014)

• Trackers #1 (2010)
• Trackers Book 2: Shantorian (2011)

• 3:15 Season One: Things That Go Bump in the Night (book) (2011)

• Dark Eden (2011)
• Dark Eden 2: Eve of Destruction (book) (2012)

• Floors Book 1: Floors (2011)
• Floors Book 2: 3 Below (2012)
• Floors Book 3: The Field of Wacky Inventions (2013)

• Pulse (2014)
• Tremor (2015)
• Quake (2016)

• Fizzopolis: The Trouble With Fuzzwonker Fizz (2017)
• Fizzopolis: Snoodles (2017)
• Fizzopolis: Floozombies (2018)

• Towervale (2019)
• Towervale II: The Crystal Mountain (2020)

• Official website
• Patrick Carman at IMDb