Patrick Carman

GenreYoung adult, fantasy, science fiction, children's literatureNotable worksSkeleton Creek Saga, The Land of Elyon Series, Atherton Series, Atherton Thirteen Days to Midnight, and Elliot's Park SeriesWebsitewww.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.

Awards

Bibliography

Novels

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

The Land of Elyon Series

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

Atherton Series

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

Elliot's Park Series

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

Skeleton Creek Series

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

Trackers Series

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

3:15 Series

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

Dark Eden Series

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

Floors Series

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

Pulse Series

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

Fizzopolis Series

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

Towervale Series

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

References

External links

• Official website
• Patrick Carman at IMDb