

Off The Hook Named The Grand Prize Winner At The Holiday Book Festival!
Christmas has indeed come in July as the Holiday Book Festival based out of Los Angeles has just named Off the Hook: A Christmas Ornament Adventure its Grand Prize Winner! This honor marks the 6th award for the book and 2nd winner! Here's part of the email I received today: "We're delighted that "Off the Hook" is the grand prize winner of the 2017 Holiday Book Festival. We're holding our annual awards in August at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles and we'd be deli

Off The Hook Named An Honorable Mention In The Hollywood Book Festival!
Just got word that Off the Hook has been named an Honorable Mention in the Children's Book category in the Hollywood Book Festival. This marks the 5th award for the book! Thanks Hollywood Book Festival! John

Off The Hook Screenplay Makes Top 10% Of Nicholl Fellowships
Some bittersweet news this morning in regards to the Off the Hook screenplay and the prestigious Academy Nicholl Fellowships. And yes, I'm talking about the Academy -- the ones that give out those little gold statues once a year! The good news is that the script made the Top 10% this year out of over 7,000 entries which is pretty cool. The bad news is that according to the email they sent me (see below), it just missed out on the quarterfinals by 3 to 8 points. OH SO CLO


New Hardcover Pics!
Got the new hardcover proof in today so thought I'd share some pics: Just a gorgeous job by The Book Designers and this new version is now available to order on Amazon.com! John