Kingdom Keepers is a Winner!

It's official!!

The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark (Book 1) has won the Florida SSYRA award for grades 6-8.

What an honor to win the Sunshine State Young Readers' Award -- I'm THRILLED. The award is voted on by students all over the state of Florida, so if you're one of those students THANK YOU so much! I'll be traveling to Orlando to accept the award at the end of September, and may do a book signing in one of the parks as well.

Again, thanks to all the Florida readers who voted for the book. YES!!!
Ridley

Plans and Stuff

There are some fun ideas and plans happening, and keep checking the blog because I will tell you as I hear/decide anything. I hope to add fun stuff to the web site shortly ( a month or so ) and I think I will know more about books tours, etc. (ANYONE is welcome at my adult, crime novel book tours, so you don't have to wait for a YA book to publish.)

I will definitely be appearing in St Louis, Houston and Scottsdale, AZ June 30-July 3, so keep an eye on appearances page.

Also, Dave Barry and I will be signing and appearing at the Book Expo of America in New York in late May (a month away!), and I will also be signing advanced reader copies of KK3 at the BEA, so if you have a favorite bookstore you might mention the signings.

I'll be posting the early chapters of KK3 soon to site, so keep coming back.

Dave and I will be doing a big tour for Peter and the Sword Of Mercy, including a trip to Disney World, and I imagine I'll be doing some kind of tour for Steel Trapp 2... so there should be a lot of chances to catch up with you. Dave and I will also sign at Disneyland (we think) in early September.

Anyway... just wanted to let you know it'll be a busy few months ahead, and I hope to get a chance to meet with you (wonderful) readers!
Ridley

Walt Disney Radio -- and me...

I was recently interviewed for Walt Disney Radio, and thought you might enjoy hearing it. You can download it, or just click on play (the interview starts about 5 minutes into the piece--you can actually advance to the interview by clicking ahead on the play bar).
I hope you enjoy!
Ridley

Finn On His Own....

KK readers:

If you saw a story in which Finn had crossed-over and was alone in a Disney park, all by himself... which park would he be in, and which Overtaker(s) would he be up against?