American children's author
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| Lee Bacon | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1979-09-05) September 5, 1979 (age 45) Abilene, Texas, United States |
| Occupation | Author |
| Alma mater | Texas A&M University (bachelor’s) Pace University (master’s) |
| Period | 2012–present |
| Genre | Children's literature |
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| Website | |
| leebaconbooks | |
Lee Bacon (born September 5, 1979) is an American writer of the children's books series Joshua Dread (2012), Joshua Dread: The Nameless Hero (2013), and Joshua Dread: The Dominion Key (2014), all published by Random House.
Biography
Lee Bacon grew up in Texas. He attended the master's program in book publishing at Pace University. He then spent two years living in Munich, Germany, where he started writing children's books and where he met his wife. He lived in Brooklyn, New York, moved to New Jersey in 2016 and now lives in Munich with his wife and 2 daughters.
Books
Bacon's Joshua Dread series was selected for the Spirit of Texas Reading Program by the Texas Library Association.
Joshua Dread has been translated into German (Joshua Schreck) by Uwe-Michael Gutzschhahn, French (Jack Vandal) by Amélie Sarn and Spanish (La alucinante vida ¿normal? de Lucas D.) by Marc Viaplana.
A new middle-grade series called Legendtopia was scheduled to be published by Random House in 2016.
Bacon's book The Last Human was released in October 2019. The book is set to be adapted into a film by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who will produce and direct the film for TriStar Pictures. Shazam! writer Henry Gayden will write the screenplay.
Bibliography
- Joshua Dread (2012)
- Joshua Dread: The Nameless Hero (2013)
- Joshua Dread: The Dominion Key (2014)
- Legendtopia: The Battle for Urth (2016)
- Legendtopia: The Shadow Queen (2017)
- The Last Human (2019)
- Interview With The Robot (2020)
- Imaginary (2021)
- The Fall Of The Robots (2024)
Reference
- "Lee Bacon". Penguin Random House. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- "Lee Bacon: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". Amazon.com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- "About the Author – Lee Bacon". Leebaconbooks.com. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- "Author Feature-Lee Bacon | Texas Library Association". Txla.org. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- Lee Bacon. "S. Fischer Verlage – Joshua Schreck (Hardcover)". Fischerverlage.de. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- "JACK VANDAL, TOME 1 : IL VEUT SAUVER LE MONDE, SES PARENTS VEULENT LE DÉTRUIRE". Editions Milan. May 22, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- "LA ALUCINANTE VIDA ¿NORMAL? DE LUCAS D. (LUCAS D. 1) (EBOOK) – LEE BACON, descargar el eBook". Casadellibro.com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- "The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow: Author Interview with Lee Bacon". Thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com. April 24, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- Kit, Borys; Galuppo, Mia. "Sony Wins Phil Lord, Chris Miller's 'Last Human' Sci-Fi Movie Project". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved November 14, 2020.