VS Grenier ~ Award-Winning Author, Speaker & Podcaster

About the Book: Ten-year-old Andy Smithson is magically brought to the Land of Oomaldee while he is doing dishes one night. Unbeknownst to him, he is there to break a 500-year-old curse.   Andy learns that his quest is the Dragon’s Lair to find an ingredient critical to breaking the curse - the scale from an elusive red dragon, the fiercest of all dragon species. Andy nearly destroys the castle amidst adventures battling fire-breathing dragons, fighting vicious vulture attacks, escaping people-eating giants and more. A middle grade (5th & 6th grade) fantasy adventure that entertains while teaching uncommon life changing narratives. Publisher: Createspace ISBN: 978-1482312645 ISBN -10: 1482312646 Available in eBook and Print Publication Date: April 2013 Genre: Middle Grade Adventure Overall Thoughts: Those who follow or know me already understand my love of fantasy novels, especially middle grade and YA. I have always found myself drawn to these type

Alyce Joy was blessed with four children for whom she composed bedtime verses every night. That inspired her to publish a children’s book of prayers, entitled, “Priceless Gems.” When her children were grown, she began to write stories for her grandchildren. Always fascinated with arts and crafts, she taught herself the art of pyrography. This fired her imagination, and she started burning life-sized pictures of wildlife onto all the doors of her home. Her wood burnings are scattered through the U.S. and Canada. After deciding to put away her burning tools and torches, she enrolled in, and graduated from the Institute of Children’s Literature. VS: Thank you for taking time to be here today, Alyce. To get things started is your family supportive of your writing? Alyce Joy: Very! When I enrolled in the Children’s Institute of Literature, it was near Christmas. My goodness, they bought (My Family) me everything I could possibly need.   A friend gave me her old compute

KA-BOOM! is about a little fairy named Sprout that runs into trouble quite often. She has a shoe fetish, but is one of the queen’s favorites because in the end she gets the job done. In the story, Sprout meets a little girl named Taylor after blowing up Taylor’s dollhouse. Sprout doesn’t give up trying to get Taylor to trust her as Taylor believes Sprout is a fibbin' fairy.  Sprout and Taylor finally become friends after Sprout shrinks Taylor and together they have a fantastic adventure. The message? Never give up. Title: KA-BOOM! Publisher: Halo Publishing Int. ISBN-10: 161244069X ISBN-13: 978-1612440699 Genre of Book: Children’s Chapter Book Fantasy Adventure Paperback: 46 pages July 2012 More about the book: Sprout is a fairy from Spritesville, Ohio. Her given name is Sprunetta Brunetta. She doesn’t like it because she thinks it sounds too much like somebody’s wicked sister. Since she is only four inches tall, all her friends call her Sprout.