Christopher Grabenstein is an American author. He published his first novel in 2005. Since then he has written novels for both adults and children, the latter often with frequent collaborator

James Patterson James Brendan Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American author. Among his works are the ''Alex Cross'', '' Michael Bennett'', '' Women's Murder Club'', ''Maximum Ride'', '' Daniel X'', '' NYPD Red'', '' Witch & Wizard'', and ''Private'' se ...

. He graduated from the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, ...

in 1977 with a degree from the College of Communication and Information. In the 1980s he performed with the improvisational group "First Amendment Comedy".

Awards

In 2005, Grabenstein's debut novel was the first in the adult Ceepack Mysteries series, ''

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'', called an "entertaining debut" by ''

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'' and given a ''

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'' starred review. He has subsequently written more books in this series, called a "mash-up of Jersey Shore, Big Brother, and Survivor." Grabenstein has also written many novels for children, including the Agatha and Anthony award-winning Haunted Mysteries series and the New York Times bestselling '' Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library.'' He has also co-authored a number of books with author

, for whom he previously worked when he was in advertising. Grabenstein has won the

Agatha Award The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the traditional mystery subgenre: "books typified by the works of Agatha Christie . . . loosely defined as mysteries that contain no expli ...

for Best Children's/Young Adult Novel four times: for '' The Crossroads'', ''The Hanging Hill'', ''The Black Heart Crypt'', and ''Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library.'' He has also won the

Anthony Award The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher (1911–1968), one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America. Among the m ...

twice, once for Best First Novel for ''Tilt-A-Whirl'' and once for Best Children's/Young Adult Novel for '' The Crossroads''.

Bibliography

The John Ceepak Mysteries

# ''Tilt-a-Whirl'' (2005) # ''Mad Mouse'' (2006) # ''Whack A Mole'' (2007) # ''Hell Hole'' (2008) # ''Mind Scrambler'' (2009) # "Ring Toss" (A Ceepak Short Story) (2010) # ''Rolling Thunder'' (2010) # ''Fun House'' (2012) # ''Free Fall'' (2013)

Christopher Miller Holiday Thrillers

# ''Slay Ride'' (2006) # ''Hell for the Holidays'' (2007)

Anthologies

* ''The Boys Go Fishing'' (Aug 2010) in Death's Excellent Vacation * ''The Unknown Patriot'' (2018) in Scream and Scream Again

Books for Children

*Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library *Island of Dr.Libris

The Haunted Mysteries

* '' The Crossroads'' (2008) * ''The Hanging Hill'' (2009) which is now ''The Demons Door'' (2017) * ''The Smoky Corridor'' (2010) which is now ''The Zombie Awakening'' (2017) * ''The Black Heart Crypt'' (2011)

Riley Mack

* ''Riley Mack and the Other Known Troublemakers'' (2012) * ''Riley Mack Stirs Up More Trouble'' (2013)

Mr. Lemoncello

* '' Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library'' (2013) * ''Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics'' (2016) * ''Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race'' (2017) * ''Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game'' (2019) * ''Mr. Lemoncello and the Titanium Ticket'' (2020) * ''Mr. Lemoncello's Very First Game'' (2022)

Daniel X

* ''Daniel X: Armageddon'' (2012) * ''Daniel X: Lights Out'' (2015)

I Funny

* ''I Funny'' (2012) * ''I Even Funnier'' (2013) * ''I Totally Funniest'' (2015) * ''I Funny TV'' (2016) * ''I Funny School of Laughs'' (2017)

Treasure Hunters

* ''

Treasure Hunters Treasure hunter is the physical search for treasure. For example, treasure hunters try to find sunken shipwrecks and retrieve artifacts with market value. This industry is generally fueled by the market for antiquities. The practice of treasur ...

'' (2013) * '' Treasure Hunters: Danger Down the Nile'' (2014) * '' Treasure Hunters: Secret of the Forbidden City'' (2015) * '' Treasure Hunters: Peril at the Top of the World'' (2016)

References

External links

Official website
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