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The PULSE trailer is live!

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You’ll see the two main characters �� Faith Daniels and Dylan Gilmore �� along with one of the Drifters in the story. You’ll also catch a glimpse of the Western State. Faith and Dylan are standing (and at the table) on top of an old Nordstrom, a building that’s been abandoned in the year 2051. We’ll see Faith move something with her mind for the first time. Soon she’ll be throwing cars and trees and houses. But even with all that power, she’ll need Dylan’s protection as her abilities grow. Thank you for watching, pre-ordering the book, passing the link to friends. It makes all the difference in the world at the launch of a new series. Enjoy! �� PC

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It’s a new year and a new Intersect Podcast! On the first episode of 2013 we are talking to author and illustrator, . Jon teaches us about palindromes, and talks about how he landed in children’s publishing.



Jon Agee went to The Cooper Union School of Art in New York City. While there he took up painting, sculpture, lithography, photography and film making, but what he loved most was sketching out cartoons and comic strips in his spare time. He is the illustrator/author of such books as Ludlow Laughs, the story of a grumpy guy who laughs in his sleep, and The Incredible Painting Of Felix Clousseau. One of the first people to see it and give it the thumb’s up �� literally, hot off the press �� was Maurice Sendak. However, that was all a long time ago. Since then he’s written several other picture books including “Terrific��, and “My Rhinoceros��, illustrated a few by other authors, and created a series of offbeat wordplay books, beginning with the Book of Palindromes.



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I had the pleasure of interviewing Elizabeth Eulberg this week on the Intersect Podcast. Elizabeth’s lifelong love of music inspired “Take a Bow��. ��Although she didn’t attend a performing arts school, she is currently trying to make up for it in karaoke bars throughout the greater New York area. She is also the author of The Lonely Hearts Club (and a huge Beatles fan!) and Prom & Prejudice. She lives outside of Manhattan with her three guitars, two keyboards, and one drumstick.

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New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi has been creating books for over a decade. From his fanciful picture books like Jimmy Zangwow’s Out-of-this-World Moon Pie Adventure, Adventure of Meno (with his wife, Angela) and The Spider & The Fly (a Caldecott Honor book), to chapter books like Kenny and The Dragon and The Search for WondLa, Tony always imbues his stories with a rich imagination. His middle-grade series, The Spiderwick Chronicles(with Holly Black), has sold millions of copies, been adapted into a feature film, and has been translated in over thirty countries. On the Intersect Podcast we talk with Tony about Star Wars, Spiderwick, Wondla, and so much more!

It’s safe to say that YA author Michael Grant is opinionated. On this edition of the Intersect Podcast we talk with Michael about, among other things, his thoughts on social media and whether or not higher education is important. And of course we dig into his bestselling YA series, GONE.

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Producer Albie Hecht has been nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe. While running Nickelodeon Albie helped create such iconic shows as SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, and Blues Clues. On the Intersect Podcast we talk with Albie about why he’s always looking for what’s next in traditional and multimedia.

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Also keep tabs in the section to see who’s coming up in future podcasts.

(WARNING: THIS PODCAST IS RATED PG-13 FOR LANGUAGE AND CONTENT)

It’s safe to say that YA author Michael Grant is opinionated. On this edition of the Intersect Podcast we talk with Michael about, among other things, his thoughts on social media and whether or not higher education is important. And of course we dig into his bestselling YA series, GONE.

This week on the we talk to YA author, Lauren Oliver, from London. Lauren Oliver had her first novel, Before I Fall, published in 2010. Since then she’s been busy writing two more middle grade books and another YA trilogy. On the podcast Lauren discusses growing up in a creative family, working on the subway, her perfect day, her new MG book “The Spindlers��, and the adventurous life of a writer.

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Best-selling author Carman launches a new series in a dystopian civilization that has its roots in today’s United States.

It’s 2051, and global warming has wreaked havoc around the world. Most of America’s remaining population has moved into one of the two remaining States, where life is stringently controlled and people are kept amused by whatever latest entertainment is available on their ever-present Tablets. Outside the States, life is freer, but even there, kids like Faith Daniels still have to go to school, despite shrinking student populations. On her own, she clings to her friendship with Liz while wondering what it would be like to have a boyfriend like Wade Quinn. She soon finds out that both Wade and his sister Clara are dangerous. When Liz and her family move into the Western State, Faith is even more alone, except for Hawk, a genius hacker, and Dylan, who can not only move things with his mind, but ward off almost all threats to his body. Faith has this extra “pulse�� as well…if only Dylan can train her to use it in time. The third-person narration shifts from one character’s perspective to another in short, colloquial chapters, keeping the pace swift from the beginning. Carman’s grounding of his dystopia in this recognizable near-future makes it highly believable.

The successful mix of suspense and romance combines with unexpected twists to keep readers engrossed from the start and begging for more. (Dystopian romance. 13 & up)

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I am excited to announce the latest edition of the�� This week on the podcast we have Emmy winning animation director, Brian Sheesley. Brian has worked on popular TV shows like The Simpsons and Ren & Stimpy. He’s also directed the likes of Nickelodeon’s Fanboy and Chum Chum and Futurama episodes on Fox.

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We had a fantastic time talking all about where animation has been and where it’s going, and what it’s like to direct animation.

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I hope you give this episode a listen and subscribe!

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-Pat

Once in a while a day shows up in which a brand new journey begins. Like the day when we start writing that new book. Or the day we started work on a brand new everlasting Gobstopper. Or the day we start, from the first show, watching all 121 episodes of LOST.

Beginnings are exciting, and today marks the start of the Intersect Podcast, something my friend Jeremy Gonzalez and I have been cooking up for about a year. We LOVE every aspect of storytelling and every kind of story, and we’re especially interested in how stories evolve. The show points a wide angle lens at how stories are made, who makes them, and the formats people find them in.

Our guests are novelists, screenplay writers, teleplay writers, directors, producers, editors, agents, and managers who create or help create novels, picture books, comic books, animation, television, and movies.

And we don’t just scratch the surface. We’re curious guys having in depth, entertaining conversations with the people who make stories happen.

If you’re a creator of stories in any format, or a fan of books, TV and movies, this is where your tribe meets!

We start at the beginning �� with the beloved picture book �� and the extraordinary David Shannon.

Come on, let’s go!

Patrick

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