News & Reviews

Forgot to Post this!

2012-02-04T09:05:00.000-08:00

In January Kirkus Reviews included The Inquisitor's Apprentice in their Best Children's Books of 2011.

Here's the link:

http://www.kirkusreviews.com/best-of/2011/children/

Positive Blog Review of The Inquisitor's Apprentice and My illustrations therein

2012-01-15T13:51:00.001-08:00

http://momreadit.wordpress.com/

I'm Interviewed by Planned Televison Arts today, Nov. 7th

2011-11-07T10:27:00.000-08:00

Here's their interview of me for their blog called Book Marketing Buzz:
http://bookmarketingbuzzblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/book-business-is-turning-into-library.html

Great Review of The Inquisitor's Apprentice and My Illustrations!

2011-10-26T13:04:00.000-07:00

The review is by Book Page, October 26. Here's the link:
http://bookpage.com/review/the-inquisitor’s-apprentice/a-unique-magical-coming-of-age-story?utm_source=Children's+Corner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CC:+11/10/26

Wonderful new full page review of The Inquisitor's Apprentice by Cory Doctorow

2011-10-04T09:30:00.001-07:00

Here's the link. Cory mentions my illustration work and posts two examples of it.
http://boingboing.net/2011/10/04/inquisitors-apprenti.html

I'll be at Books of Wonder in NYC, Sunday October 16th from 1-3 PM.

2011-10-04T06:07:00.000-07:00

Here's the link to Books of Wonder's Event Page: http://www.booksofwonder.com/events.asp

I'll also be at Comic Con, the Javitts Center, NYC, with Inquisitor's Apprentice author Chris Moriarty from 5:30 to 6:30 PM, Saturday October 15th. Come by our table and say hi.

Illustrating two middle-grade novels this fall.

2011-09-14T12:34:00.000-07:00

The first novel is called Shakespeare's Grave. It's by Deron R. Hicks and it's for Houghton Mifflin Books for Children. The second novel is Book II of The Inquisitor's Apprentice (title to be determined) by Chris Moriarty. The Inquisitor series is published by Harcourt Children's Books.

The Inquisitor's Apprentice gets a STARRED REVIEW from Publisher's Weekly!

2011-09-12T09:09:00.000-07:00

Here it is: http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-547-58135-4

The Inquisitor’s Apprentice

Chris Moriarty, illus. by Mark E. Geyer. Harcourt, $16.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-547-58135-4

Adult SF writer Moriarty (Spin State) makes her children’s book debut with a fabulously imaginative historical fantasy. Set in an early 20th-century New York City where every ethnic group has its own magic—Jewish bakers sell “mother-in-latkes,” guaranteed to provide the perfect son-in-law—the story concerns 13-year-old Sacha Kessler, who discovers an ability to see magic and gets apprenticed to Maximillian Wolf, an Inquisitor specializing in solving magical crimes. Sacha is pleased to have a job, but his grandfather is an illegal Kabbalist and his Uncle Mordechai is a Trotskyite Anarcho-Wiccanist, so he has his secrets, too. Wolf, Sacha, and snooty Lily Astral (a fellow apprentice) are on the case when someone attempts to murder Thomas Edison using a dybbuk. Other figures, historical and not quite, become involved, including Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Houdini, and the wizard of Wall Street—James Pierpont Morgaunt. Moriarty’s novel is chock-full of period detail (both in the author’s confident prose and Geyer’s occasional pen-and-ink illustrations), feisty character dynamics, and a solid sense of humor. It’s a fascinating example of alternate history that leaves the door open for future mysteries.

Hold Onto Your Hats!

2011-09-07T08:27:00.000-07:00

The Inquisitor's Apprentice hits stores in 26 days!

Also: I will be at New York ComiCon: Javits Center, NY, October 13-16, with author Chris Moriarty. Particulars to be announced.

Positive review of my illustrations for The Inquisitor's Apprentice

2011-07-20T06:28:00.000-07:00

An excellent new blurb just came in for The Inquisitor's Apprentice. It reads: “Mixing Steampunk, Kabbalists, a doughty young Jewish boy, a fearless girl, and an alternate history of New York and some of its more famous residents . . . what’s not to like? If you’re still in doubt, flip through the Geyer illustrations, and you’ll fall right into The Inquisitor’s Apprentice by Chris Moriarty.” This quote was offered by Robin Hobb, international bestselling author of the Rain Wilds Chronicles.

Kirkus gives The Inquisitor's Apprentice a starred review!

2011-07-17T17:59:00.000-07:00

I know that I'm extremely late in posting this information, but here's the link to the review:
http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/childrens-books/chris-moriarty/inquisitors-apprentice/#review

Better yet, Kirkus named The Inquisitor's Apprentice one of the top 26 books at Book Expo America! Here's the link: http://www.kirkusreviews.com/lists/bea-starred-books/

Publisher's Weekly also named The Inquisitor's Apprentice one of the Big Children's Books of BEA 2011. Here's the link: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/46945-the-big-children-s-books-of-bea.html