Press

• Open Road Media releases 10 Peter Lerangis titles as eBooks. 1000640http://www.openroadmedia.com/blog/2012-03-20/Ten-middle-grade-and-young-adult-novels-from-bestselling-author-Peter-Lerangis-now-available-as-Ebooks.aspxPress release.

• The 39 Clues reaches 1000600http://peterlerangis.com/files/NYT_bsl_042212.pdf101 weeks on the New York Times Children’s Series Bestseller list.

• 1000600http://www.thedailychappaqua.com/schools/author-leads-workshops-westorchard-studentsThe Daily Chappaqua, January 12, 2012: Press coverage of a visit to the Westorchard School in Chappaqua, New York (seventh year in a row!).

• The Viper’s Nest is #33 on the frontlist and The Sword Thief is #90 on the backlist of the 800600http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/46543-franchises-flying-high-children-s-books-facts--figures-2010.htmlPublishers Weekly 2010 Children’s Bestseller List!

• 1000600http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/communities/absecon_galloway_port-republic/authors-of-the-clues-book-series-visit-attales-ashton-school/article_b2b411a8-a90b-5876-8e3c-f32dd2e885fd.htmlPressofAtlanticCity.com, April 20, 2011: Press coverage of a visit to Absecon, New Jersey.

• 1000640/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Two_River_Times_Knollwood_School_Fairhaven_NJ_1-25-113.pdfTwo River Times, January 25, 2011: Feature article about a visit to the Knollwood School in Fair Haven, New Jersey.

• The Viper’s Nest makes the 2010 best-seller list at Walmart!

• The epic 1000640http://bit.ly/39C_webcastall-author webcast to mark the release of the final 39 Clues book!

• Seventh “stop” on The 39 Clues “Access Granted” blog tour, 1000640http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/weblog/2010/08/39-clues-peter-lerangi.htmla post about a very unusual school visit!

• Third “stop” on The 39 Clues “Access Granted” blog tour, a video about reading to kids in Central Park (and my own family’s experience)!

• 1000640http://bit.ly/PL_BN_BookclubsThey Must Have Hated Me at My Local Library, July 14, 2010: My blog post on my summer reading experience, for the B&N Bookclubs!

• wtf makes the 2010 Barnes and Noble 1000600http://bit.ly/wtf_great_teen_readsGreat Teen Reads and 1000640http://bit.ly/wtf_great_teen_readsBeach Reading lists!

• 1000640/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bedford_Pound_Ridge_Record-Review.pdfBedford Pound Ridge Record-Review, April 16, 2010. Report on a sold-out visit to the Katonah Library with the amazing Jude Watson.

• 1000640/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/PW_Bestsellers_2_22_10.pdfPublishers Weekly Bestsellers, February 22, 2010.

• 1000640http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/41926-in-brief-february-4.html“On the Air with Peter Lerangis,” Publishers Weekly, February 4, 2010.

• 1000640/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Instructor-Magazine_JanFeb2010_39Clues.pdfInstructor Magazine piece about classroom uses for The 39 Clues, from an innovative school I visited in 2009.

• A reading from The Viper’s Nest:

• The Sword Thief is #15 on the 1000640http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/42533-children-s-bestsellers-2009-the-reign-continues.htmlPublishers Weekly 2009 Children’s Hardcover Frontlist!

• Behind the writing of the YA novel wtf:

• The Sword Thief is 1000640http://www.bit.ly/Sword_Thief_Amazon_Top_Five_2009Amazon.com’s #5 bestselling children’s book for 2009!

• 1000640/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/PW_2009June22_39-Clues-bestseller-column.pdfPublishers Weekly Bestsellers, June 22, 2009.

• Videos from Peter’s 2009 cross-country “1000640http://www.the39clues.com/tourDouble-Dealing Tour” for The Sword Thief.

• 1000640/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/PW_2009April27_39Clues3_Lerangis.pdfPublishers Weekly Bestsellers, April 27, 2009.

• 1000640/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/NW-Herald-4-4-09.pdfNorthwest Herald, April 4, 2009.

• 39 Clues/Post Cereals “Race to Win” contest, 1000640http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/node/271press release, and 1000640http://www.post39cluesracetowin.com/website.

• For complete information about The 39 Clues, see the 1000640http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/The39Cluesonline press kit. and the 1000640http://www.the39clues.com/series website.

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Interviews

• Panel Interview, “Who Tells the Story? Children’s Book Writers Talk About Voice,” With 800600http://www.pen.org/author.php/prmAID/1104/prmID/2126Giaconda Belli and 800600http://www.pen.org/author.php/prmAID/1396/prmID/2126Rebecca Stead; moderated by Jennifer M. Brown, PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, April 28, 2011, in New York City.

• Entertainment Weekly’s 1000640http://bit.ly/39C_EW_interviewround-robin interview with all seven 39 Clues authors.

• Interview of Patrick Carman and me, for the Barnes & Noble 2010 Summer Reading Program:

Patrick Carman & Peter Lerangis

• Radio Interview, 800640http://bit.ly/PL_on_LehrerBrian Lehrer Show, WNYC 93.9 FM. Host: Jami Floyd. With David Levithan.

• Speak Portuguese? 1000640http://bit.ly/PL_Brazil_interviewAn interview for a Brazilian blog.

• Radio Interview, Around Cincinnati, WVXU 91.7 FM. Host: Barbara Gray.

• 800640http://onourmindsatscholastic.blogspot.com/2010/01/5-questions-with-peter-lerangis-author.htmlOn Our Minds @ Scholastic: 5 Questions with Peter Lerangis

• 800640http://zacksmithwriter.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/peter-lerangis-on-the-39-clues/Peter Lerangis on The 39 Clues: Independent Weekly blog interview.

• Radio interview, Sirius XM Radio Kids Place Live

• 800640http://www.yabliss.com/2009/11/behind-book-wtf.htmlBehind the Book: wtf: Blog interview about my new Young Adult novel, on YA Bliss.

• 800640/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Out_and_About_with_Peter_Lerangis_by_Tony_Abbott.pdfOut and About with Peter Lerangis: Blog interview with author Tony Abbott for Connecticut News.

• 800640http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1886061,00.htmlHe Creates the Clues: Time for Kids interview.

• Radio Interview, Conversations on the Coast (San Francisco). Host: Jim Foster.

• 800640http://threeinvestigatorsbooks.homestead.com/lerangisinterview.htmlPeter Lerangis: An Interview with a Three Investigators Crimebusters Author: Web interview with threeinvestigatorsbooks.com, about my involvement in the internationally best-selling series The Three Investigators.

• 1000640http://bit.ly/Blaster_Master_InterviewPeter and the History of Blaster Master: What happens when you’re asked to write a book based on a video game that has no plot? Sometimes you end up creating “canon” …

• 800640http://www.1up.com/features/8-bit-lit8-Bit Lit: Inside the NES Worlds of Power Series: Web article/interview for the gamer site 1up.com about the Worlds of Power series, for which Peter wrote Blaster Master and other books based on Nintendo games.