Patrick Carman
Patrick Carman
Patrick Carmanis an American writer. Carman is a graduate of Willamette University. In his twenties, Carman founded an ad agency, then ran it for a decade, overseeing a staff of eight and art directing projects for the health, technology, and film industries. He sold the agency in 1999 and founded a technology company that grew into a multimillion-dollar business. Carman sold his second company in 2003 and began writing books for young adults and children. He lives in Walla Walla,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth27 February 1966
CountryUnited States of America
When I was a kid, I used to love it when one of my friends would jump out from behind a door and try to scare me. I always did the same thing in response.
There's something really fun about being scared, and I guess that was at least part of why I wanted to film certain scenes from my new book, 'Skeleton Creek.'
Like most people, there are things I love about Amazon. It's cheap, it's fast, and it's at my doorstep. But Amazon will never replace the important role my local indie plays in my community.
I travel to a lot of schools, and I see firsthand that while we do still have a lot of traditional readers, we don't have as many as we used to. And we're missing an awful lot of kids entirely... Do I want to get rid of the Internet? Obviously, I don't want that because of all the amazing things it brings.
I remember all the way back in high school thinking about writing books. And, in fact, I've written a lot of stories. I've got dozens of stories I've written that no one's ever seen.
Getting to the point where I was ready to write a book has been about a 20-year journey of being, really honestly, too afraid to try - which I think is pretty common for people who are trying to write a large piece of fiction.
Yes, we're pretty into books around my house. We have lots and lots of books around. We have TV, but really no one ever watches it.
They wouldn't let me into Germany from 1998-2000 because I bumped into the chancellor's daughter on my skateboard.
There are so many ways to tell a story. With multiplatform books, we are reimagining what literacy can be.
'Skeleton Creek' is like nothing you've ever read before because it's a book and a movie at the same time.
I'm a visual thinker, thrill seeker, and I'm easily distracted. I see everything I'm writing, and I think it naturally affects the pace of things.
I wasn't really conscious about 'The 39 Clues' movie when I wrote 'The Black Circle.'
I took English courses in college, but I don't have an English degree. I have a degree in economics.
For kids, multitasking electronically is common. But they are totally focused. You can tell a good story, and they listen.