Peter Lerangis
Peter Lerangis
Peter Duncan Lerangisis an author of children's and young-adult fiction, best known for his Seven Wonders series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
mind gazing remember
How do you know, Dan? You were so young when they died. Do you really remember them?" "Not in my mind," Dan replied, gazing at the passing scenery. "But everyplace else...
mind amy want
Hey, Amy, did you ever want to, like, get on the conveyor belt and see what happened? Like,'Hey don't mind me, I'm just hanging with cargo'?
books history kids learning page
With the '39 Clues,' we were making history jump out of the page for the readers, so they don't know they're learning. The kids can't put the books down - it's so exciting.
allowed apple carpet digital grow hitting music technology
SOPA has been described as hitting a carpet tack with a sledgehammer. But technology was a sledgehammer to the music industry, one that allowed digital distributors like Apple to grow rich.
burden copyright files illegal millennium per reporting scores users
On scores of sites, users can upload illegal files of my books. As per 1998's toothless Digital Millennium Copyright Act, I bear the burden of discovering and reporting each theft.
feels ideas love normal relaxed spill travel
I love to travel. During normal workdays, sometimes it feels like I have to bludgeon ideas out of my soul - but when I'm traveling, relaxed and unpressured, the ideas just spill out.
crashing elvis finger knuckle moves practicing scar
I have an oval-shaped scar on the knuckle of my right index finger from crashing my hand through a light fixture while practicing Elvis Presley moves in college.
copyright great living people strive tradition violation
Big Tech's nonchalance about copyright violation tramples over people like my wife and me, who strive to make a living in the great tradition of the creative realm.
kids
When I set up my Web site, I made a guestbook so kids can write to me there, and that's become one of the most popular parts of the site.
family income raised
I'm a children's book writer, and my wife is a musician. We've raised a family on income from songs, performances and books.
I like helping other writers who don't know what to do or where to go in New York.
I can't contain how enthusiastic I am about working on books for kids.
sorry heart boys
The boy smiled -- mostly at Amy. "Sorry, her heart belongs to Ian Kabra," Dan said, except that something in her expression made him realize her heart didn't belong at all to Ian right now.
brother hate stupid
You should climb around inside my brain, Dan. It's like this dark room surrounded by quicksand." "I know what you mean," her brother said quietly. "I hate being in my brain sometimes. I have to get out." "What do you do?" Amy asked. Dan shrugged "I go to other places. My toes. My shoulders. But mostly here." He tapped his chest and immediately reddened. "I know. It's stupid." "Not really," Amy said. "I wish I could do that, too.