I'm SO THRILLED to share the news that @sourcebooks will be publishing my first graphic novel, MOVING ON, with art by the amazing Jen Lynch! I've wanted to write a comic for so many years, and I can't tell you how happy I am to have it finally happen.

Book 2 of THE DRAGON'S APPRENTICE (called REVENANTS RETURN ... that seems sort of ominous, huh?) will be out Feb. 3, and I'm so thrilled to share the amazing cover by Cecille Carre! Preorder here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/748783...

DC readers! I'll be in Frederick at @curiousiguana.com on Tuesday at 6PM, Barnes and Noble in Fairfax, VA on Wednesday at 6:30 PM, and @politicsprose.bsky.social in DC on Thursday at 10:30 AM. Hope to see you there!

Coming April 1st! Preorders available here: bit.ly/3DycyeM

Tour dates for THE DRAGON'S APPRENTICE! Come out and say hi if you're in the DC or Boston areas. RVSP links on my site here: jamesrileyauthor.com/tour-dates-e... Hope to see you there! @curiousiguana.com @politicsprose.bsky.social @copperdogbooks.bsky.social @belmontbooks.bsky.social

SO excited to talk about this: The first edition of THE DRAGON'S APPRENTICE paperback will have this amazing art on the edges of the pages, all around the book! I love how it came out, and can't wait to see it in person. #kidlit #middlegrade #fantasy

And my most serious series had to be REVENGE OF MAGIC, a five book series about magic returning to the world (with all that entails), through the eyes of kids in a government-run school for magic.
www.simonandschuster.com/series/The-R...

And that led to a sequel trilogy called, logically or illogically enough, ONCE UPON ANOTHER TIME, taking place twelve years in the future, and starring a five foot tall giant named Lena (as in Thumbelina).
www.simonandschuster.com/series/Once-...

My first series was a fractured fairy tale trilogy called HALF UPON A TIME, where I had fun mixing all the different fairy tale characters together to mess up each other's stories. Epic and funny, it's some readers' favorites of mine:
www.simonandschuster.com/series/Half-...

It's a five book series, and while I'm proud of them all, my favorite was probably PICK THE PLOT, the fourth book, as one of the characters, Owen, gets trapped in an interactive book where you, the reader, decide how things go ... and Owen knows you're out there, choosing his fate.

Hello to all my new followers! I've written a few series for kids, including what's probably my best known, STORY THIEVES, a five book series about a half-fictional girl who can jump into books, and all the fun ways THAT can go badly.:
www.simonandschuster.com/series/Story...

Coming April 1, 2025, the first in a series for kids 8-12, from PRH. Thanks for doing this!

I've been waiting to make this my first post for so long now! I'm finally allowed to show off the cover to THE DRAGON'S APPRENTICE, art by Cecile Carre, the first book in a new series about a girl who accidentally summons a dragon who teaches her magic! #kidlit