Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring!

Following the wild success (and horrified parental reviews) of Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid, I’m working with wacky artist extraordinaire Rick Parker on an all new series that slices and dices today’s cultural icons in a feisty hoot-inducing, knee-slapping manner reminiscent of the classic 1950s Mad! First up on the carving board is Harry [...]

NANCY DREW The New Case Files #1 is out now!

Hi Everyone, In case you missed it, NANCY DREW The New Case Files #1 “Vampire Slayer” Part 1 is in stores now! And if that wasn’t enough, School Library Journal recently named it one of its picks of the week! Check it out here. I won’t leave you with just that, though. Here’s a sneak [...]

Walking on Smurfshine!

Hi there! Associate Editor Michael Petranek here, very excited about all of the great press surrounding our books, especially THE SMURFS! I’m walking on sunshine — or rather — smurfshine! I feel like this little guy from THE SMURFS #1 “The Purple Smurfs” First off, the School Library Journal called our graphic novels “smurftastic,” and [...]

Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review!

The esteemed Publisher’s Weekly has given my upcoming vampire novel, Blood Prophecy, a starred review.  Orders at Amazon have already gone up since it appeared. It reads in part, “YA thriller author Petrucha (Split) combines the paranormal with the historical for this unique, page-turning adventure”  And later:  “Over 150 years, [Jeremiah Fall] travels to the [...]

Last Exorcist & SDK Review

Recently back from Oregon, where I was shooting my third episode with the folks at Paranormal State.  It’s a trip and a half to be involved with the paranormal from the non-fiction side of things, not to mention the places I get to visit and the people I’ve met.  Better still when my research skills [...]