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PUBLISHED: Oct.23.2012

Ask the Passengers

Astrid Jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mother's pushiness and her father's lack of interest tell her they're the last people she can trust. Instead, Astrid spends hours lying on the backyard picnic table watching airplanes fly overhead. She doesn't know the passengers inside, but they're the only people who won't judge her when she asks them her most personal...

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PUBLISHED: Feb.01.2009

The Dust of 100 Dogs

In the late 17th century, famed pirate Emer Morrisey was on the cusp of escaping pirate life with her one true love and unfathomable riches when she was slain and cursed with the dust of 100 dogs, dooming her to one hundred lives as a dog before returning to a human body—with her memories intact. Now she's a contemporary American teenager, and all she needs is a shovel and a ride...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.01.2011

Everybody Sees the Ants

Everybody Sees the AntsComing October 2011 Lucky Linderman doesn’t want to wake up. Lucky didn’t ask for his life. He didn’t ask his grandfather not to come home from the Vietnam War. He didn’t ask for a father who never got over it. He didn’t ask for a mother who keeps pretending their dysfunctional family is fine. And he didn’t ask to be the target of Nader McMillan’s...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.12.2010

Please ignore Vera Dietz

---Is it okay to hate a dead kid? ---Even if I loved him once? ---Even if he was my best friend? ---Is it okay to hate him for being dead? Eighteen-year-old Vera's spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. And over the years she's kept a lot of his secrets. Even after he betrayed her. Even after he ruined everything...

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Jan.05.2013 - 10:03 am

The Writer's Middle Finger Part Seven: The critical and the humanist brain & breaking bullshit rules.

You guys, Red Room blog formatter messes up my HTML so much, I'm just going to post a link to this one. I hope you don't mind. http://www.as-king.info/2013/01/the-writer-middle-...

Oct.19.2012 - 8:04 am

Writer’s Middle Finger Part Six: (Communication is a writer's best friend.)

My middle finger is sore. I am pretty sure I am developing arthritis and that’s the first place it hit. My middle finger. On my right hand. It’s sore every single morning...

Jan.20.2011 - 9:31 am

The Edgar Nomination, Nostalgia and Me

Yesterday was a great day. It started with a phone call from Sara J. Henry (author of forthcoming (Feb 22) Learning to Swim--read this book, please. It's awesome.) who was out...

Jan.10.2011 - 7:22 pm

Please Ignore Vera Dietz has won a 2011 Michael L. Printz Honor

You know, I'm still speechless, but considering I did my best to say something over on my regular blog, I'll link you.

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Jan.27.2011 - 2:35 pm

In response to: The Edgar Nomination, Nostalgia and Me

Thank you Catherine! I hope

Thank you Catherine! I hope you enjoy the rest of VERA! I envy your painting ability. I have tried for 20 years to...

Dec.12.2010 - 5:27 pm

In response to: Poetry Is To Money As Ice Cream Is To Mud

Quote of the Year (two years late)

"Poetry — it’s the enemy of money." Well said. Which is why you gotta love what you do, right? www.as-king.com

Nov.16.2009 - 5:58 am

In response to: The Writer’s Middle Finger: Part Three (Dealing with the business of publishing a book while remembering what really matters.)

It's one of my favorite

It's one of my favorite lines, too, Miriam. Thanks for your comment! www.as-king.com

Nov.13.2009 - 5:19 pm

In response to: The Writer’s Middle Finger: Part Three (Dealing with the business of publishing a book while remembering what really matters.)

www.as-king.com Rock on

www.as-king.com Rock on Laura! Thank you!

Oct.09.2009 - 6:56 am

In response to: Fasting Against Violence

Great post, Randy. I include

Great post, Randy. I include domestic violence in many of my books because I'm amazed at how common it is...and how...

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Short Story: Monica Never Shuts Up

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Oct.01.2012

Ask the Passengers

Published by Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books

★ “For kids still struggling with their own truths, it can be hard to believe how much light there is once you come out of the cave. This is a book that knows and understands that...

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Video: A.S. King Reads Heller for the Banned Books Virtual Read-Out

Video: The EVERYBODY SEES THE ANTS Book Trailer

Video: Please Ignore Vera Dietz Book Trailer

About A.S.

A.S. King is the author of the highly acclaimed ASK THE PASSENGERS, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2012, EVERYBODY SEES THE ANTS, a 2012 ALA Top Ten Book for Young Adults, and the Edgar Award nominated, 2011 Michael L. Printz Honor Book PLEASE IGNORE VERA...

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