Thursday, May 13, 2010

Last, but certainly not least....
we will be seeing

Martin Wilson

at the Teen Book Festival on Saturday!!!

Martin is the author of
What They Always Tell Us

Some fun facts about Martin are...

*He was an extra in the movie "Courage Under Fire"; you can just barely catch him in the background of a flashback scene

*He was an Eagle Scout; but he doesn't like the outdoors very much

*While he was in Scouts he was stung by a scorpion in his tent

*When he was little he ate poisonous berries... but was saved by chewing gum!

*Currently he lives in New York City and works as a publicist in the book publishing industry

*Martin enjoys listening to "cheesy" pop songs on his iPod

*He loves to exercise, jog, and watch tennis

For more information about Martin and his book visit his TBF webpage:
http://www.teenbookfestival.org/?pg=AuthorBio&ID=64
and his personal website:
http://martinwilsonwrites.com/index.php

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