I feel lucky that my career so far has included books for adults and books for kids. They're equally important to me, and I hope I get to continue writing both. Greg van Eekhout adultbookcareer Change image and share on social
Middle grade fiction, to me, is really about emergence of self. It's about expressing the idea that the world is going to start affecting you more, and your parents' influence is going to wane. Middle grade is when a lot of kids discover their passions - art, music, sports, what have you. Greg van Eekhout affectartdiscover share on social
It's possible I'm a weird person, you know, and if I could only write for people who are like me, I wouldn't have any audience at all. Ultimately, I'm my audience. I'm writing stories for myself. I don't have kids of my own, and I don't hang around kids all that much. Maybe that puts me at a disadvantage. Greg van Eekhout audiencedisadvantagehang share on social
At a certain point in the writing of any book, you become absolutely certain that it's terrible and is only getting more terrible with every word you write. This is normal. You just have to keep going, push your way through, and have faith that, through practice and experience and determination, you will get to the end. Greg van Eekhout absolutelybookdetermination share on social
Being part of the original 'Star Wars' generation, I have always known a dark future. Greg van Eekhout darkfuturegeneration Change image and share on social
More than working toward the book's climax, I work toward the denouement. As a reader and a writer, that's where I find the real satisfaction. Greg van Eekhout bookclimaxdenouement Change image and share on social
The stakes in my books tend to be kind of ridiculously high. In 'Kid vs. Squid,' the question is whether or not the California coast will be subsumed by the ocean in favor of the creation of a new Atlantis. In 'The Boy at the End of the World,' what's at stake is the survival of the human species. Greg van Eekhout atlantisbookboy share on social
I grew up in Los Angeles, and I was always fascinated by the La Brea Tar Pits. Right in the middle of the city, in an area called the Miracle Mile, for crying out loud, we have these eldritch ponds of dark, bubbling goo. And down in the muck, there're all these amazing fossils: mammoth and saber tooth cat and dire wolf. Greg van Eekhout amazeangelesarea share on social
Back in 1982, when there were still only a manageable number of 'X-Men' titles on the racks (by which I mean just one), Marvel quite reasonably figured the world could stand another team of beleaguered mutant superheroes. And so were born 'The New Mutants,' junior X-Men whose powers had just begun to manifest at the onset of puberty. Greg van Eekhout backbearbegin share on social
In high school, I stole a six-foot submarine sandwich from a banquet room in front of several hundred people. I did it because I was in marching band, and we were promised food if we played, and they broke their promise. It was my first and only heist, motivated by justice and hunger. Greg van Eekhout bandbanquetbreak share on social