Patrick Carman

'Skeleton Creek' is like nothing you've ever read before because it's a book and a movie at the same time.

For kids, multitasking electronically is common. But they are totally focused. You can tell a good story, and they listen.

There are so many ways to tell a story. With multiplatform books, we are reimagining what literacy can be.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

There's no magic for getting into the groove... just banging away at it. Sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes the music.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.