This week, Variety broke the news that Disney and ImageMovers have wrapped a deal to partner with The Gotham Group to adapt Kat Falls’ debut novel, DARK LIFE (Scholastic Press, May 2010), with Academy Award-winner Robert Zemeckis attached to direct. To see the article, click here.

This week, Entertainment Weekly broke the exclusive news on the covers and titles of the final two books in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, The 39 Clues, including Margaret Peterson Haddix’s thrilling conclusion to the series. The final book will be called INTO THE GAUNTLET (Scholastic Press), and will be published on August 31, 2010. To see the article, click here.

Author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, whose picture book BAD NEWS FOR OUTLAWS recently won the Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award, is the cover story of the March 2010 issue of School Library Journal. The article highlights how Vaunda tracked down the true story of legendary hero Bass Reeves in a one-on-one interview. To read the article, click here.

Congratulations to Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, whose picture book BAD NEWS FOR OUTLAWS—the story of deputy U.S. Marshall Bass Reeves—was named a best book of the year by both The Washington Post and Kirkus Reviews. There has been much good news for BAD NEWS lately, as it has received four starred reviews. To see The Washington Post’s best books for children for 2009, click here.

In the Sunday, November 1, 2009 issue, the Durham Herald Sun profiles author John Claude Bemis and his remarkable debut, THE NINE POUND HAMMER. To see the article, please click here.