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Pseudonymous Bosch Rumored author of #SecretSeries and #BadMagic

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Unbelievable Reviews

The reviews are in for the Unbelievable Oliver. Publishers Weekly calls it a “raucous series opener” and Kirkus names it “ridiculous fun.

The Unbelievable Oliver and the Four Jokers appears May 2019. You can preorder now!

Amazon Barnes & Noble Indiebound

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An Unbelievable New Book

The Unbelievable Oliver and the Four Jokers appears May 2019. You can preorder now!

Amazon Barnes & Noble Indiebound

Eight-year-old Oliver dreams of being a professional magician, even though he has terrible stage fright. And now, his friends Teenie and Bea have gotten him invited to a classmate's birthday party as the paid entertainment! Desperate for help, he visits The Great Zoocheeni's Magic Emporium, but comes away with nothing more than a moth-eaten top hat.

Oliver is in for a lucky surprise, though. Inside that top hat hides a wisecracking rabbit named Benny, who agrees to help Oliver with his act. But at the party, Oliver is accused of robbery! He'll need to solve the mystery of the missing robo-cat to clear his name before he and Benny can amaze the crowd with their grand finale.

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Join me at the fivesensesfestival.com this Saturday, July 28 from 2-5PM. Free with RSVP.

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Remember when all your bad news had to be read in a paper? Relive those halcyon days. Pick up BAD NEWS in paperback today!

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How to Raise a Reader

Hint: It involves The Secret Series along with other great books and practices.

Read this guide from The New York Times Books.

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Warning: Here there be dragons.

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Chocolate? For me?! What’s the occasion?

Happy April Fools. Come celebrate with PB in NYC: SATURDAY, APRIL 1 | 1:00PM | BOOKS OF WONDER | NEW YORK, NY http://booksofwonder.com/saturdayapril1st1-300pmmeetpseudonymousbosch.aspx

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People ask where I get all my brilliant story ideas, but a magician never tells...

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Bad News Book Tour

TUESDAY, MARCH 28 | 7:30PM | TAKOMA PARK LIBRARY • POLITICS & PROSE | TAKOMA PARK, MD

THURSDAY, MARCH 30 | 4:00PM | BOOKS AND GREETINGS | NORTHVALE, NJ

SATURDAY, APRIL 1 | 1:00PM | BOOKS OF WONDER | NEW YORK, NY

SUNDAY, APRIL 2 | 2:00PM | THE NOVEL NEIGHBOR AT THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY | ST. LOUIS, MO

SUNDAY, APRIL 23 | LA TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS | LOS ANGELES, CA

SATURDAY, APRIL 29 | ALL DAY | YALLWEST | SANTA MONICA, CA

Check for updates on the PB appearances page.

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Reader Mail

Internet access is spotty in my remote outpost, cave, cloud fortress, office; but Quiche is pretty good at catching messages off the wire and telegramming them back to this undisclosed location.

You can email at [email protected]. Replies depend on the amount of chocolate you’re offering.

Most letters fall into a few types: fan mail, hate mail, ciphers, and teens looking back at their distant youth.

Here’s one now:

 Transcript:

Hello, Pseudonymous Bosch: 

My name is Xxxxxxx and I've been a fan of your works since I was just a kid, so I wanted to write you some fan mail to let you know how much I appreciate your writing! (I don't know if this email is intended strictly for inquiries or other things of a professional nature, but if that is the case, I'm very sorry.)

I remember reading the first book in your Secret series when I was just XXXXX or XXXX years old, and I fell in love immediately. Your writing made me develop a huge appreciation for books. Even though I'd never been much of a reader in the past, your series made me experience a sense of excitement, mystery, and interest that I'd never felt before. And I've loved reading and writing ever since. 

I'm XX years old now, but lately I've been thinking back to when I was younger and the feeling of thrills I got from your books. I even bought the first novel in your Bad Books series just the other day, because I wanted to relive some of the joy I got from reading your stories for the first time. And even though it's been XXXX since I've read the books in your Secret series, I can't help but feel a sense of childlike glee every time I see a reference to it in Bad Magic. I couldn't help but smile when I read the "How 'bout that" in the story's introduction.

Anyways, I just wanted to thank you for writing the series that made me develop such a deep love for reading. You're a huge role model of mine because you're not only a talented author, but also such an inspiring and sincere person. I hope one day I can write novels that make people feel as amazed and inspired as yours have made me :) Thanks for all the good times.

~ Your biggest secret fan, Xxxxxxx

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Even More Bad News

In case anyone needs even more BAD NEWS right now, P.B.’s new book BAD NEWS, the third of the Bad Books, comes out on March 28th.

Pre-order now:  Amazon Barnes & Noble Indiebound

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Trick or Treat

Trick or Treat! 

There, I said it. Now where's the chocolate? 

I was promised chocolate. No costume!? 

I'm disguised as a writer. 

🍫 pls!

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Skylight Books 20th Anniversary Brunch/Workshop with P. Bosch

Skylight Books celebrates 20 years of excellence in book selling and tree growing. Join them for a weekend of celebrations including a workshop and brunch with—wait, this can’t be right...

Pseudonymous Bosch?! Oh, dear.

11AM, Sunday, October 30th at Skylight Books: 1818 NORTH VERMONT AVE., LOS ANGELES 90027

Says there will be coffee and donuts and a mysterious author who needs help writing a scary story. Hmm....

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FirstVote16

Filmed from an undisclosed location in an undisclosed country hosting an election this November. PB remembers his first time. Even anonymous authors register to vote. You should too. #FirstVote16http://rtvote.com/firstvote16

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Filmed from an undisclosed location in an undisclosed country hosting an election this November. PB remembers his first time. Even anonymous authors register to vote. You should too. #FirstVote16http://rtvote.com/firstvote16

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Also Known As

My nom de plume protects me from enemies as numerous as they are mysterious

By Pseudonymous Bosch

Read my piece in the New York Times Book Review

”But in the end, everyone must emerge from the wardrobe, no matter how wonderful the world inside. Writers, too. Like our readers, we’ve had fun pretending to be other people, and learned something about ourselves in the process.”

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An apothecary’s cure for an injured bat also gives it the ability to speak.

Meet Echo the talking bat! PB reviews LSP in the NYT: