James Kennedy

James Kennedy is the author of the middle-grade adventure BEHOLD! THE LEGEND OF FROGBOY (Norton Young Readers), to be released May 2027. He is also the author fo the horror thriller BRIDE OF THE TORNADO (Quirk Books), named a "Best Book of 2023" by the Chicago Tribune, the sci-fi novel DARE TO KNOW (Quirk Books), dubbed "Best Sci-Fi Book of 2021" by the Times Saturday Review, and the young adult fantasy THE ORDER OF ODD-FISH (Delacorte Press). James is also the founder of the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival, an annual video contest in which kid filmmakers create short movies that tell the entire stories of Newbery-winning books. James lives in Chicago.