Robert Beatty lives in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina, with his wife and three daughters. He writes full-time now, but in his past lives he wa sone of the pioneers of cloud computing, the founder/CEO of Plex Systems, the co-founder of Beatty Robotics, and the CTO and chairman ofNarrativemagazine.
A #1 New York Times Best-seller
More than 50 weeks on the New York Times best-sellers list
Taught in over 1,000 classrooms nationwide
Winner of the prestigious 2016 Pat Conroy Southern Book
Prize for "representing the best in Southern literature."
2016 OKRA Pick from the Southern Independent Booksellers
Association (SIBA)
#1 Middle Grade novel of 2015 on Goodreads.com
#5 Readers Choice Award for "Best Debut Novel of 2015"
Finalist for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, which is given to books
that best exemplify the spirit of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis
Recommended by A Mighty Girl, Learning Ally, School Library
Journal, and many other organizations.
Awarded "Best of 2015" by Powell's Bookstore
Selected for "Battle of the Books" in many states
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