Wendy Parris
Born:
Connection to Illinois: Parris studied theater at Northwestern University before switching majors to radio/television/film. After graduation, she acted in small Chicago storefront theaters, improvised with comedy troupes, and freelanced in public relations (back then my name was Wendy Langlas). She got married, had two kids, and adored reading books aloud to them. Once her children were in middle school, she decided to concentrate on her childhood love of mysteries and scary stories—and write stories for kids. Today Wendy lives in Illinois in an old house built more than a hundred years ago. She hasn't actually SEEN a ghost...but she's still looking. Biography: Wendy Parris grew up loving mysteries and ghost stories. She writes spooky middle-grade novels for kids. She lives in Illinois with her family in a creaky old house that is probably not haunted. FIELD OF SCREAMS is her debut novel. Her second book STAGE FRIGHT was just published by Delacorte Press/Random House Children's Books in fall 2024.
Awards:
- Field of Screams A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Twitter: https://x.com/wlparri
Web: https://www.wendyparris.com/
WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Wendy++Parris
Selected Titles
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Field of Screams ISBN: 0593570006 OCLC: 1313943432 Delacorte Press 2023 new pulse-pounding supernatural mystery about twelve-year-old Rebecca, who has always wanted to hunt ghosts . . . until she meets one. “Chilling, thrilling, and full of heart!”—Kiersten White, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sinister Summer series Paranormal enthusiast Rebecca Graff isn’t happy about being dragged to Iowa to spend the summer with family she barely knows. But when she tracks a ghostly presence to an abandoned farmhouse, she starts to think the summer won’t be a total lost cause! The trouble is no one believes her. Then Rebecca finds a note stashed in a comic belonging to her late father—a note that proves the same spirit haunted him when he was twelve. Suddenly she feels a connection to the dad she pretends not to miss, and she is determined to uncover the story behind the haunting. But the more Rebecca discovers, the scarier the ghost becomes. Soon she is in a race to piece together the puzzle and recover a family legacy before it is lost forever, and a horrible tragedy repeats itself. |
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Stage Fright ISBN: 0593807995 OCLC: 1417470237 Delacorte Press 2024 A new locked room scary story about thirteen-year-old Avery, who plans a séance at a deserted theater to bond with her friends, only to realize they’re locked inside with someone—or something—else. This spine tingling read is perfect for fans of Katherine Arden and Lindsay Currie! When Avery returns to her hometown after moving away a year earlier, she is hoping to jump back into her friend group as if nothing’s changed. Unfortunately, new interests, secret crushes, and changing dynamics get in her way. To reunite her BFFs, she suggests they host a séance at an abandoned theater that was the site of a horrible tragedy. What starts as a fun outing, soon becomes a fight for survival after the group gets locked in…and discovers they’re not alone. |