Middle grade fiction, to me, is really about emergence of self. It's about expressing the idea that the world is going to start affecting you more, and your parents' influence is going to wane. Middle grade is when a lot… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
As a kid, I didn't need to be convinced the future promised peril and oppression, so when I started thinking up the middle-grade science fiction novel that became 'The Boy at the End of the World,' it seemed only natural… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
Being part of the original 'Star Wars' generation, I have always known a dark future. — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
More than working toward the book's climax, I work toward the denouement. As a reader and a writer, that's where I find the real… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
It's possible I'm a weird person, you know, and if I could only write for people who are like me, I wouldn't have any… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
There's a certain amount of world-building that I hold off on until I need it for the story. World building in advance isn't really… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
“Magic is like pulling the pin on a grenade and then sutffing it down your pants to see what happens.” — Greg Van Eekhout Copy Share Image
I grew up in Los Angeles, and I was always fascinated by the La Brea Tar Pits. Right in the middle of the city,… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
If 'Star Wars' wasn't enough to prepare me for a dark future, there was the 'Planet of the Apes' franchise, conveniently repeated for me… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
Middle grade fiction, to me, is really about emergence of self. It's about expressing the idea that the world is going to start affecting… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
In everything I write, I'm always striving to hit the right mix of light and darkness, humor and pain, fun and seriousness. — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
I feel lucky that my career so far has included books for adults and books for kids. They're equally important to me, and I… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
The stakes in my books tend to be kind of ridiculously high. In 'Kid vs. Squid,' the question is whether or not the California… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
I try to eat vegetarian, though I'm not very good at it, and it's a work in progress. But we basically are what we… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
