Lee Bacon Explained

Lee Bacon
Birth Date:September 5, 1979
Birth Place:Abilene, Texas, United States
Alma Mater:Texas A&M University (bachelor’s)
Pace University (master’s)
Occupation:Author
Period:2012–present
Genre:Children's literature
Notableworks:
  • Joshua Dread
  • Joshua Dread: The Nameless Hero
  • Joshua Dread: Banjour

Lee Bacon (born September 5, 1979) is an American writer of the children's books series Joshua Dread (2012), Joshua Dread: The Nameless Hero (2013), and Joshua Dread: The Dominion Key (2014), all published by Random House.[1]

Biography

Lee Bacon grew up in Texas.[2] He attended the master's program in book publishing at Pace University. He then spent two years living in Munich, Germany, where he started writing children's books and where he met his wife. He lived in Brooklyn, New York, and moved to New Jersey in 2016.[3]

Books

Bacon's Joshua Dread series was selected for the Spirit of Texas Reading Program by the Texas Library Association.[4]

Joshua Dread has been translated into German (Joshua Schreck)[5] by Uwe-Michael Gutzschhahn, French (Jack Vandal)[6] by Amélie Sarn and Spanish (La alucinante vida ¿normal? de Lucas D.)[7] by Marc Viaplana.

A new middle-grade series called Legendtopia was scheduled to be published by Random House in 2016.[8]

Bacon's book The Last Human was released in October 2019. The book is set to be adapted into a film by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who will produce and direct the film for TriStar Pictures. Shazam! writer Henry Gayden will write the screenplay.[9]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lee Bacon . Penguin Random House . 2015-07-09.
  2. Web site: Lee Bacon: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle . Amazon.com . 2015-07-09.
  3. Web site: About the Author – Lee Bacon . Leebaconbooks.com . 2015-07-09.
  4. Web site: Author Feature-Lee Bacon | Texas Library Association . Txla.org . 2015-07-09.
  5. Web site: Lee Bacon . S. Fischer Verlage – Joshua Schreck (Hardcover) . Fischerverlage.de . 2015-07-09.
  6. Web site: JACK VANDAL, TOME 1 : IL VEUT SAUVER LE MONDE, SES PARENTS VEULENT LE DÉTRUIRE . Editions Milan . May 22, 2013 . 2015-07-09.
  7. Web site: LA ALUCINANTE VIDA ¿NORMAL? DE LUCAS D. (LUCAS D. 1) (EBOOK) – LEE BACON, descargar el eBook . Casadellibro.com . 2015-07-09.
  8. Web site: The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow: Author Interview with Lee Bacon . Thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com . April 24, 2015 . 2015-07-09.
  9. Web site: Kit . Borys. Galuppo. Mia. Sony Wins Phil Lord, Chris Miller's 'Last Human' Sci-Fi Movie Project. www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 14, 2020.