The master behind this series is the one and only
D. J. MacHale. He has done an excellent job on these books.
Now here is some stuff about him.
(Taken from the Pendragon Adventure)
D.J. MacHale
D.J.
MacHale is a writer, director, executive producer and creator of several
popular television series, specials and movies.
He was raised in Greenwich, CT and graduated from Greenwich High School. While
in school, he had several jobs including collecting eggs at a poultry farm,
engraving sports trophies and washing dishes in a steakhouse...in between
playing football and running track. D.J. then attended New York University
where he received a BFA in film production.
D.J.'s filmmaking career began in New York where he worked as a freelance
writer/director, making corporate videos and television commercials. He also
taught photography and film production.
D.J. first broke into the entertainment business by writing several "Young
People's Specials." Shortly after, D.J. moved to Los Angeles and made the
fulltime switch from informational films, to entertainment. As co-creator of
the popular Nickelodeon series: "Are You Afraid of the Dark?", he Executive
Produced all 91 episodes over 8 years, making it one of the longest running
live-action family programs on television. He wrote and directed many of the
episodes including the CableAce nominated "The Tale of Cutter's Treasure"
starring Charles S. Dutton. He was nominated for a Gemini award for directing
"The Tale of the Dangerous Soup" starring Neve Campbell.
D.J. also wrote and directed the movie "Tower of Terror" for the premiere
season of ABC's "Wonderful World of Disney" which starred Kirsten Dunst and
Steve Guttenberg. The Showtime series "Chris Cross" was co-created, written
and Executive Produced by D.J. It received the CableAce award for Best Youth
Series.
D.J. has also developed several television series including "Jack Shadow" for
WB; "Paradox" for CBS; "The Strange Legacy of Cameron Cruz" for Nickelodeon
and "Among The Hidden" for Showtime. He has written feature films for 20th
Century Fox and Paramount Pictures.
Other notable writing credits include several "ABC Afterschool Specials"
including the classic "Seasonal Differences." The pilot for the long-running
PBS/CBS series "Ghostwriter", starring Samuel L. Jackson, was written by D.J.,
as well as the HBO series "Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective" for which he
received a CableAce nomination for writing.
In print, D.J. has co-written the book "The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors",
based on his own teleplay and penned the poetic adaptation of the classic
Norwegian folk tale "East of the Sun and West of the Moon".
The book series:"Pendragon - Journal of an Adventure through Time and Space"
marks D.J.'s first turn as a novelist. He plans for this series of Young Adult
adventures to span a total of 10 books.
D.J. lives in Manhattan Beach, CA with his wife Evangeline and daughter Keaton.
They are avid backpackers, scuba divers and skiers. Rounding out the household
are a Golden Retriever, Maggie; and a Kitten, Kaboodle.
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