PW goes CRAZY!

Just found out that AU REVOIR, CRAZY EUROPEAN CHICK got a starred review in Publishers Weekly -- check it out!


Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick
Joe Schreiber. Houghton Mifflin, $16.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-547-57738-8
“I’m eighteen years old. In a month I’m going to graduate, I’m waitlisted at Columbia... and this—whatever this is—isn’t part of the plan.” That’s Perry Stormaire as his prom night goes from disaster, when he’s forced to escort dowdy Lithuanian exchange student Gobija Zaksauskas, to something more like Kill Bill after Gobi turns out to be a stunningly effective (and also stunning) assassin. What follows is a whirlwind night of explosions, shootings, stabbings, and car chases as they traverse Manhattan and Brooklyn with Gobi picking off targets over Perry’s protests. As if this situation wasn’t stressful enough, adult author Schreiber opens each chapter of his YA debut with a college admissions essay question (“You’ve just written a 300-page autobiography. Send us page 217”), which should provide a few more palpitations. It’s very well targeted at male teens, with a breakneck pace, quick repartee, hot cars and women, a well-rendered New York City backdrop, abundant action, and some food for thought about what it means to be a man. Plain and simple, it’s a blast. A couple of them, actually. Ages 12–up. (Oct.)

Chasing the Dead - the movie...?

This isn't exactly new news, but it's exciting nonetheless, thought I'd share it with you --

For immediate release:

Joe Schreiber's horror-thriller novel Chasing The Dead has been optioned by Elizabeth Fowler of Clear Pictures Entertainment and Matt Scott and Tim Westland of Fortune Moon to be developed into a feature film. Schreiber is author of the mega-popular Star Wars: Death Troopers as well as the prequel book, Red Harvest.

Set over the course of a single night, Chasing the Dead is a fast-paced, ferociously tense supernatural thriller. A tableau of shock and horror, death and destruction that pays homage to Stephen King, Chasing The Dead tells the story of a young woman who must travel a twisted route through a freak snow storm, and her own haunted past, in order to save her daughter from a supernatural murderer.

Cool, huh? I'd definitely like to see this one at the drive-in, on a double bill with Eat the Dark...

Deep Blue Joe

I recently spent some time in California, not the least of which acting like a shark.