Thank you for stopping by my Web site. I’d like to tell you that I have worked for many, many hours setting this up, that I struggled getting everything just right—the graphics, the links, the text. I’d like to tell you that, but it would be a big fat lie!

What really happened is that some very talented people at Random House have done all of this, and I don’t know about you, but I am very impressed!

This is a great time for this site to be coming out. I’ve had quite a few irons in the fire lately and I can’t think of a better way to share them with you.

My most recent book is Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money, a novel I had a lot of fun writing. It’s silly, it’s short, and it tells things about the U.S. Constitution and James Brown that I’ll bet you never knew before.

Eventually I’ll post what I call “Lost Chapters.” These are parts of The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963; Bud, Not Budd; and Bucking the Sarge that for some reason or another didn’t make the final cut. Reading them is like finding an old picture of a friend that you’d never seen before.

Have fun here and keep coming back for more updates about my new books and events. I’d like to tell you that I’ll be doing frequent updates of this site. I’d like to tell you that, but once again it would be a lie—those aforementioned talented people will be completely responsible!