James Kennedy

James Kennedy is the author of the horror thriller Bride of the Tornado, the sci-fi horror Dare To Know, and the YA fantasy The Order of Odd-Fish. James is also the founder of the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival, an annual video contest in which kid filmmakers create short movies that tell the entire stories of Newbery-winning books in about 90 seconds, which screens yearly in 10+ cities around the country. He also hosts the Secrets of Story podcast with Matt Bird. James lives in Chicago with his wife and two daughters. Visit him at www.jameskennedy.com.