The Stellar Book Award :: John Lunn


Book List After Francis Chalifour Alice MacLeod, Realist At Last Susan Juby Evil Masters: the Frightening world of Tyrants. Laura Scandiffio Forget-Me-Not Barbara Haworth-Attard Four Steps to Death John Wilson Just Ask Us: a conversation with First Nations teenage moms. Sylvia Olsen One on One Don Aker Red Sea Diane Tullson Resurrection Blues Mike Tanner Rooster Don Trembath Season of Rage: Hugh Burnett and the Struggle for Civil Rights. John Cooper Seraphina's Circle Jocelyn Shipley Something Girl Beth Goobie The Aquanauts John Lunn The Cure for Crushes Karen Rivers The Freedom of Jenny Julie Burtinshaw The Greenies Myra Paperny The Isabel Factor Gayle Friesen The Turning Gillian Chan


John Lunn Question: Which of the following statements about author John Lunn is true? (a) As a child, he believed his parents were aliens. (b) He makes a living creating custom-designed flutes. (c) He never planned to be a writer. Instead, he planned to be a sheep farmer. Or maybe a rock star. (d) He hang glides and pilots planes and rides motorcycles. (e) He owns a giant telescope and is into astronomy (maybe because he was raised by aliens?). (f) His mother is famous. (g) He and his wife have owned over…uh, well a very, very high number! of dogs. Answer: all of the above! Just in case those six statements don’t make John Lunn um, er, “well-rounded” (or maybe just plain wacky?!) enough, listen to this: he also creates original animation, writes screenplays and TV scripts, is involved in local politics where he lives in New Hampshire, offers live interactive author “visits” full of streaming video and special effects from his very cool website, collects comic strip art and designs not only flutes, but beautiful jewelry as well. Phew! And if all that is not enough to get you interested in this amazing author and his books, here’s a little bit about his writing process. Read on to find out how he conjures up exciting futuristic settings like the one in his latest young adult novel and Stellar Award nominee, The Aquanauts. Here’s what John has to say about how he gets his story ideas on his website www.johnlunn.com “All my stories and ideas come straight from my crazy brain. I have a strange imagination. I can remember details of my fantasy daydream life when I was a kid just as clearly as I can remember what happened in my real life. I always had a make believe world that felt just as true as the real world. Now I get to share it with my readers.” Intrigued? If you’d like to WATCH a chapter of The Aquanauts – that’s right, watch! – go to http://www.johnlunn.com/php/aquanauts.php . John, who manages his own website, has created several animated video chapters which he narrates, so you can see the action and hear the author’s words. Pretty neat – go dive in to The Aquanauts! Other Books The Mariner's Curse More Info http://www.johnlunn.com