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==Works==
==Works==
-[[ABC Afterschool Special]] (TV Series)
* [[ABC Afterschool Special]] (TV Series)
-Are You Afraid of the Dark?(TV Series)
* Are You Afraid of the Dark?(TV Series)
-The Tale of Cutter's Treasure(Movie)
* The Tale of Cutter's Treasure(Movie)
-The Tale of the Dangerous Soup(Movie)
* The Tale of the Dangerous Soup(Movie)
-Tower of Terror(Movie)
* Tower of Terror(Movie)
-Flight 29 Down(TV Series)
* Flight 29 Down(TV Series)
-Seasonal Differences(TV Series)
* Seasonal Differences(TV Series)
-Ghostwriter(TV Series)
* Ghostwriter(TV Series)
-Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective(Movie Series)
* Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective(Movie Series)
-The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors(Book)
* The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors(Book)
-Pendragon 1-10(Book Series)
* Pendragon 1-10(Book Series)
-East of the Sun, and West of the Moon(Penned Adaptation)
* East of the Sun, and West of the Moon(Penned Adaptation)
-Chris Cross(TV Series)
* Chris Cross(TV Series)


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:40, 13 May 2009

Donald James MacHale, known popularly under the pen name D. J. MacHale, is a writer, director, and executive producer. He has been affiliated with shows such as Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Flight 29 Down and Seasonal Differences.[1] MacHale is also the author of the popular young adult book series, Pendragon[2].

Early life

MacHale was born in March 11, 1956 in Greenwich,CT. During his time at Greenwich High School, he reportedly had multiple part-time jobs and was on two sports teams (football and track).

Upon graduation, MacHale attended New York University and got a BFA in film production. He never enjoyed writing[3] until college, where his screenwriting teacher (Pat Cooper) changed his outlook[4].

Awards

MacHale won the CableACE Award for his series Chris Cross and the Gemini Award for Are you Afraid of the Dark?.[5] Machale won a Cableace nomination for The Tale of Cutter's Treasure, a Gemini nomination for The tale of the Dangerous Soup, a Writer's Guild of America nomination and a Director's Guild of America nomination for his popular kids TV Series, Flight 29 Down, and a Cableace nomination for Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, a movie series.

Future

The books to be published under a new agreement with Simon & Schuster include:

  • The Equinox Curiosity Shop is a new action-filled fantasy series for younger middle-grade readers set to launch in Fall 2009.
  • The Morpheus Road Trilogy is slated to begin publishing Summer 2010 and is an older middle-grade supernatural series that tells the story of a sixteen-year-old boy who is being hunted and haunted by ghosts. A second trilogy is in the works for Summer 2013 that will appeal to the same older middle-grade reader as both Morpheus Road and The Pendragon Adventure.
  • The Monster Princess is MacHale's first picture book and features an ugly monster girl who lives in a cave beneath a castle and longs to become a beautiful princess.

Works

  • ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series)
  • Are You Afraid of the Dark?(TV Series)
  • The Tale of Cutter's Treasure(Movie)
  • The Tale of the Dangerous Soup(Movie)
  • Tower of Terror(Movie)
  • Flight 29 Down(TV Series)
  • Seasonal Differences(TV Series)
  • Ghostwriter(TV Series)
  • Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective(Movie Series)
  • The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors(Book)
  • Pendragon 1-10(Book Series)
  • East of the Sun, and West of the Moon(Penned Adaptation)
  • Chris Cross(TV Series)

References

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