Books for grown-ups
Clear Heart
Working with your hands, you can clear your heart... "It's funny, very tender, and enormously, tremendously human. In fact, Clear Heart just might be one of the most human books I've read in a long time." —Colleen Mondor,
Bookslut
Famous Potatoes
"An engaging picaresque novel of a young man on the run. A warm, well-told story of a likable character with a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time." —
Publisher's Weekly
Short stories
Since no commercial publisher in a right mind will put out a book of short stories, I'm making mine available as PDF files that you can download to view on your screen or print out so you ...
Books for children
Quake!
"Cottonwood presents a terrifying geological phenomenon in accessible you-are-there terms." —
Publishers Weekly
Babcock
Babcock, for reasons he can't explain, wants to be friends with a girl who is his complete opposite, as different as black and white.
Danny Ain't
If it is possible to have a cult book for young readers, this may be it. Based on the mail I receive, Danny hits certain boys in a big, big way.
The Adventures of Boone Barnaby
"A book that is resplendent with humor, irony, thoughtful introspection, and well-paced plotting." —
School Library Journal
Songs
Some songs I've written
Mostly I write fiction, but all my life I've been a songwriter, too.
In the School of the Orangutan (1.9MB)
