Michael Grant
Michael Grant
Known for such co-written works of young adult fiction as the popular Everworld and Animorphs series, he also published such individually-written and equally loved titles as the BZRK and Gone books.
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth26 July 1954
CityLos Angeles, CA
stupid snakes wings
What’s happened so far? Coyotes evolved limited powers of speech. Worms developed teeth and became aggressive and territorial. Snakes grew wings and developed a new form of metamorphosis. Some of us developed powers. So far there’s been a lot of strange, but not a lot of stupid. This, though, this”—she aimed her finger at the carcass of the monstrosity—“is just stupid.
kings men land
In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king. In the darkness the man with a candle is an easy target.
running couple cat
An old couple came running from a motorhome, scribbling as they ran. Their sign read, Can you check on our cat, Ariel? No one would answer that, because the cats had all been eaten.
warrior boys hair
The warrior who had gone out from the lake to save his people by slaying the evil one was now just a boy sitting in the dirt with his fingers in a mane of blond hair. He stared at nothing. Expected nothing. Planned nothing. Just sat.
people scary different
He's one kind of person, you're another. When life is going along normally, you're sort of the same. But when life turns strange and scary, when there's a crisis, suddenly you're completely different people.
doctors gone-series
I had a polynomial once. My doctor removed it.
running fear badass
There's a lot youdon't know, Sam. There's a lot I don't tell you. I know who I am. I know what I do, and what I am to this place.I know what I am to you, and how much you depend on me.You may be the symbol, and you may be the one everyone turns to when something goes bad, and you're the big badass, but I'm the guy doing the day-in, day-out work of running things. So I don't make this about me.
fire marshmallow behinds
Too bad we don't have marshmallows. This is an amazing fire." Howard emerged through the smoke behind Edilio.
beautiful song book
Beautiful songs could sometimes take a person out of themselves and carry them away to a place of magic. But when Jill sang, it was not about the song, really. She could sing the phone book. She could sing a shopping list. Whatever she sang, whatever the words or the tune, it was so beautiful, so achingly lovely, that no one could listen and be untouched.
falling-in-love fate creation
Its the fate of all creators: They fall in love with their creations.
fighting finals may
Why are we doing this?" Caine asked him. "You know damned well why we're doing this. Because it's a fight. It may be THE fight. I may be the final fight. And what else are we good at, you and me? What are we going to do if we ever get out there anyway?
boys self world
Sam’s probably out there somewhere being his usual heroic self,” Caine said. “I can’t let that boy save the world all alone. I’d never live it down.
paper wikipedia found
He found a set of encyclopedias—like Wikipedia, but paper and very bulky.
pain world whole-world
The pain was her whole world now. Pain and fear.