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Patrick Carman (born February 27, 1966, inSalem, Oregon) is an American writer and a graduate ofWillamette University.

Carman's first book,The Dark Hills Divide, was published in 2005^[2] The book, and the subsequent books in the same series (The Land of Elyon), were all New York Times bestsellers.^[3]The Land of Elyon has been translated into over twenty languages. The series was nominated for many state and national awards.

Carman followed the five-book Elyon series with the Atherton trilogy, which was shortlisted for the Texas Bluebonnet. Over two dozen books followed across middle grade and YA, including award-winning bestsellers Skeleton Creek, Floors, Pulse, Dark Eden, and Fizzopolis.

Carman is a public speaker who presents at national events throughout the year including theNational Book Festival, the LA Book Festival, and the School Library Journal Summit. He has also spoken to over a million students at 2500+ schools across the country. On March 5, 2011, Patrick Carman gave aTED talk about 21st-Century literacy. He started an annual event in his own hometown, Walla Walla Kids Read, as a blueprint for literacy in rural communities.

• The Black Circle (2009) - the 5th book ofThe 39 Clues series
• Thirteen Days to Midnight (2010)
• Omega Rising (2016) - the 3rd part ofVoyagers series
• Mr. Gedrick and Me (2019)

• The Dark Hills Divide (2005)
• Beyond the Valley of Thorns (2005)
• The Tenth City (2006)
• Into the Mist (Prequel) (2007)
• Stargazer (2008)

• House of Power (2007)
• Rivers of Fire (2008)
• The Dark Planet (2009)

• Saving Mister Nibbles (2008)
• Haunted Hike (2008)
• The Walnut Cup (2009)

• Skeleton Creek (2009)
• Ghost in the Machine (2009)
• The Crossbones (2010)
• The Raven (2011)
• The Phantom Room (2014)
• Skeleton Creek is Real (2014)

• Trackers (2010)
• Trackers: Shantorian (2011)

• 3:15 Season One: Things That Go Bump in the Night (book) (2011)

• Dark Eden (2011)
• Dark Eden 2: Eve of Destruction (book) (2012)

• Floors Book 1: Floors (2011)
• Floors Book 2: 3 Below (2012)
• Floors Book 3: The Field of Wacky Inventions (2013)

• Pulse (2014)
• Tremor (2015)
• Quake (2016)

• Fizzopolis: The Trouble With Fuzzwonker Fizz (2017)
• Fizzopolis: Snoodles (2017)
• Fizzopolis: Floozombies (2018)

• Towervale (2019)
• Towervale II: The Crystal Mountain (2020)

• Official website
• Patrick Carman atIMDb

• Living people
• 21st-century American novelists
• Willamette University alumni
• Novelists from Oregon
• 1966 births
• American male novelists
• 21st-century American male writers

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