
Daniel Kraus Gapers Block: "In a wonderfully told adventure tale, murder mystery, and coming-of-age story, Daniel Kraus's The Monster Variations deftly bridges that dark chasm between childhood and adulthood from which these three boys too soon realize there is no escape."
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Daniel Kraus Hate paper? Get yourself a Monster Variations iPhone App!
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Daniel Kraus School Library Journal: "In a clear, but expressive style, Kraus offers readers brutality, death, anger, lies, and a monster in a box."

Daniel Kraus Readings, a panel, and free pizza, if we're understanding correctly.
featuring: Jessica Hopper, James Kennedy, Daniel Kraus, Stephanie Kuehnert & Adam Selzer
Location:The Bookmarket at Hangar One in the Glen
Time:7:30PM Friday, November 20th

Daniel Kraus DK will be on a panel at 2pm with fellow scenesters James Kennedy, Adam Selzer, and Claire Zulkey. Much wisdom to be doled out!
WE'RE OPENING A BOOKSTORE!
Location:Open Books
Time:10:00AM Saturday, November 21st

Daniel Kraus Fairfield folks: DK will be making two hometown stops this weekend - Friday at FHS, and Saturday at 7pm at the Fairfield Public Library for a reading/signing.
Fairfield Community School District - FHS alum, Dan Kraus, returns to Fairfield to promote his first
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Dan Kraus (FHS ’93) will be a visiting author at the Fairfield High School and community on October 23 and 24. He will speak to all sophomores about his newest adolescent novel, “The Monster Variations.”

Daniel Kraus Cute interview with DK about scary dreams, bad Halloween costumes, and real-life ghost encounters. (Also, a contest for a signed copy.)
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-Haunted Blog Tour throughout October. (Includes: interviews, guest posts, giveaways, mad libs, ghost stories, and more!)-Lots of contests.-Book review for "Just Listen".-Author Interview with Alyson Noel.

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We like this girl's enthusiasm. http://readingwatchingliving.blogspot.co m/2009/09/book-review-monster-variations -by.html
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1: Horrible. Revolting. My eyes are bleeding. Stop it. Now.2: Bitch, please.3: Few redeeming qualities, but they're there. No bleeding.4: Pretty bad, but it's got something about it. Bleeding from paper ...

Daniel Kraus Tonight in Chicago DK will be screening some of his (very) early works.
Feauring Daniel Kraus, The Thin Man, Anacron, Abby G, and Liviu Pasare
Location:Collaboraction
Time:7:00PM Wednesday, September 30th

Daniel Kraus Publisher's Weekly review: "Delivers a moving story and points to a huge amount of potential for the author."

Daniel Kraus PW on tonight's reading in Chicago.
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This week, three Chicago authors team up, an author launches a contest for lookalikes for her book jacket, and the Wiggles go on tour and promote literacy.

Daniel Kraus The Onion AV Club: "Kraus shows a rare skill at making the prospect of maturation terrifying."
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Daniel Kraus’ debut novel, The Monster Variations, is being released via Random House’s “young adult” imprint, though it’s really a book for the kind of teens—and adults, for that matter—who keep a well-thumbed stack of Stephen King novels on their shelves. ...

Daniel Kraus BookPage: "Chilling debut novel."
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James can’t wait to leave his old life behind him and make a new start as a freshman at State University. While stopping for gas on the way to college, he has a chance encounter with his childhood pal, Reggie, and the two are forced to recall their 12th summer. ...

Daniel Kraus DK interview on the influence of Stephen King & Ray Bradbury.
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is the first-time author of The Monster Variations (Delacorte, 2009). From the promotional copy:Someone is killing boys in a small town. The murder weapon is a truck, and the only protection is a curfew ...























