Gary Ghislain

Gary Ghislain's The Mallow Marsh Monster / Le Monstre du Marais des Mauves Nous partons pour le Marais des Mauves pour une Nouvelle Aventure.  Vous en êtes? @EditionsduSeuil Mes Voisins les Goolz - Le Monstre du Marais des Mauves We're off to the Mallow Marsh for a New Adventure. You're in?  @boydsmillspress The Goolz Next Door - The Mallow Marsh Monster Cover Art by Juliette Barbanègre - @juliette.barbanegre

Gary Ghislain wins the Dimoitou Award 2018 The Dimoitou is a French literary award given to an outstanding work of children's fiction. Each year, the Dimoitou jury, 10 children aged 8-11, picks-up the winning author among a selection of 5 novels. The finalist are invited to the Le Mans Book Fair (25e Heure du Livre) where the winner is announced. This year finalists were Jean-Claude Mourlevat (Gallimard jeunesse ) , Luc Blanvillain (L’école des loisirs), Glwadys Constant (Rouergue), Ingrid Thobois (Sarbacane) and Yours Truly (Winner!) It was an amazing experience, and the jury was just awesome. After winning the Dimoitou, I got to spend some time with them and answer their questions about The Goolz Next Door and writing spooky stories in general. Angelique, one of the jurors, asked me: "Are you always going to write scary stories? I like them, but, sometimes, when I sleep at my Grandma's, they terrify me. " "The best way to deal with the monster un...