Frank grew up a ski champion in Excelsior, MN but now resides in Los Angeles where he has been a film producer (There's Something About Mary), and a stunt man before he began writing novels for teens. He is currently CEO of Automatic Pictures, a film, television and interactive game production company.
His Looking Glass Wars trilogy takes the classic 19th century children's tale of Alice in Wonderland off into a truly unexpected literary territory – the battlefields of epic fantasy. The fantasy-based intrigue and dimension-hopping may remind some readers of another little-girl trilogy, His Dark Materials, but there's also a sci-fi layer over the tale that syncs up with the The Matrix, a different story with key touches of Carroll imagery. The Looking Glass Wars unabashedly challenges our Wonderland assumptions of mad tea parties, sleepy dormice, and a curious little blonde girl to reveal an epic battle in the endless war for Imagination. On Wednesday, October 6, come and meet the author who created the heroic, passionate, monstrous, vengeful denizens of this parallel world as they battle each other with AD-52's and orb generators, navigate the Crystal Continuum, bet on jabberwock fights and travel across the Chessboard Desert. He'll be at the Robert Trail Library from 3:00-4:30 p.m., and the Galaxie Library from 7:00-8:15 p.m.
Call 651-450-2941 for more information.
