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Eric Wight
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Eric Wight

Eric Wight is an author, illustrator, and animation director. His first book, My Dead Girlfriend (Tokyopop), was nominated for the 2008 Best Graphic Novel of the Year Award by the Young Adult Library Services Association. In 2004, Wight won the Russ... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. If life was easy, I'd be out of a job.
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My life in 8 words: "Play, eat, play, eat, play, eat, play, sleep."
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Frankie Pickle and the Land of the Lost Recess will be released on July 24, 2012 in Paper Over Board, eBook
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Aug 18, 2011
Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace will be released on July 26, 2011 in Paper Over Board, eBook
Jul 26, 2011
Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace is now available in Paper Over Board, eBook
Jul 26, 2011
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Chapter 1 from Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace
Jul 21, 2011
Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom will be released on May 18, 2010 in Trade Paperback, eBook
May 18, 2010
Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
May 18, 2010
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Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom has won an award
May 05, 2010
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Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom has won an award
Apr 07, 2010
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Feb 21, 2010
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Chapter 2 from Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000
Feb 20, 2010
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Feb 11, 2010
Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000 will be released on February 09, 2010 in Paper Over Board, eBook
Feb 09, 2010

Eric Wight Revealed

Eric Wight Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. If life was easy, I'd be out of a job. Q. What’s your greatest flaw? A. Being a perfectionist. Q. What are your most overused words or phrases? A. "What's funny is that..." which is usually followed by something that isn't funny at all. Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be? A. I always wanted to learn how to play the ukulele. That way if I found myself at a really boring dinner party, I could whip it out and spice things up. Or El Kabong the host with it. Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. Batman Learn more about Eric Wight

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Zimbio, February 10, 2012
...Violet Blue. Thirdly, for a little something different, the TokyoPop graphic novel My Dead Girlfriend, Vol. 1 by Eric Wight. This little used book is not in perfect shape, but I think you will enjoy its sweetly paranormal, gleefully Gothic teen romance....
Baltimore's Child, December 15, 2011
...make this book a great choice for early chapter book readers. Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace By Eric Wight, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2011 Frankie Pickle is in a pickle. With only three days before a makeup math quiz, he...
Montgomery Media, November 8, 2011
...journey (even though I never left my Philadelphia studio).” Leading the workshop “Pictures Telling Stories” with fellow illustrator Eric Wight, Phelan will teach children how to create stories using pictures, encouraging their interests. Along with...
PublishersWeekly.com, October 6, 2011
...Lion,' Candlewick); bookseller Trish Brown; Lee Harper ('The Emperor's Cool Clothes,' Marshall Cavendish); bookseller Ellen Klein; and Eric Wight ('Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace,' S&S).Its not clear how much the changes contributed to the...
PublishersWeekly.com, September 29, 2011
...Martin Luther King Jr., signed her new book, 'My Uncle Martin's Words for America.' 'Frankie Pickle' creator Eric Wight and a young fan. Kazu Kibuishi helped usher in the first-ever graphic novel pavilion. Night fell, and the festival came to a close....
Suite101.com, September 22, 2011
...Paretsky, Esmeralda Santiago, Neal Stephenson? Graphic Novels (Sunday only): Kazu Kibuishi, Rachel Renee Russell, Allen Say, Richard Thompson, Eric Wight History & Biography: Eric Foner, Adam Goodheart, Maya Jasanoff, Justin Martin, David McCullough,...
School Library Journal, September 12, 2011
...a game. None of these things will help him study for his quiz…will they? Written and Illustrated by Eric Wight Ages 7-10; Grades 2-4 90 pages, $9.99 Wight’s Frankie Pickle series is probably the best example of a graphic novel hybrid. Wight...
The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log, September 28, 2011
...graphic novels and a bit of a comics jam with artists George O’Connor, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, and Eric Wight: SLJ Summit 2011: Reading Graphic Literature from School Library Journal on Vimeo...
teach mama, September 26, 2011
...asked by a sweet little girl from the crowd.  Tomie dePaola getting real about his favorite word:   Eric Wight (graphic novelist who wrote “The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist” and more), Tom Angleberger (“The Strange Case of Origami...
Bermudaonion's Weblog, August 6, 2011
...were helping him study since they involved real life math situations. Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace , by Eric Wight,  is an absolutely adorable middle grade graphic novel that a lot of young people will relate to.   So many young...
laugh make nurture organise play » Blog, July 18, 2011
...by Gary Paulson, Spaceheadz (Book #1) by Jon Scieszka and Frankie Pickle and The Pine Run 3000 by Eric Wight. MAKE YOUR OWN HOME LIBRARY Borrow some of Wearstler’s style know-how. Read more in LMNOP Magazine, Issue 15 . Download it now      ...
MotherReader, July 15, 2011
...attending the Kid Lit Drink Night after Book Expo America when I ran into someone I actually knew, Eric Wight of the Frankie Pickle books. He introduced me to his fellow author buddies. I did not recognize the names, but the books I knew. Aaron Starmer's...
Madigan Reads, June 19, 2011
...I've heard it described as "The Giver meets Harry Potter" Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace by Eric Wight Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing July 2011 I haven't read many of these. (They are never on the shelf!) but I like the looks of this...
MotherReader, May 30, 2011
...with Barry Lyga , Betsy Bird , and Alvina Ling . I had a long conversation with middle-grade authors Matthew Cody , Eric Wight , and Aaron Starmer who graciously kept me company on the perimeter of the very loud party. Through the night I was able to...