Franklin swam onto his first lists!
A WHALE IN PARIS made it on the Scholastic 50 Magical Books for Summer List! “In this magical-realist adventure set during the Nazi occupation of Paris, a girl whose mother is lost at sea and a whale become beacons of hope.…
Summer 2018 Publications
My latest stories are below. Thank you, dear editors, for publishing my work! ONLINE “Amsterdam (online and print ) —7 micros/1 short story— in: Heavy Feather Review “Matter of Time” —micro fiction— in: New Flash Fiction Review “Breathlessness” —micro fiction— in: Moon Park…
Exactly 74 years ago
The first page of “A Whale in Paris.”
A Whale in Paris — in Paris
Yes! The Whale has arrived—and I’m in love! ♥♥♥ This is us in front of our home, and you can receive the Whale in your home, too, anywhere in the world. I hope you will all send us pictures when that…
A Whale in Paris
Synopsis Ever since the Germans became the unwelcome “guests” of Paris, Chantal and her father have gone out in the evenings to fish in the Seine. One night, hoping to catch a salmon, Chantal spies something much more special: a…
Interview: F(r)iction
—Why did I write “A Whale in Paris”? —What Dutch words are untranslatable? —What books did I read as a kid? May 2018 Rebecca Hannigan interviewed me for F(r)iction
