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Random House has helpfully posted an excerpt of TMV.
3/28/10
Work Series marathon at Bijou Theatre, Iowa City: Sheriff, Musician, and Professor, with DK and Jay Holstein live.
3/13/10
DK appearing at LitWorks Festival.
3/3, 3/5, 3/6/10
Professor world premiere at the Cinequest Film Festival.
1/5/09
TMV part of Encore's book club.
12/22/09
MOVIELINE names Musician one of the 7 overlooked masterpieces of the decade!
11/26/09
Gapers Block: "In a wonderfully told adventure tale, murder mystery and coming of age story, Kraus deftly bridges that dark chasm between childhood and adulthood."
11/25/09
Get the TMV iPhone app!
11/21/09
DK on YA panel at the Open Books grand opening.
11/20/09
DK reading (with Jessica Hopper, James Kennedy, Stephanie Kuehnert, & Adam Selzer), 7:30 @ BookMarket.
11/4/09
School Library Journal: "In a clear, but expressive style, Kraus offers readers brutality, death, anger, lies, and a monster in a box."
10/31/09
DK on two panels at the ISLMA Conference.
10/23, 10/24
DK making hometown stop in Fairfield, IA!
10/13/09
Book Obsession interview, Opinionated? Me? review.
9/30/09
DK presenting Francis Ford Iowa at The Goat Show in Chicago.
9/26/09
DK appearing on Local Treasures Panels at 2009 Young Adult Conference.
9/24/09
DK and Ken Vandermark discussing Musician at Flashpoint Academy, 3:30pm.
8/26/09
Iron & Wine to Tony Danza: a TMV playlist via Largehearted Boy.
8/24/09
Publisher's Weekly: "Delivers a moving story and points to a huge amount of potential for the author."
8/21/09
Onion AV Club: "Kraus shows a rare skill."
8/19/09
Authors Now interview, Cynsations interview, Book Fetish review.
8/15/09
ALA video interview with DK.
8/14/09
Well put: "a pre-teen Heart of Darkness," & "captures the essence of summer."
8/06/09
Time Out Chicago interviews DK.
7/30/09
Publisher's Weekly hypes the Aug. 26 release party.
7/28/09
"Chilling debut novel." -Book Page
7/13/09
DK will be reading from TMV at 3pm at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.
6/16/09
Booklist runs their feature interview with DK.
5/23/09
DK will be part of Chicago's Pilcrow Lit Fest at 2pm.
4/5/09
DK will be part of the Documentary panel at the IFP Chicago Documentary Producers Series.
2/21/09
DK will be signing advance copies at the 7th Annual Children's Literature Breakfast.