Books with author Dillon

Perfect for graduation!Zoe embraces all the wonders of our world and its infinite possibilities. "I can be anything I want to be!" she tells us, presenting herself in a range of careers. "But what if you fail?" asks a voice of doubt that attempts to undermine her confidence.Bold and sassy, Zoe swats the voice away at every turn, declaring her certainty with a charisma that will encourage us all to silence our fears. Why can't a girl grow up to be President? Zoe can! When the voice of doubt continues, Zoe knows exactly what to say: "Go away, voice... I can be anything... but first, I have to learn to read. And don't tell me I can't!" Caldecott Award-winner Diane Dillon has created a winning character who defies anything to hold her back from achieving her goals. And the key to Zoe's future success begins when Zoe defiantly opens her book, making it clear that both confidence and reading are tools we all need to make our dreams come true.

"A solid adventure with a determined heroine." Kirkus Reviews.The day after her 16th birthday, Elan Montescue, the last heir to a legacy of powerful sorcerers, leaves the ancient family Keep in the densely-forested mountains of the Riege on a mission of vengeance. Ten years earlier, Elan witnessed the cold-blooded murder of her father and brother. After narrowly escaping with Gregor, her tutor, the grieving Elan learned she is the first Riegian memory witch in a thousand years."I'm going to learn to use my powers," Elan said after a lengthy pause. "I'm going to find the men who killed Father and Willem.""Excellent!" Gregor said. "We can bring them to justice.""No," Elan said."No? What else is there to do once you've found them?"Elan shifted on the log. Her face was dirty, her smock torn, and her bright-red hair gnarled and stringy. She wore blood on her arms, and her legs were stained with mud from the tunnel and green grass from the hillock."I'm going to kill them," Elan said.Gregor's jaw dropped."One at a time," the small girl said. "Until they are all dead."Check out the second book in this magical realism trilogy! TR Dillon's The Embers of Elden" is now available on Amazon and Kindle.Caution: This story contains scenes and situations that may make a sensitive reader uncomfortable.

"An often complex and exciting fantasy . . ." Kirkus ReviewsThey should have killed six-year-old Elan Montescue – the Riege’s first memory witch in a thousand years – when they had the chance. But they missed, and ten years later Elan descended from the mountains to avenge the murders of her father and brother.Now a new threat has emerged, and Elan is summoned for a reckoning by the mother who abandoned her as a child. Beholden to a bewitched rubystone, Elan races against time to perfect her powers while keeping at bay the predators who feed in her shadows.But Elan can solve all her problems, and save the Riege, in a single stroke. All she need do is confront the kingdom’s legendary foe in the ancient rock fortress of Kartuum. And then kill him before he can kill her.The Embers of Elden is the second book in the brilliant new young adult magical realism trilogy, TR Dillon’s The Chronicles of Cloth and Crystal.

Like most girls and boys, Zoe enthusiastically embraces the wonders of our world and its infinite possibilities. "I can be anything I want to be!" she tells us, presenting herself in a range of careers. "But what if you fail?" asks a voice of doubt that attempts to undermine her confidence.Bold and sassy, Zoe swats the voice away at every turn, declaring her certainty with a charisma that will encourage us all to silence the fears projected onto us by our world. Why can't a girl grow up to be President? Zoe can! When the voice of doubt continues, Zoe knows exactly what to say: "Go away, voice... I can be anything... but first, I have to learn to read. And don't tell me I can't!" Award-winner Diane Dillon has created a winning character who defies anything to hold her back from achieving her goals. And the key to Zoe's future success begins when Zoe defiantly opens her book, making it clear that both confidence and reading are tools we all need to make our dreams come true.

For sixty years Baley has kept a secret. One that could get him killed. One that could get everybody killed.You see, Baley is an intelligent machine, a robot, an android -- what everyone calls an Inn-eye. Humans created Inn-eyes in their own image. They look and act like humans. They even die like humans, at a time set the moment they were built. When that time arrives, each Inn-eye's energy cell dies and so does the Inn-eye. And sixty years ago Baley's energy cell died.But Baley did not die.Highram Throttle is the vicious chieftain of the Kill-Them-All movement. He wants to rid the Known of the Inn-eye scourge once and for all. Throttle believes there are Inn-eyes -- maybe even just one -- who have outlived their programming. If he could find that immortal android, humans would rise up with him and kill them all.Fate has a wicked sense of humor. Registration is imposed, and every Inn-eye must return to its place of birth to verify its unique identification code. Baley is put in charge, and he reports directly to Highram Throttle. Baley could thwart Throttle's plan and save the Inn-eye species by taking his own life. But Baley doesn't want to do that.Baley wants to live.TR Dillon is a writer who lives and works in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. He can be reached at trdillon@trdillon.net.

The Hall of Brains is the last of the great stem-hosting facilities. Its more than fourteen million human brain stems produce all the energy that powers the planets inside the Boundaries. Having destroyed the other three facilities, the rogue Mendacian, Tuurtt Benedict, now turns his dark attention to the Hall of Brains. If he succeeds in destroying it, tens of billions will die horribly, and the universe will fall into ruin.Thirteen-year-old Radithorne Smith knows little about the Hall of Brains except that his parents work there. He has not yet heard of a planet called Earth. He's just emerged from a lifetime of disabling headaches. All he wants is to enjoy a life without pain. Like the other kids.Except Raddy is not like the other kids. After all, the other kids can't hear the fourteen million brain stems -- the Choir -- singing to them."I thought about Tuurtt Benedict plotting to destroy the universe as I knew it. Someone needed to stop him. I was just glad no one was expecting me to do it."Well, Raddy was right about one thing. Tuurtt Benedict was plotting to destroy the universe.The "Hall of Brains" is the first book in an exciting new science fiction series and is the debut effort of TR Dillon. The second and third books in this series, "The Boy Who Went To Earth" and "The Boy Who Unlocked The Universe," are also now available. The author may be contacted at trdillon@trdillon.net.

In America’s oldest and most haunted city, St. Augustine, Florida, teenager Jeff Golden is in trouble. Horrible dreams won’t let him sleep, and he is up to his eyeballs in terrifying, paranormal experiences. Finally, Jeff turns to his girlfriend Carla, and Lobo, the mysterious Native American shaman, for help. But what he discovers is a lot more than he bargained for.A ghostly presence linked to a local historic cemetery is not only threatening Jeff’s sanity but his life as well. And before he knows what’s happening, Jeff finds both himself and Carla pulled into one of the nastiest and most bloody events in Florida history. It is a place from which they may never escape.

An otherworldly, evil and dangerous force infests America’s oldest and most haunted city, St. Augustine, Florida. Everyone living there, or visiting, is at risk in ways too horrible to imagine. Standing between this invader and the people of St. Augustine are teenagers Jeff and Carla, the mysterious Native American shaman, Lobo, and Lyle, the homeless guy.In their quest to save themselves and all the inhabitants of this ancient Florida city, Jeff and Carla uncover lost parts of St. Augustine history, push past the limits of space and time, and come face-to-face with what they come to realize are the true walking dead.

While writing stories has always been Autumn Brody’s passion, it has nothing to do with her enrollment at the artsy Casteel Preparatory Academy. Her choice is a desperate bid for survival, both for herself and her family. In her self-imposed exile, Autumn must remain invisible – “a Chbosky wallflower” – or more blood will cling to her hands.Refusing to speak of the ghosts haunting her, Autumn soon finds that there are more reasons to fear the night than she ever dared imagine. A voice cries out in anguish through the walls. Mysterious messages appear near her feet – messages from a dead girl that Autumn sees darting into darkened corridors. And yet, the reclusive Film student she literally runs into might just be the gravest danger of all.As past horrors bleed into the present, Autumn uncovers truths long buried behind the door of room 308. Secrets that someone will kill to keep silent – someone who stalks Autumn’s every move, patiently waiting to strike…