My name is Rob Kent (he/him). I host the Middle Grade Ninja Podcast and I'm the author of the middle grade novels Rob Worm's Bird Adventure, Goodbye to Grandma, Banneker Bones and the Giant Robot Bees, Banneker Bones and the Alligator People and Banneker Bones and the Cyborg Conspiracy.
Under the super-secret pen name Robert Kent, I write horror stories for older readers. I'm the author of the young adult novel All Together Now: A Zombie Story, the serial horror novel for adults, The Book of David, and the novellas All Right Now: A Short Zombie Story and Pizza Delivery.
I hold a Bachelor of Arts in English from Indiana University and I live in Indianapolis, Indiana where I teach classes at the Indiana Writers Center.
I have an out-of-all-reasonable-proportion love for Batman and videogames, an out-of-all-reasonable-proportion hatred for the writer Ayn Rand, I'm married to the most wonderful woman in the world, and we're raising a little boy who also likes Batman.
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Rob Kent (he/him) is the author of the middle grade novels Rob Worm's Bird Adventure, Banneker Bones and the Giant Robot Bees, Banneker Bones and the Alligator People, Banneker Bones and the Cyborg Conspiracy, Jim’s Monster, and Goodbye to Grandma.
He runs the popular blog for writers, Middle Grade Ninja, which features interviews and guest posts from authors, literary agents, and other publishing professionals. He also hosts the Middle Grade Ninja Podcast where he interviews publishing professionals.
Under the super-secret pen name, Robert Kent, he writes novels for older readers including the young adult novel All Together Now: A Zombie Story, the serial horror novel for adults, The Book of David, and the novellas All Right Now: A Short Zombie Story and Pizza Delivery.
Rob Kent holds degrees in Literature and Creative Writing from Indiana University and owns over 900 Batman action figures. He lives with his family in Indianapolis where he teaches courses at the Indiana Writers Center and is hard at work on his next book.
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Below are some interviews and "bonus features" for each of my books:
An Interview for All Together Now: A Zombie Story at Anniki's Bookcase
An Interview for All Together Now: A Zombie Story at Creating Serenity
An Interview for All Together Now: A Zombie Story at Falling Leaflets
An Interview for All Together Now: A Zombie Story at Horror Web
An Interview for All Together Now: A Zombie Story at The Bibliophilic Book Blog
An Interview for All Together Now: A Zombie Story at The Bookie Monster
An Interview for All Together Now: A Zombie Story at Where Zombies Come to Read
An Interview for Banneker Bones and the Giant Robot Bees at Falling Leaflets
An Interview for The Book of David at Ginger Nuts of Horror
An Interview for Games, Brrraaains and a Head-banging Life
An Afterword for Rob Worm's Bird Adventure
An Afterword for Banneker Bones and the Giant Robot Bees Part One Part Two Part Three
Reviews, Interviews, and Guest Posts
On Diversity in Traditional Publishing
Book of the Week
A Pound of Flesh, No More, No Less: A Post About Editing
Rob or Robert (What's in a Name)?
Return to Middle Grade
Appendix
Author, Year Five
Appendix
An Afterword for All Together Now: A Zombie Story Part One Part Two Part Three
Read the First 14 Chapters
Reviews, Interviews, and Guest Posts
Thoughts on God
Book of the Week: All Together Now: A Zombie Story
Cannibalism: A Post About Editing: Part One Part Two
New Cover and Ninja Update
My Review of This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers/YA Zombie Discussion
A "Foreword" for All Right Now: A Short Zombie Story Part One Part Two
The Cannibalization of All Right Now
Cover Reveal
All Finished Now
An Open Letter to Stephen King
The Book of David: Chapter One read by Robert Kent
Reviews, Interviews, and Guest Posts
Thoughts on God
Author, Year Two
Author, Year Three
On Using Naughty Words in Fiction
On Conspiracy Theories and Flying Saucers
Funeral for a Friend (in which I discuss my failed novel)
On the Destructive Desire for Fame (And Ben Affleck)
An Afterword for Pizza Delivery
Hope Springs
The Making of My First Audiobook
Dear Robert,
ReplyDeleteI teach 6th grade Writing/Literature in an international school, and we are currently reading "Revolution is Not a Dinner Party" by Ying Chang Compestine (about a young girl's experiences in the Cultural Revolution). Think it's an extremely well-written book as a reflection on history and as a piece of literature. The students are quite wrapped with it. FYI, Cheers
Natalie
p.s. thanks for your blog! Great content :)
Dear Mr. Robert Kent,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for writing this blog! I really enjoy it. I rated you as one of the "Best Blogs by Authors" on http://zoesdailynews.blogspot.com/2016/09/best-blogs-by-authors.html. You aren't required to do anything, I just wanted to let you know!
Thanks again,
Your Reader
Hi Zoe,
DeleteGlad you dig the blog. Thanks for the recommend! Lots of great blogs on that list.
Dear Mr. Robert Kent,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy reading how people answer the 7 questions. I think some readers would really enjoy answering a special 7 questions designed for readers, replacing 'ideal client' with 'ideal agent' or 'ideal author.' I know I would!
Thanks again,
Your Reader
Hello, Mr. Kent.
ReplyDeleteI found your name on a list of Indiana authors on Mike Mullin’s website. Along with my teaching duties, I just became the librarian at my academy. I am writing in hopes that you will donate some books to our library (signed or not). We would appreciate anything you can offer. Thank you for your time. I hope to hear from you soon.
Amanda Baker
Hoosier Youth ChalleNGe Academy
10892 N. St. Rd. 140
Knightstown, IN 46148