BENJAMIN PERCY  
 

 

Ben's profile of John Irving will appear in the April 23rd issue of TIME magazine.

Ben -- and his sister Jennifer Percy -- have both been named 2012 NEA fellows.

Ben is adapting his novel The Wilding into a screenplay for director Guillermo Arriaga (Babel, 21 Grams)

A profile of Ben recently appeared in The Oregonian.

The Wilding wins the 2011 Society of Midlands Authors Award for Fiction

The Gotham Group buys film rights to Red Moon. Click here to read the article in Variety.

Ben is excited to report that he has sold his next novel, Red Moon, to Grand Central / Hachette, where he will be working with editor Helen Atsma.

The Wilding received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. "A contemporary Deliverance."

Ben scaled and hammocked the night in a 250-ft old growth Douglas fir. His article "Taking Tree-Hugging to New Heights" was featured in the October 9, 2010 edition of The Wall Street Journal. Click here to read.

Click here to read Ben's article "Home Improvement: Revision as Renovation" from Poets & Writers magazine.

USA Today has listed the illustrated adaptation of Refresh, Refresh as one of the top ten comics/graphic novels of the year.

Dodge dropped off a one-ton Ram at Ben's house. He writes about the experience in the Esquire. Click here to read the article.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRAPHIC NOVELS


 

Refresh, Refresh: The Graphic Novel

Publisher: First, Second Books

Author and Artist: Danica Novgorodoff

One of the top 10 comics / graphic novels of 2009 - USA Today

Listed as one of the Top 100 "Notables" in Best American Nonrequired Reading, 2010, ed. Dave Eggers

Order it now on Amazon.com

Translated into French and published by Casterman 

A Library Media Connection ‘Best of the Best’ for 2009

Named by the American Library Association (ALA) as a A Great Graphic Novel for Teens

Named by Young Adult Library Services Association (YALS) as a Great Graphic Novel


The Young Adult Round Table (YART) of the Texas Library Association (TLA) named Refresh Refresh a A Texas Maverick Graphic Novel.

 

Reviews:


In a review in the 12/09 San Francisco/Sacramento Book Review, Refresh, Refresh was described as “A great read . . . deserves high praise.”

In a review in 11/6/09 Playback:stl [click here to read it]: “A spiritual cousin to the Stephen King story ‘The Body.’”

In a review in 11/6/09 Graphic Novel Reporter: “Beautifully done.”

In a review in 11/11/09 Shelf Awareness. “Chilling.”