Wherever Neal goes, he quickly earns a reputation as a storyteller and dynamic speaker. Currently Neal is adapting his novel Everlost as a feature film for Universal Studios. He has even tried his hand at creating Games, having developed three successful 'How to Host a Mystery' game for teens, as well as seven 'How to Host a Murder' games.Īs a screen and TV writer, Neal has written for the 'Goosebumps' and “Animorphs” TV series, and wrote the Disney Channel Original Movie “Pixel Perfect”. Neal's talents range from film directing (two short films he directed won him the coveted CINE Golden Eagle Awards) to writing music and stage plays – including book and lyrical contributions to “American Twistory,” which is currently playing in Boston.

His books have received many awards from organizations such as the International Reading Association, and the American Library Association, as well as garnering a myriad of state and local awards across the country. As a full-time writer, he claims to be his own hardest task-master, always at work creating new stories to tell. In the years since, Neal has made his mark as a successful novelist, screenwriter, and television writer. Within a year of graduating, he had his first book deal, and was hired to write a movie script. After spending his junior and senior years of high school at the American School of Mexico City, Neal went on to UC Irvine, where he made his mark on the UCI swim team, and wrote a successful humor column. Old foes and new enemies converge, and as corruption within the Scythedom spreads, Rowan and Citra begin to lose hope.Award-winning author Neal Shusterman grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he began writing at an early age. As Scythe Anastasia, Citra gleans with compassion and openly challenges the ideals of the 'new order.' But when her life is threatened and her methods questioned, it becomes clear that not everyone is open to the change. His story is told in whispers across the continent.

Since then, he has become an urban legend, a vigilante snuffing out corrupt scythes in a trial by fire. A year has passed since Rowan had gone off grid. The Thunderhead is the perfect ruler of a perfect world, but it has no control over the scythedom. 'Intelligent and entertaining.' - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) 'Even better than the first book.' - School Library Journal (starred review) Rowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the Scythedom, putting them at odds, in the chilling sequel to the Printz Honor Book Scythe from New York Times bestseller Neal Shusterman, author of the Unwind dystology.

The arc of a scythe