Hey there, it’s K.A. Holt. Thanks for coming to my site to check things out.

My newest book, BRAINS FOR LUNCH was released from Neal Porter Books at Roaring Brook Press, in August 2010. I am SO STOKED. It’s about a zombie named Loeb, and the trouble he’s having fitting into a school full of chupacabras (and lifers), finding a girlfriend, and not having his bodyparts fall off all over the hallways.

BRAINS FOR LUNCH is written entirely in haiku - like a epic poem in zombie-speak. Booklist says, “Teachers preparing to introduce their classes to haiku are bound to welcome this outrageous effort.... A funny, irreverent, and unconventional verse offering that’s sure to find wide curricular appeal.” Read more here. Here’s School Library Journal’s take. And here’s the Publisher’s Weekly starred review.

I’m also SO excited to introduce you to Mike Stellar from MIKE STELLAR: NERVES OF STEEL (out in Yearling paperback). He’s a crazy kid with a crazy life - but you know what? Even with all of the running from bad guys, spying on his parents, space-walking (!) and everything else he gets into, he’s just a kid like you.

Homework, sister problems, friends getting him in trouble... Mike is a regular dude. He just happens to live on a spaceship. With his parents. Who might be trying to crash the ship.

And you think you’re distracted doing your homework!

Mike Stellar: Nerves of Steel is one of Random House’s Fresh Fiction from New Voices books for Summer 2009, and it was chosen as a Great Summer Read for Tweens on scholastic.com.

Take a look around the site to learn more about me (including why it’s a-ok to have a messy desk). I have a blog you can read to keep up-to-date on everything Mike related (and me-related). plus there will be some surprises here and there, so check back often!