michael scott the secrets of the immortal nicholas flamel

So how can everyone be all that different? That’s the kind of book I want in young readers’ hands these days. Michael Scott and Nicholas Flamel have shown me that, while our cultures vary, so many of our myths and legends come from similar roots. The more exciting thing, though, is the possibility that kids who read these books might become curious about the world-both our world’s history and the many different cultures (and their stories) it’s home to. It’s made the world so much smaller for me. And it’s made my travels so much more valuable. There really isn’t a country I could go to that doesn’t have some sort of tie to this series. I went to Egypt and learned about the Gods Isis, Osiris, and Anubis. In Santorini I saw the crater that the Greeks believe is where Atlantis (in the series, it’s known by it’s ancient name, Danu Talis) sank. Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. John Dee studied at Jagiellonian University in Krakow for a period of time. And then, there are the characters and locations from myths and legends from around the world. Part of this is that many of the characters in the books are actual historical figures. Not literally, but in my mind, and of course, in my heart. In those seven years I’ve traveled around the world and I’ve brought the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel with me. Now, five years to the day later, we’ll be publishing the sixth book in the series, THE ENCHANTRESS.Īs I said to someone recently, the series takes place over about seven days, but it took place over seven years of my life. THE ALCHEMYST, the first book, was published on May 22, 2007. This was the beginning of what turned into the series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. It was called THE ALCHEMYST: NICHOLAS FLAMEL.

It was actually a query letter, so it had minimal information about the book, and I asked to see more material because it looked like it could be interesting. In 2005 I received a submission in the mail from an agent I’d never worked with before. She is the editor of the bestselling series THE SECRETS OF THE IMMORTAL NICHOLAS FLAMEL by Michael Scott and she joins us to share her experience working on the series over the last seven years. Today we are excited to welcome Krista Marino, Executive Editor at Delacorte Press (an imprint of Random House Children’s Books).

Michael scott the secrets of the immortal nicholas flamel