Rick Yancey
Encyclopedia
Rick Yancey is an American
novelist, formerly an Internal Revenue Service
tax collector
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, which was named a Best Book for Children by Publishers Weekly
and was a finalist for the Carnegie Medal
for 2005.. The Monstrumologist
received the 2010 Michael L. Printz Award
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
novelist, formerly an Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service is the revenue service of the United States federal government. The agency is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, and is under the immediate direction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue...
tax collector
Tax collector
A tax collector is a person who collects unpaid taxes from other people or corporations. Tax collectors are often portrayed in fiction as being evil, and in the modern world share a somewhat similar stereotype to that of lawyers....
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Biography
His Alfred Kropp series begins with The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred KroppThe Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp
The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp is a story about a teenager named Alfred Kropp who helps his uncle Farrell acquire the legendary sword Excalibur....
, which was named a Best Book for Children by Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
and was a finalist for the Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal
The Carnegie Medal is a literary award established in 1936 in honour of Scottish philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and given annually to an outstanding book for children and young adults. It is awarded by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals...
for 2005.. The Monstrumologist
The Monstrumologist
The Monstrumologist is a young adult horror novel by Rick Yancey. It received the 2010 Michael L. Printz Honor Award for excellence in young adult literature.-Plot summary:Folio one...
received the 2010 Michael L. Printz Award
Michael L. Printz Award
The Michael L. Printz Award is an annual award in the United States for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a school librarian from Topeka, Kansas, who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association...
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The Highly Effective Detective
- The Highly Effective DetectiveThe Highly Effective DetectiveThe Highly Effective Detective is a mystery novel by Rick Yancey. It was released in 2006 by St. Martin's Press, receiving a starred review in Publishers Weekly and a positive review from School Library Journal....
(2006) - The Highly Effective Detective Goes to the Dogs (2008)
- The Highly Effective Detective Plays the Fool (2010)
Alfred Kropp
- The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred KroppThe Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred KroppThe Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp is a story about a teenager named Alfred Kropp who helps his uncle Farrell acquire the legendary sword Excalibur....
(2005) - Alfred Kropp: The Seal of SolomonAlfred Kropp: The Seal of SolomonAlfred Kropp: The Seal of Solomon is a young adult novel by Rick Yancey. A sequel to The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, it continues the story of Alfred Kropp, the beloved of the Archangel Michael, who is sent to retrieve the Great Seal of King Solomon who long ago used the seal to...
(2007) - Alfred Kropp: The Thirteenth SkullAlfred Kropp: The Thirteenth SkullAlfred Kropp: The Thirteenth Skull is a young adult fantasy thriller by Rick Yancey. In this novel Alfred starts realizing many things about his life and why he does things and he no longer is the bumbling overweight Alfred Kropp we meet in the first book but is becoming a grown...
(2008)
Monstrumologist
- The MonstrumologistThe MonstrumologistThe Monstrumologist is a young adult horror novel by Rick Yancey. It received the 2010 Michael L. Printz Honor Award for excellence in young adult literature.-Plot summary:Folio one...
(2009) - The Curse of the Wendigo (2010)
- The Isle of Blood (2011)
Standalone novels
- A Burning in HomelandA Burning in HomelandA Burning in Homeland is the first novel by Richard Yancey. Published in 2003 by Simon & Schuster, it uses three characters to tell a story of a murder in a small town following a parsonage fire....
(2003) - Confessions of a Tax CollectorConfessions of a Tax CollectorConfessions of a Tax Collector is a non-fiction memoir by author and former Internal Revenue Service tax collector Richard Yancey. Published in 2004 by HarperCollins, the book is a memoir of the author's twelve years employed by the IRS...
(2004)