AUTHOR

Derek The Ghost

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Derek Taylor Kent is an #1 best-selling, award-winning author and screenwriter based out Los Angeles, CA. Together with his wife, beloved children's author Sheri Fink, he created the brand Whimsical World (www.WhimsicalWorldBooks.com) that publishes books, creates whimsical experiences, and magical merchandise. His popular book series, SCARY SCHOOL (written under pen-name Derek the Ghost), won an award for “Funniest Chapter Book of 2011” by Children’s Literature Network and has become a favorite for middle-readers. Derek's bilingual picture book EL PERRO CON SOMBRERO was released August 2015 through Holt/Macmillan and was a #1 best-selling new picture book and continues to be a top-selling bilingual book. The sequel EL PERRO CON SOMBRERO MEETS LOS GATOS CON GELATOS came out in 2019, and was followed by DOGGY CLAUS/PERRO NOEL, THE GROSSEST PICTURE BOOK EVER, DINOSAUR DERBY, and MY HOMEWORK ATE MY DOG! His middle-grade novel, PRINCIPAL MIKEY came out in May 2018 and won a Silver Medal in the FAPA Awards for children's fiction and became a #1 best-seller on Amazon in its first two weeks. His new picture book, COUNTING SEA LIFE WITH THE LITTLE SEAHORSE, was co-written with his wife, #1 best-selling author Sheri Fink, and teaches kids how to count while learning about life in the ocean. Derek started writing children’s books at the age of 15. His other book series include SIMON AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM and RUDY AND THE BEAST. He toured the nation with his one-man children’s show, MICHAEL JORDAN’S MAGIC SHOES, which he wrote and performed while attending UCLA’s School of Theater. Derek the Ghost ("author" of Scary School) is an eleven-year-old ghost who haunts the classrooms and hallways of Scary School, writing down all the spine-tingling often hilarious things that go on there. Despite his ghostly state, Derek still enjoys reading comic books and hopes to one day become a master ninja. If that doesn't work out, he will continue to share the fun of this very special, very secret school, so all kids can experience the scariest school on earth. Derek the Ghost communicates through the first-time ghost whisperer Derek Taylor Kent, who is a writer and performer in Los Angeles, California.