From the Author
Characters I Wish I Had Created:
Smeagol - The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Pantalaimon - The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Bugg & Tehole - The Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erickson
Websites of Interest
All external links will open in a new window.Interviews
Wired for Words
A video interview with J. FitzGerald McCurdy. Wired for Words is a site dedicated to providing young readers with a place to get some advice on best-reads as well as a place where you can share information about what books you recommend or read the reviews sent in by other readers.
Challenging Destiny Magazine
An interview with J. FitzGerald McCurdy.
Reviews
Biblio Travel
Biblio Travel is designed to convey the site owner's enthusiasm about books to others, as well as to let others give their thoughts about books they have enjoyed. There is a neat element to the site in that it catalogues books by geographic areas within in each book.
- The Serpent's Egg Review
- The Burning Crown Review
- The Twisted Blade Review
- The Fird Demons Review
- The Black Pyramid Review
CM Magazine
Book reviews, media reviews, news and author profiles of interest to teachers, librarians, parents and kids.
- The Serpent's Egg Review
- The Burning Crown Review
- The Fird Demons Review
Fun and Interesting Links
Canadian Children's Book Centre
A national not-for-profit organization that promotes, supports and encourages the reading, writing and illustrating of Canadian books for children and teens.
CBC for Kids
CBC's website for kids with plenty of book reviews.
The Children's Literature Web Guide
There is lots of information here on authors, books and awards.
HarperCollins Canada
My publisher.
Kiwanis
Read-a-thon
Reading for fun, reading for learning, reading for life. These are the goals of the Kiwanis Read-a-thon program.
NASA for Kids
NASA's website for kids with lots of cool space stuff.
Ottawa Public Library
Your local library has lots of books for you to read. This is the library that J. FitzGerald McCurdy uses.
SETI@home
If you want to help look for aliens then try out this link. SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a free program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data.

