the Empire (book and lyrics by JNM; songs by Malcolm Hillgartner) premiered at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Wisconsin on November 14, 2009. Awards Burbank International Children's Film Festival 2001: Best Drama- “The Ruby Princess Runs Away” Parent’s choice 2001: Non-Fiction Silver Honor- "I’m Counting to Ten…" Audiofile Earphones award: Malcolm Hillgartner's narration of "Cheever: a Life" by Blake Bailey Book Series Bad News Ballet (Scholastic) Drat! We're Rats!, original title, The Terrible Tryouts (1989, ) Battle of the Bunheads (1989, ) Stupid Cupids (1989, ) Who Framed Mary Bubnik? (1989, ) Blubberina (1989, ) Save D.A.D. (1990, ) Camp Clodhopper (1990, ) The King and Us (1990, ) Boo Who? (1991, ) A Dog Named Toeshoe (1990, ) Hart & Soul (Bantam Books) Kill the Story (September, 1989, ) Play Dead (September, 1989, ) Speak No Evil (July, 1990, ) Get the Picture (August, 1990, ) Too Hot to Handle (July, 1991, ) Signed, Sealed, Delivered (July, 1991, ) House of Fear (September, 1991, ) Run for Your Life (September, 1991, ) Rock ‘N Rebels (Bantam Books) Makin' the Grade (1991, ) Sticking Together (1991, ) Rebel Angels, with Laura Young (HarperCollins) Rebel Angels (1996, ) Winging It (1996, ) Fly Away Home (1996, ) Cloud Nine (1996, ) The Jewel Kingdom (Scholastic) The Ruby Princess Runs Away (1997, ) The Sapphire Princess Meets a Monster (1997, ) The Emerald Princess Plays a Trick (1997, ) The Diamond Princess Saves the Day (1997, ) The Ruby Princess Sees a Ghost (1998, ) The Sapphire Princess Hunts for Treasure (1998, ) The Emerald Princess Finds a Fairy (1998, ) The Diamond Princess and the Magic Ball (1998, ) The Ruby Princess and the Baby Dragon (1998, ) The Sapphire Princess Helps a Mermaid (1999, ) The Emerald Princess Follows a Unicorn (1999, ) The Diamond Princess Steps through the Mirror (1999, ) Super Special #1: The Jewel Princesses and the Missing Crown (1998, ) The Strange Museum of Lost and Found (Hooked on Phonics—Master Reader) The Midnight Ride (2003, ) Pirate’s Revenge (2003, ) Men in Green (2003, ) The Royal Switch (2003, ) Love Letters (Simon Pulse) Perfect Strangers (2005, ) Mixed Messages (2005, ) The Write Stuff (2005, ) Message in a Bottle (2005, ) Selected Single Titles Scared Stiff (Scholastic: 1991, ) Scared To Death (Scholastic: 1991, ) The Slime That Ate Crestview (Scholastic: 1992, ) Freak Show