Hey folks! As I’ve already mentioned, my third book The Burial Tide is due to hit shelves in Spring of next year. BUT! I can now reveal that my FOURTH book will also be released at around the same time!
That’s right! There will be twin Sharpson book babies in the new year. So what’s the newest addition about? Well, after starting out with a hard-boiled sci-fi/spy-thriller and two Celtic mythology influenceD horror novels, I’ve decided the next step in my writing career will be…a picture book about fish for kids aged three to seven.
Don’t Trust Fish will be published by Penguin Dial in the US, Andersen Press in the UK and Ireland and Penguin Australia in Kazakhstan *checks notes* I mean Australia and New Zealand.
Oh, and it’s illustrated by DAN FREAKING SANTAT, #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR AND WINNER OF A FRICKETY FRUCKETY CALDECOTT MEDAL.
Dude. Is. Legit.
Anyway, this is something I’ve been sitting on since the Pandemic and I cannot tell you how happy and proud and excited I am to finally get this out in the world.
More news to come!
MOUSE OUT.
unshavedmouse 
Don’t trust fish?
But I love fish. Fish are delicious. If I can’t trust in the deliciousness of fish, what can I trust? Who can I trust?
I don’t like where this is going, Mouse. Please go back to your mythology inspired horror stories.
All I can think of is your jokes about a fish book in your Watership Down review.
Our cup runneth over with Sharpson. And I just cleaned the carpet too, that’s never gonna come out.
Seriously though, congrats. Your first two books were delights, so I’m definitely looking forward to number three, and will be sure to take a look at this no doubt passionately argued case for ichthyophobia as well.
Thanks dude.
I’m glad that you are writing a picture book. It sometimes feels like people inherently consider picture books to be inferior to adult novels, so I am glad you have decided to write both.