

I live in a world hoping that it's immersive theater and that it's David Fincher's 'The Game' and somehow someone's going to pull me aside and say, 'Quick! We need your help. I had just finished and was doing “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” Daniel Handler's series that he penned as Lemony Snicket and I recognized his ability to not only tell a very thrilling story but to be able to impart interesting sentence structure and a sense of humor and a vocabulary, so there was some education involved. “I think because I have such weird likes that kind of run all over the place, putting together a middle grade fiction series was exactly where my brain often sits. On how writing young adult novels fits into his career “Reading and literacy and literature and the tactile book has always been something that's been really important to me growing up,” he says, “and as a parent, even more so.” Interview Highlights Like the first two, “ The Magic Misfits: The Minor Third” is packed with intrigue, villains, magic and friendship between rag-tag, tween-aged protagonists.


The third novel in his “Magic Misfits” series hit the shelves this month. Now, over the course of three books, Harris has been sharing his love of magic with young adult readers. He’d save up his allowance, head to the store, and stock up on cards and tricks.Įver since then, he’s been going out of his way to “produce, promote, attend and shine the spotlight onto magic and magicians.” He says growing up in New Mexico, he was “smitten” by his local magic shop, Fool’s Paradise. Neil Patrick Harris is an actor, singer, producer, writer, father, husband and … magician?Ĭome to find out, Harris has a couple tricks up his sleeve. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) This article is more than 3 years old. "The Magic Misfits - The Minor Third," by Neil Patrick Harris.
