The Gordon Korman author visit begins with a presentation on how he wrote his first novel when he was only twelve. This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall was published by Scholastic when he was fourteen. He also talks about researching, brainstorming, developing characters, dialogue, rewriting and revision, and of course, humor. Over the years, he has written adventure, suspense, mystery, historical fiction, short stories, teen books, and the multi-author 39 CLUES series.