avg_rating: 4.09
name: Refe Tuma
about: Refe Tuma is the author of the critically-acclaimed FRANCES AND THE MONSTER, which Kirkus Reviews calls "A fast-paced and remarkably original tale" with "a truly shocking finale," and received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly. Available in Hardcover, ebook, and audiobook from HarperCollins. The epic sequel FRANCES AND THE WEREWOLVES OF THE BLACK FOREST hits shelves 8/22/23 and is available for preorder now!Refe is also the co-creator of Dinovember and the WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID picture book series, including WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID LAST NIGHT, named a Best Children’s Book of the Year with Honors by Bank Street College. Since 2013, his Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominated short stories and essays have appeared in all sorts of Refe Tuma is the author of the critically-acclaimed FRANCES AND THE MONSTER, which Kirkus Reviews calls "A fast-paced and remarkably original tale" with "a truly shocking finale," and received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly. Available in Hardcover, ebook, and audiobook from HarperCollins. The epic sequel FRANCES AND THE WEREWOLVES OF THE BLACK FOREST hits shelves 8/22/23 and is available for preorder now!Refe is also the co-creator of Dinovember and the WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID picture book series, including WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID LAST NIGHT, named a Best Children’s Book of the Year with Honors by Bank Street College. Since 2013, his Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominated short stories and essays have appeared in all sorts of places, from wonderfully obscure literary journals to the New York Times. He lives with his family and his dog Boris in Crystal Lake, IL. Oh, and it’s pronounced ‘reef.’ ...more