Matt Costello
     
 
Novels and Other Books

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Penguin published Matt’s latest suspense novel last year, Missing Monday, recently optioned for television. His early acclaimed horror novel Beneath Still Waters, filmed by Lions Gate and Filmax, has been released world-wide on DVD and had its cable premiere on The Sci-Fi Channel. His novel, Out of Time, has been optioned by Electric Entertainment (‘The Patriot’, ‘Independence Day’). Worlds on Fire, the first novel in his Doom 3 trilogy, was released in early 2008.

The Island of the Skull (Pocket Books), an original prequel to Peter Jackson’s ‘King Kong’, was released in 2005. Berkley released his first ‘Shane Christopher’ thriller, In Dreams, in September 2006.

 

King Kong      Eistein Elementary      Beneath Still Waters   

 

Matt’s children’s series The Kids of Einstein Elementary, published by Scholastic and written with Len Mlodinow, blends math and adventure. The first two books, The Last Dinosaur and The Titanic Cat, were released in 2005. Other works for children include Magic Everywhere (Random House) and The Greatest Games of All Time.

 
 

Matt's novels and non-fiction for major worldwide publishers also include:

 
 
  • The Bram Stoker Award finalist, Homecoming (Penguin Putnam)
  • Masque (Warner), optioned for film by Cruise/Wagner.
  • His 2003 novel, Unidentified, was a selection of The Literary Guild.
  • This year, Berkley Publishing released Nowhere, a sequel to 2006’s In Dreams.
  • Missing Monday named best Horror Novel of 2005 by Science Fiction Chronicle.
Missing Monday The Greatest Games Masque Magic Everywhere
     

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