Hey! When did authors go from being faceless loners to self-promoting public figures with state-of-the-art websites, publicists, blogs, twitter, billboards, and (coming soon, no doubt) skywriting?  Maybe it all started with Mark Twain, but things have gotten a lot more intense in recent years, and this may well be the source of my identity crisis.
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Road Tripped is coming on May 14th.

You could say that this is the story of a self-centered, unsympathetic, somewhat anomic teen who gets dope-slapped into a state of begrudging awareness. Or you could say it is a hopeful exploration of the grieving process. Either way, I think it’s a story that will resonate with teens, and mostly horrify their parents. You have been warned.

Here's the review from Publishers Weekly:

Stiggy, 17, has a lot of questions about why his girlfriend, Gaia, dumped him, and why his father committed suicide, and he’s not finding any answers in his Minnesota suburb. Wanting to think about “other things—or better yet, not think at all,” he impulsively embarks on a road trip in his father’s Mustang (which he isn’t supposed to drive), carrying little more than $407 in cash and a Visa card stolen from his mother. He has no idea where he’s going or how long he’ll be gone, but he’s ready to explore new territory as he heads through the Midwest. This story, enlivened by witty dialogue and offbeat characters, contains flashbacks set against Stiggy’s often hilarious, sometimes profound encounters with strangers. Hautman paints a true-to-life portrait of a bitter, cynical teen who undergoes a gradual transformation as he makes discoveries about Gaia, his father, and himself. Stiggy’s many mishaps (being left carless after falling for a lie, getting cornered into buying meth supplies) provide comic relief, while his epiphanies offer food for thought. 

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​Slider: Still Delicious!​

Edgar Award winner! Still Spooky!

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LA Times 
Book Prize!

READ THE DAVID LEVITHAN/PETE HAUTMAN INTERVIEW ABOUT THE BIG CRUNCH HERE.

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​A Romantic Comedy About Plagiarism?
Oh yeah.

Lita is the anonymous blogger with anger issues. Adam, her insufferably optimistic best friend, is the budding author. Some funny things happen on the way to publication. 

Click on the question mark to visit Lita's secret blog.

Click here to see reviews.


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​GINGER IS BACK!

Ginger Crump and her fiancé-to-be Billy are back in another near-future (tomorrow!) adventure set in Flinkwater, Iowa, home of the world’s largest robot manufacturer.
 
Ginger is fourteen now, and she figures she can handle anything. After all, she’s dealt with sasquatches, zombies, talking monkeys, computer-induced comas, and other everyday oddities. So when folks in Flinkwater begin to lose their memories she figures it’s no big deal…until her own boyfriend forgets who she is.
 
To make matters worse, a mysterious censor has hacked every single digital copy of Charlotte’s Web by taking out all the talking animals and replacing them with human characters—and Ginger is only halfway done with the book! Will Ginger be forced to read a book printed on pulverized dead trees? And where will she find such a thing in futuristic, digitalized Flinkwater?
 
Will Billy ever remember her? Will she ever find out what happens to Charlotte and Wilbur? What will happen when Ginger herself comes face to face with the Forgetting Machine?
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​Click here for the BEST BOOK VIDEO EVER! I am not kidding. This is great!

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​Meanwhile, in Montana, 
the world is about to end...

Check out these starred reviews from 
School Library Journal and Booklist.

Read sample chapters here.

Buy the book.

Below is an unboxing video the like of which you've never seen before. My publisher has a wicked sense of humor. Fortunately, I had a chainsaw.

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The Klaatu Diskos Time-Travel Trilogy
— now in paperback --

CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE KLAATU DISKOS WEBSITE.


The full trilogy is now available, pyramids, nanobots, and time traveling maggots included. Click here to see the Obsidian Blade video. Check out the Cydonian Pyramid video, too. And the two videos for The Klaatu Terminus.


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School Visits & Skypes

Yes, I do school visits, in person or via Skype. Lots of them. If I didnt, how would I meet my readers? 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

Yes, I Tweet...

...occasionally.

Follow @petehautman

I'm on Facebook, too.

Click here to visit my Facebook page.

I have a blog...

...where I talk about things like cooking, writing, and mushrooms. Click!

And two dogs.

This is Gaston

And this is Baudelaire