I Hunt Killers Neutral Mask (4 page)

After graduating from Yale with a degree in English, Lyga worked in the comic book industry before quitting to pursue his lifelong love of writing. In 2006, his first young adult novel,
The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl
, was published to rave reviews, including starred reviews from
Booklist
and
School Library Journal
.
Publishers Weekly
named Lyga a “Flying Start” in December 2006 on the strength of the debut.

His second young adult novel, Boy Toy, received starred reviews in
SLJ
,
Publishers Weekly
, and
Kirkus
.
VOYA
gave it its highest critical rating, and the
Chicago Tribune
called it “…an astounding portrayal of what it is like to be the young male victim.” His third novel,
Hero-Type
, according to
VOYA
“proves that there are still fresh ideas and new, interesting story lines to be explored in young adult literature.”

Since then, he has also written
Goth Girl Rising
(the sequel to his first novel), as well as the
Archvillain
series for middle-grade readers, the graphic novel
Mangaman
(with art by Colleen Doran), the
I Hunt Killers
series, and the (very) adult novel,
Unsoul’d.

Lyga lives and writes in New York City. His comic book collection is a lot smaller than it used to be, but is still way too big.

For more information, visit
barrylyga.com
.

If you enjoyed “Neutral Mask,” you might also enjoy these other books by Barry Lyga:

The
I Hunt Killers
Series

Jazz is the son of the world's most infamous serial killer, and for Dear Old Dad, "Take Your Son to Work Day" was year-round. Jazz has witnessed crime scenes the way cops wish they could--from the criminals' point of view.

In an effort to prove murder doesn't run in the family, Jazz joins the police in the hunt for a new serial killer. But Jazz has a secret — could he be more like his father than anyone knows?

A riveting series about a teenager trying to control his own destiny in the face of overwhelming odds.

• I Hunt Killers
  
• Game
  
• Blood of My Blood
  

• Lucky Day
  (prequel novella)
  

The Brookdale Books

Controversial. Award-winning. Critically acclaimed. From a comic book geek meeting the girl of his nightmares to a baseball star with a shameful secret to small-town politics to a girl figuring out how to be a woman, the Brookdale Books form an “unseries” of loosely linked stories that “proves that there are still fresh ideas and new, interesting story lines to be explored in young adult literature” (
VOYA
).

• The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl
  
• Boy Toy
  
• Hero-Type
  
• Goth Girl Rising
  

Unsoul’d

“That day, I had a bagel for breakfast and sold my soul to the devil. In retrospect, the bagel was probably a mistake.”

Randall Banner is thirty-five years old, a middling mid-list author who yearns for more of everything: More attention. More fame. More money. More fans.

Then, one quiet morning, he meets the devil while pounding away at his laptop at his usual coffee shop. Soon, a deal is made, a contract is signed, and Randall is on his way to fame and fortune unlike any he ever imagined.

What follows is a bawdy, hilarious, yet harrowing tale of one man, one devil, and a deal that could change the world.

"Like Nick Hornby writing an episode of
Californication
!" — Sarah Maclean, New York Times bestselling author.

Copyright © 2014 Barry Lyga LLC

All Rights Reserved

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
 

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| young black child with braids over face: Michael C. Gray/Shutterstock.com | Plaster mask isolated on black: pummyoohoo/Shutterstock.com

Cover font: Holstein (
http://www.fonthead.com
)