Fiction Writing
G. P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Group published Pitchford's first Young Adult novel, The Big One-Oh, in March, 2007, and Random House’s Listening Library released the audiobook (read by Pitchford) in January 2008. That recording received a 2008 Grammy nomination in the category of Best Spoken Word Album for Children. Pitchford's second novel, Captain Nobody, was published by G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Group and released on audiobook by Random House in summer, 2009; that recording received a 2009 nomination in the same Grammy category. Putnam/Penguin will publish Pitchford's third novel, "Nickel Bay Nick," in 2013.
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