Frankenwalnut Press Kit
CONTACT INFORMATION & BIO
Don Hicks
- don@multiverseinvestments.com
- +1 (734) 678-0462
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/donald-hicks-35575b
Alex Hicks
Katherine Rasmussen (Illustrator)
- katherinerasmussenart@gmail.com
- http://www.katherinerasmussen.com
- https://www.instagram.com/katherinerasmussen
About Authors Don and Alex Hicks
Don Hicks is an author, inventor, musician, and father to three children who don’t like to go to bed early.
Alex Hicks is a boy who loves all things Halloween, scary stories, soccer, and staying up late.
The one thing that could get Alex to stay in bed and get some sleep is an original story. Over the course of several years, Alex would ask for a new story each night. Every evening, Don would create the next chapter of an adventure. Out of this bedtime collaboration, the adventures of Frankenwalnut, Cassius Cashew, inside and beyond the village of Walnuttia, came to life.
Don and Alex live with their family, mother and wife Anaïs, and daughters and siblings Maddie and Chloé, in places as magical as the world they created, whether in Paris, Key West, or Ann Arbor, Michigan.
About Illustrator Kat Rasmussen
Kat Rasmussen, like Frankenwalnut and Cassius Cashew, grew up an adventurer, not in the Crumbly Castle, but in the woods of Southern Norway.
In 2012, she moved to the United States, where she studied design and visual storytelling at Watts Atelier of the Arts and Brainstorm School. During this time, she met her husband Kevin Fleeman, a concept artist.
The couple, who live in Austin, Texas, share a love of illustration, gaming, and their corgi and Instagram star (@lubythecorgi) Luby Lu. Also an adventurer, Luby enjoys holidays, fighting with water, and being a wigglebutt.
- Title: Frankenwalnut
- Authors: Don and Alex Hicks
- Illustrator: Katherine Rasmussen
- Publication Date: October 2023
- Available at: Amazon
- ISBN13: 9798218265519
- Retail price: $19.99
- Page Count: 100
- Genre: Fiction, Children’s, Picture Books, Middle Grade
PAST MEDIA:
- October 23rd, Michigan Daily: https://www.michigandaily.com/news/ann-arbor/author-don-hicks-hosts-a-halloween-themed-book-launch-for-his-childrens-book-frankenwalnut/
- October 30th, MLive: https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2023/10/father-turns-bedtime-stories-he-told-his-son-into-frankenwalnut-book.html
- Lucy Ann Lance Show (radio): https://www.lucyannlance.com/audio/110623/msaa.mp3
Don Hicks Headshot. Click to download
Katherine Rasmussen Headshot. Click to download
Don Hicks (left) and Alex Hicks (right). Click to download
