The powerHouse Arena is thrilled to invite you to the paperback release party for:
The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To
by DC Pierson
Wednesday, February 17, 7–9PM
powerHouse Arena · 37 Main Street (corner of Water & Main St.) · DUMBO, Brooklyn
For more information, please call 718.666.3049
RSVP: rsvp@powerHouseArena.com
This geeky coming-of-age novel is a wildly original and hilarious debut about the unintended consequences of big imaginations. Rising-star comic, blogger, writer, and actor DC Pierson will be here to sign and speak about the book on the occasion of its paperback release, and making his only NYC appearance on the tour. Refreshments will be provided.
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About The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To:
It's a high school novel; it's sci-fi; it's a paranoid conspiracy race/chase thriller; it's pure fun. When Darren Bennett meets Eric Lederer, there's an instant connection. They share a love of drawing and the bottom rung on the high school social ladder. These things (combined with absentee parents, Darren's evil older brother, and a pathological fear of girls) drive them toward an ambitious project: a comic book that evolves into a series of graphic novels that become a movie trilogy, all before they even put pen to paper. Then Eric reveals a secret—he doesn't sleep. Ever. Instead, at night, he masters video games, geeks out on obscure Brazilian music, and suffers, occasionally, from violent hallucinations. When word leaks out, he and Darren suddenly find themselves on the run from mysterious forces. Is it the government trying to tap into Eric's mind? Or is there something else Eric hasn't told Darren, like the possibility that he has willed one of their creations to life, and now it is hunting them down?
About DC Pierson:
DC Pierson was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona and moved to New York to go to school. He graduated from the Dramatic Writing department of NYU in the spring of 2007 with a degree in writing for television. He was a member of Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz, and directed or co-directed their college arm, Hammerkatz NYU, for three years. He performed in and directed many shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York. He publishes short stories, poems, and un-asked-for opinions on his website, dcpierson.com. DC is also starring in the Sundance-favorite, Mystery Team with his comedy troupe Derrick Comedy this fall.
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