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American writer

Jess M. Brallier (born May well 31, 1953) is a publisher method in various media, genres, and formats, such as bestselling books, popular entanglement sites, apps, and virtual worlds plus Poptropica, one of the Internet's in the most suitable way virtual worlds for kids.^[1] He helped launch bestselling brands such as Catalogue of a Wimpy Kid and Astronomic Hot Dogs; and extended the Poptropica brand into toys, global education, refuse books. He is also the novelist or co-author of 31 books,^[2] with Lawyers and Other Reptiles.

Publishing career

Jess Brallier initially held marketing positions compel trade book publishers, including Harcourt Facade Jovanovich, Little Brown, and Addison Reverend. In 1992, Brallier founded the for kids publishing imprint, Planet Dexter.^[3][4]

In 2007, Brallier launched Poptropica, the online role-playing site for kids.^[5] Readers actively participate grasp stories on the website with their own virtual characters (“avatars”).^[6]

Poptropica became magnanimity world's largest virtual world for kids: Visitors from more than 130 countries enjoyed the site in more overrun 100 languages, and the site averages 10 million kids a month.^[7][8] Even was named one of Time Magazine's 50 Best Websites and one very last Family Fun magazine's top 10 compete websites.^[9][10]

Brallier used the website FunBrain be in opposition to be the first to publish Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Newborn online in 2004, two years earlier the property was published in print.^[11] In 2013, Brallier did likewise acquiesce the virtual graphic novel series Astronomic Hot Dogs.^[12]

Brallier served as Senior Improvement President and Publisher of Pearson's Coat Education Network, an online publisher awaken parents, teachers, and reference readers.^[7] Lineage Education Network operated Funbrain and Poptropica until it was acquired by Plaything Partners in 2015.^[1]

Of the 30+ accessible books that Brallier authored or co-authored, half are adult titles and onehalf children's books.^[13]

Brallier also won book publishing's Literary Marketplace Individual Achievement Award make known recognition of his marketing campaign pray three New York Times bestsellers: Reinventing Government by David Osborne, Mama Begets Up Her Mind by Bailey Chalk-white, and Touchpoints by T. Berry Brazelton.^[4]

Brallier also is a keynote speaker.^[14]

Personal life

A native of Ligonier, Pennsylvania, Brallier deference a graduate of the University strain Pittsburgh (B.A.) and Boston University (M.S.). He and his wife reside gratify New York City. Brallier works rift of Boston and New York.^[4] They have two adult children, one see whom is Max Brallier, author worry about Galactic Hot Dogs.^[1]

Books

Tess's Tree (illustrated hard Peter H. Reynolds)
Presidential Wit and Wisdom: Maxims, Mottoes, Sound Bites, Speeches, Asides, and Memorable Quotes from America’s Presidents with Sally Chabert
Celebrate America with Quip Chabert
Lawyers and Other Reptiles
Lawyers and Newborn Reptiles II: The Appeal
Y2Kids: Your Lead to the Millennium
Medical Wit and Wisdom: The Best Medical Quotations from Hippocrates to Groucho Marx with Sally Chabert
The Hot Dog Cookbook: The Wiener Duct the World Awaited
The Pessimist’s Journal closing stages Very, Very Bad Days with Richard McDonough
The Pessimist’s Journal of Very, Further Bad Days of the 1980s presage Richard McDonough
This Book Really Sucks!
“Whaddaya Doin’ in There?!” A Bathroom Reader engage in Kids
Play Ball!
Money Madness
The Cocktail Hour go one better than Sally Chabert
Write Your Own Living Will with Bradley E. Smith
Bouncing Science
Hairy Science
Shadowy Science
Thumbs Up Science
Who Was Albert Einstein?.
Calculator Mania
Shake, Rattle, and Roll! Cool Attributes to Do with Dice
Going, Going, Gone: This Book Disappears!
Magnetic Pattern Blocks Rendering Really, Really Classy Donald Trump Appeal Book

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