Once Upon a Zombie: Book One: The Color of Fear - Hardcover

Billy Phillips is a multi-award-winning bestselling author, creative producer and part time lecturer. He has ghost-written thirteen best selling non-fiction books, some of which surpassed a million copies sold. The award-wining middle-grade/YA novel Once Upon a Zombie is his fiction debut under his own name. His licensing company, The Toon Studio, owns one of the largest vintage collection of fairy tale books and character art in the world.

Jenny Nissenson is an award-winning writer, producer and entertainer. She has written for Nickelodeon and lives in Hollywood, California with 1009 puppets and her twenty-five year old pet tortoise.

Biography

Billy Phillips was born in Toronto, Canada and moved his wife and four children to Los Angeles in 1994.

He is an award-winning, bestselling author, produce, and lecturer who wanted to address the social anxieties and phobias that afflict young people.

He has been ghostwriting for the last fifteen years, and his books have sold millions of copies. Once Upon a Zombie is his fiction debut under his own name.

When one of his children suggested he write a zombie book under his own name, Billy conceived the idea of merging the iconic fairy tale characters with the zombie phenomena.

Zombie Cinderella and friends were born!

The book has garnered rave reviews and recognition including being named the Best Pre Teen Book by the National Indie Excellence Awards, the Purple Dragonfly Award for Best Young Adult (YA) Fiction, a double winner at the Beverly Hills International Book Awards for Best Juvenile Fiction and Best Cover Fiction. The book was just nominated and named a double Finalist and a double Medal Winner at the upcoming FAPA President's Awards Banquet being held at the Walt Disney Resort in Orlando in August 2016.

Billy had the privilege of lecturing at NASA, at the Kennedy Space Center, on the subject of science, physics and spirituality, sharing compelling ideas which he interweaves in his novels.
In his multi-award-winning YA fantasy novel Once Upon a Zombie, Billy envisioned the zombies as a metaphor for all those relentless negative thoughts and paralyzing fears that try to swallow us whole. The fairy tale characters are metaphor for what middle graders and young adults aspire to be. And though his breathless fantasy novel plays out in an otherworldly universe, the underlying message in this award-winning YA series is really about that unseen zombie inside all of us!

“A fast, fun read that’s undeniably cool...powered by a fast-paced action-pack narrative...this story will surely delight readers of all ages...features our beloved characters in a decidedly darker tone.” (Kirks Reviews)

"Memorable cameos and characters...a fun mashup." (Publishers Weekly)

"...freaking epic!!""Perfect!""I already can't wait for book two!" (Five Star Review Goodreads)

"First, wow what a beautiful book cover..." "This book is definitely for a younger audience around the age 10-15 but I'm 22 and really loved it...""The story was fast paced and flowed very nicely with some awesome twists...""I loved all the characters..." (Five Star Review Goodreads)

"The plot is also well-crafted, with several plot twists.""What I loved about the book are the characters. Each of them has distinctive characteristics and a volume that makes them real." (Four Star Review Goodreads)

"An intriguing and original story. There's a lot to like here...Modern, Fun...Engaging...Witty...The imagination at work is wonderful." (The Children's Book Review)

"Intriguing, exciting and fun." (Bookbite Reviews)

"This wise and witty take on a famous classic will delight both zombie fans and lovers of Lewis Carroll's imagination and humor...a gripping and involving story." (Jenny Woolf, author of The Mystery of Lewis Carroll)

"An imaginative and exciting blend of modern teen life and beloved fairy tales gone awry." (Diana Winston, Director of Mindfulness Education UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center)

"Compassionate...Humorous...Written with gusto and sensitivity." (Jack Zipes, Professor of Comparative Literature and former editor-in-chief of the Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Guggenheim & Fulbright Fellow.)