Vivian Vande Velde writes funny and spooky stories and novels for children and teens. Some of her best collections include
Being Dead: Seven stories that are all wonderful and range from gently creepy to out-and-out horror. One story made me gasp aloud. The stories are definitely dark, but very good.
All Hallow's Eve, wonderfully weird Halloween short stories by the mistress of horror and humor for young adults. Some of the stories are genuinely chilling, some are lighter and funny, but all are delightful. Two of her best YA novels include
Heir Apparent, where a girl gets trapped in a virtual reality game and has to replay the game until she can win and escape, and
Now You See It. Wendy finds a pair of sunglasses on her front lawn and finds that she can see things beyond the normal world, including a doorway to another world, where she meets a variety of interesting characters including one of her own ancestors. See also
The Rumpelstiltskin Problem and
Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird under Fairy Tales Retold.
