Adrienne Kress

Adrienne Kress, a Canadian writer and actress, has built her career mainly in children's and young adult fiction. Her books for younger readers include Alex and the Ironic Gentleman and Timothy and the Dragon's Gate, plus the young adult novels The Friday Society and Outcast. The Heart of Hawick Children's Book Award went to Alex and the Ironic Gentleman, which was nominated for Canada's Red Cedar, while Timothy and the Dragon's Gate earned nominations for the Audie and the Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award. She opened The Explorers series with The Door in the Alley and wrote Hatter Madigan: Ghost in the H.A.T.B.O.X. with Frank Beddor. Later novels were tied to the Bendy and the Ink Machine games, and she co-wrote the interactive Five Nights at Freddy's: Return to the Pit with Scott Cawthon. Rights to Alex and the Ironic Gentleman were bought by The Weinstein Company, and Disney is adapting The Explorers with Michael De Luca as producer.