The Thirteen Kingdoms Mystery Challenge Game!
Think you’ve got what it takes to be a detective in the Thirteen Kingdoms? In celebration of the upcoming publication of No One Leaves the Castle, we’ve decided to test your deductive skills with an interactive game. Click the button below to suit up for mystery!
BOOKS
The Hero’s Guide Series
The Lilac Mysteries
Picture Books
A Perilous Journey of Danger & Mayhem
Hello Mr. Healy, just wanted to thank you for being an author. A little over a decade ago when I was a kid, I really hated reading and I didn’t want to ever do it. Your books were a massive reason why that changed. I really don’t know who I’d be today if I’d never read them. It made me think the other day, actually, about how some people look at children’s books sometimes and say “oh, they are just children’s books.” Personally, I can’t look at books made for younger ages without thinking about how impactful they could be.
I’m going to read for the rest of my life, but I don’t think many more books are going to affect me more than those such as yours that I read at a young age. I think it’s because of books like “Hero’s Guide” that today I read books like “Brave New World.” And really, it could be that indirectly, I’m a philosophy major because of that day when I picked up your book and somehow, inexplicably, could not put it down. So thanks, and keep it up.
Wow, this is one to print out and put up on my wall. I can’t tell you how much it means to me to hear something like that. Well, actually, I can: It means a lot. I am honored by whatever little part my books might have played in creating the person you are today. And, honestly, as a Hero’s Guide fan, I’m not surprised you went into philosophy. Those are very philosophical books. Thinks of Duncan’s quote: “When facing unbeatable odds, just think of yourself as unbeatably odd.” What’s more philosophical than that? Anyway, I wish you the best on all your future endeavors. As Duncan would say, you’re the soup!
Hi! I know it’s been WAY TOO LONG since your series “A Hero’s Guide” was popular but I’ve had a question I’ve carried on ALL those years: Depicting that Duncan and Gustav can’t be the oldest, are Liam and Frederic the oldest? And if so, in my mind, is Frederic the oldest, due to him being kind of like a dad worrying about the younger ones? And if not, is it possible that Liam and Frederic are the same age, even if different personalities?
Actually, all four princes are the same age. They just have very different levels of maturity for that age.
Hi! I know it’s been so very long since your series “A Hero’s Guide” and that series has been my favorite series but there has been one question I’ve had for YEARS: Who is the oldest prince and princess? In my mind, Liam or Frederic as the oldest princes, and for me it feels like Frederic is the oldest since he acts like a dad who’s scared for his kids. But I’m not sure about the princess. I might be wrong, but it really has stuck with me for YEARS! I love your series so much and I even have my own OC! That was my question and I hope everything goes well for you!
Hi, Tori! The answer to your question is: All the princes are the same age! Though, clearly they weren’t all born on the same day — that would be ridiculous. So, based on their birthdays, Liam is the oldest, Gustav second, Frederic third, and Duncan fourth. Briar is the oldest of the princess, but only by one year. Then Ella, Snow, and Rapunzel in that order. Though they’re all the same age. Briar is technically the oldest of all of them, though she’s only three months older than Liam. Hope that helps you after all these years!
Thank you! I just Fredric was the oldest since he acts like a dad worrying about the kids jumping off a cliff or something. If Liam is the oldest, how come Frederic acts the most….fatherly? I think that’s the right word
Age doesn’t necessarily correspond with behavior. There are young people who act old and old people who act young. In Frederic’s case, the way his own father treated him made him start worrying about everything from a very young age.
Thank you either way though! That helped with that question a lot