Chad Morriss debut novel, CRAGBRIDGE HALL, BOOK #1: THE INVENTORS SECRET, hit shelves March 5, 2013. This middle-grade romp through a futuristic secondary school is published by Shadow Mountain Press, the originating publishers of such middle grade contemporary favorites as Brandon Mull (FABLEHAVEN series and THE CANDY SHOP WARS), Obert Skye (LEVEN THUMPS series), and Tyler Whitesides (JANITORS series). Chad grew up wanting to become a professional basketball player or a rock star. (Inspired by Animal from The Muppets, he has been banging on drums since he was eight years old.) Neither of those plans quite panned out.
After high school, he left the Rocky Mountains to live in Brazil for a few years then returned home to write and perform sketch comedy while going to college. He graduated from BYU with a couple of degrees and became a teacher and a curriculum writer.
After high school, he left the Rocky Mountains to live in Brazil for a few years then returned home to write and perform sketch comedy while going to college. He graduated from BYU with a couple of degrees and became a teacher and a curriculum writer.
Genres: Children's Fiction
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Series
Cragbridge Hall
1. The Inventor's Secret (2012)
2. The Avatar Battle (2014)
3. The Impossible Race (2015)
1. The Inventor's Secret (2012)
2. The Avatar Battle (2014)
3. The Impossible Race (2015)
Novels
Mustaches for Maddie (2017) (with Shelly Brown)
Squint (2018) (with Shelly Brown)
Willa and the Whale (2020) (with Shelly Brown)
Virtually Me (2023) (with Shelly Brown)
The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry (2023) (with Shelly Brown)
The Playmakers (2025) (with Shelly Morris)
Squint (2018) (with Shelly Brown)
Willa and the Whale (2020) (with Shelly Brown)
Virtually Me (2023) (with Shelly Brown)
The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry (2023) (with Shelly Brown)
The Playmakers (2025) (with Shelly Morris)
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