and at that point jack was 12 and he said, don't get me wrong dad, i really like your books but rick riordans going to win. [laughter] so jack and i and my wife and i went up to the awards and i won and jack jumped out of his chair and then i went up on the stage and i told a story about how jack thought rick riordan was going to win. but then i held up the award and i said, this is for you, jack. i knew he always had that memory for the rest of his life but going to new york with his dad in his mom and his dad saying this award is for use of that was a very cool moment for all of us. jack is kind of a born storyteller and he wrote and illustrated his first novel called death of the butterfly catcher. in his story, the butterfly catcher gets on a plane and travels halfway around the world and doesn't catch a butterfly. then he gets on a boat that travels the rest of the world to catch a butterfly and then he gets on a train. jack loves trains. he catches the butterfly. the train stops and is getting off the train and not really looking and gets hit via train going the other way. death of the