Bøker av Derek McFadden

An agreement 40 years in the waiting... What's a boy to do when Santa Claus lets him down? He strikes an agreement. When he was seven, Davey Boyd asked Santa for just one Christmas present: "Please make me normal." Because Davey had always believed-always known-Santa could do anything. Until Santa didn't. Because even Santa couldn't. Instead, Santa and Davey struck an agreement. Now, forty-eight-year-old David Boyd's time as a mall Santa Claus ends tonight. He loves the kids, the magic, the season. But it's time. It's not the cerebral palsy he has learned to live with bringing this time to a close; it's not the heartbreaking ending of his relationship. No, it's time to begin the agreement he made forty years before. So, tonight, Davey is going to tell the kids who've gathered what happened that night, forty years ago, when he was whisked away to the North Pole. It's his last chance before the agreement is due to come into effect. Well, that is if one small detail doesn't void the whole thing. But there might be an elf-a cute one-who can help, if only Davey can truly see her before it's too late... A holiday fable chock full of magic, whimsy, and heart, The Santa Claus Agreement chronicles the adventures of a boy destined for a magical experience... if, all grown up, he can keep his end of the bargain. From Derek McFadden, award-winning author of What Death Taught Terrence, comes this enchanting novel about what it means to love and believe with your whole heart, even when your whole heart is shattered. Perfect for fans of Richard Paul Evans, Donna VanLiere, Julie Salamon, and Mitch Alborn. "Derek McFadden's The Santa Claus Agreement, is a holiday story about the search for love and acceptance. Love must begin within, but no one is better equipped to show you how than McFadden's Santa. As a writer and working Santa myself, I can vouch that this story will warm your heart like hot cocoa and chocolate chip cookies beside the fire." - Bradley HarperAuthor of A Knife in the FogWinner, Silver Falchion, 2019 & 2020Edgar FinalistTen-year Santa Veteran at Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, Virginia

PRAISE FOR What Death Taught TerrenceWinner, The Wishing Shelf Awards, 2021Best Adult FictionFinalist, The Wishing Shelf Awards, 2021Best Adult Audio BookFinalist, Indie Next Generation Book Awards, 2021Editorial Praise"What Death Taught Terrence offers a powerful, painful, and poignant look at the life of a man rarely encountered in fiction. Derek McFadden writes with an insight few can match."- T.F. Allen, author of The Night Janitor and The Keeper"A good story allows the reader to experience life as another person, and McFadden made me do so on a deeply personal level. If you like the works of Mitch Albom, I think you'll find What Death Taught Terrence a worthy addition to your library and the reading of it a life-affirming journey."- Bradley Harper, Edgar-Award Finalist, author of A Knife In The Fog and Queen's Gambit."In What Death Taught Terrence, Derek McFaden builds a world that satisfies both our desire for imagination and our need for personal introspection. I found this story immediately immersive, and it stuck with me long after I finished. McFadden is doing something rare in today's fiction-exploring the limits of what we will believe to form a better understanding of who we are."- Alex Dolan, author of The Euthanist and The Empress Of Tempera On The Front FlapLife is a journey. So is the afterlife.At the end of his life, Terrence McDonald must discover its meaning, or he'll be banished from the afterlife forever, and his soul will cease to exist.Join Terrence-and those who love him-on a poingant and unforgettable journey through a life at once wonderful and harrowing. Learn what Terrence learns. See what Terrence sees. By this provocative story's end, readers may even learn a thing or two about themselves.