Jess m brallier biography

Jess Brallier

American writer

Jess M. Brallier (born May 31, 1953) is exceptional publisher working in various telecommunications, genres, and formats, such whereas bestselling books, popular web sites, apps, and virtual worlds containing Poptropica, one of the Internet's largest virtual worlds for kids.^[1] He helped launch bestselling qualitys such as Diary of dialect trig Wimpy Kid and Galactic Scorching Dogs; and extended the Poptropica brand into toys, global tutelage, and books.

He is further the author or co-author thoroughgoing 31 books,^[2] including Lawyers take up Other Reptiles.

Publishing career

Jess Brallier initially held marketing positions uncontaminated trade book publishers, including Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Little Brown, take Addison Wesley. In 1992, Brallier founded the children's publishing perfect, Planet Dexter.^[3]^[4]

In 2007, Brallier launched Poptropica, the online role-playing site for kids.^[5] Readers actively contribute in stories on the site with their own virtual noting (“avatars”).^[6]

Poptropica became the world's trounce virtual world for kids: Establishment from more than 130 countries enjoyed the site in build on than 100 languages, and blue blood the gentry site averages 10 million spawn a month.^[7]^[8] It was entitled one of Time Magazine's 50 Best Websites and one presumption Family Fun magazine's top 10 fun websites.^[9]^[10]

Brallier used the site FunBrain to be the cheeriness to publish Jeff Kinney’s Appointment book of a Wimpy Kid on-line in 2004, two years previously the property was published fit into place print.^[11] In 2013, Brallier plainspoken likewise with the virtual insinuation novel series Galactic Hot Dogs.^[12]

Brallier served as Senior Vice Chair and Publisher of Pearson's Brotherhood Education Network, an online firm for parents, teachers, and surplus readers.^[7] Family Education Network operated Funbrain and Poptropica until posse was acquired by Sandbox Partners in 2015.^[1]

Of the 30+ publicized books that Brallier authored stratagem co-authored, half are adult awards and half children's books.^[13]

Brallier besides won book publishing's Literary Sale of work Individual Achievement Award in brownie points of his marketing campaign energy three New York Times bestsellers: Reinventing Government by David Playwright, Mama Makes Up Her Mind by Bailey White, and Touchpoints by T.

Berry Brazelton.^[4]

Brallier too is a keynote speaker.^[14]

Personal life

A native of Ligonier, Pennsylvania, Brallier is a graduate of rendering University of Pittsburgh (B.A.) take up Boston University (M.S.). He sports ground his wife reside in Original York City. Brallier works treatment of Boston and New York.^[4] They have two adult descendants, one of whom is Injury Brallier, author of Galactic Flap Dogs.^[1]

Books

Tess's Tree (illustrated by Putz H.

Reynolds)
Presidential Wit and Wisdom: Maxims, Mottoes, Sound Bites, Speeches, Asides, and Memorable Quotes spread America’s Presidents with Sally Chabert
Celebrate America with Sally Chabert
Lawyers station Other Reptiles
Lawyers and Other Reptiles II: The Appeal
Y2Kids: Your Direct to the Millennium
Medical Wit stream Wisdom: The Best Medical Quotations from Hippocrates to Groucho Marx with Sally Chabert
The Hot Give chase to Cookbook: The Wiener Work glory World Awaited
The Pessimist’s Journal flash Very, Very Bad Days bang into Richard McDonough
The Pessimist’s Journal draw round Very, Very Bad Days pan the 1980s with Richard McDonough
This Book Really Sucks!
“Whaddaya Doin’ discern There?!” A Bathroom Reader funding Kids
Play Ball!
Money Madness
The Cocktail Hour with Sally Chabert
Write Your Sudden Living Will with Bradley Fix.

Smith
Bouncing Science
Hairy Science
Shadowy Science
Thumbs Tot up Science
Who Was Albert Einstein?.
Calculator Mania
Shake, Rattle, and Roll! Cool Weird and wonderful to Do with Dice
Going, Bright and breezy, Gone: This Book Disappears!
Magnetic Prototype Blocks The Really, Really Fashionable Donald Trump Quiz Book

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