In 2019, Mike Deas co-authored with Nancy Deas the first title in the “Sueno Bay Adventures” series of graphic novels, Shadow Island (Orca) that introduced the Pacific Northwest island and its mystical properties. The second title in this series is Otter Lagoon (Orca) in which a young girl teams up with a local bad guy to sell exotic animals and stolen crab because she needs money to save a dog that she’s responsible for injuring. She unknowingly disturbs a fearsome sea serpent that hasn’t been around for 100 years and sets off a destructive string of events. She might be in over her head but her friends rally around to support her before the creature destroys the entire island of Sueno Bay.

Hermit Hill (Orca, 2022) by Mike Deas and Nancy Deas takes the reader (ages 6–8 years) to a small village with legendary moon creatures. Four friends are building a go-kart for the annual Fall Fair competition. But when one of the friends, Sleeves, secretly stumbles upon the moon creatures, he locks them up. A race against time leads the friends to undo Sleeves’ actions and save the village.

BOOKS:

Shadow Island: Sueño Bay Adventures (Orca, 12019) $14.95 9781459819610. Co-authored with Mike Deas.

Otter Lagoon: Sueño Bay Adventures (Orca, 2021) $14.95 9781459819641. Co-authored with Mike Deas.

Hermit Hill (Orca, 2022) $14.95 ‎ 9781459831490. Co-authored with Mike Deas.

Candle Point (Orca, 2023) $16.95 9781459831513. Co-authored with Mike Deas.

[BCBW 2023]