Alumni Author Visit

Shown, Dean George Aulisio with Dr. Madeline Gangnes, Dr. Susan Méndez and Brenden Deneen.

Brendan Deneen is the author of the award-winning coming-of-age novel "The Ninth Circle," the horror novel "The Chrysalis," and "Morbius: Blood Ties," an original novel set in the SpiderMan universe for Marvel/Titan. He’s also the author of the bestselling four-volume "Night Night Groot" picture book series for Marvel; the original middle-grade graphic novel "Green Arrow: Stranded for DC Comics;" the upcoming novel "Guardians of the Galaxy Annihilation for Marvel/Titan;" and the upcoming sci-fi romance novel "Tracer for Blackstone Publishing."

His other graphic novel work includes multiple volumes of Flash Gordon, an original "Island of Misfit Toys" book, a "Casper the Friendly Ghost" reboot, "Phoenix" (with Jim Krueger), "Solarman" (a reboot of a Marvel/Stan Lee series), "Scatterbrain," and two upcoming graphic novels, "The Bones of the Gods" and "Mortimer the Lazy Bird."His short stories and essays have been published by St. Martin’s Press, Reader’s Digest Books, 13Thirty Press and Necro Publications.

English and Theatre Department Faculty with Brenden Deneen. From left to right: Dr. Madeline Gangnes, Professor Emeritus Carl Schaffer, Dr. Billie Tadros, Dr. Susan Méndez, Brenden Deneen, Dr. John McInerney, Professor Rich Larsen, Dr. Michael Friedman and Dr. Stephen Whittaker.