title: Kevin Emerson
text: # Kevin Emerson
  
  Kevin Emerson is an American author of young adult books and is the lead singer for the band Central Services' The Board of Education.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Kevin Emerson grew up in Cheshire, Connecticut and went to Colby College. His past careers were as a banker, camp counselor, and an elementary school teacher.
  
  ## Band
  
  Central Services' The Board of Education is a band that sings educational music for kids and the band's songs charted nationally on college radio. They released an album called Central Services Presents... The Board of Education.
  
  ## Reception
  
  R.J. Carter of the Trades said that the first Oliver Nocturne book is creepy, good for kids eight and up, and he gave the book a B+. Wendy Hines of Armchair Interviews said that she highly recommends the first Oliver Nocturne book.
  
  In 2017, Last Day on Mars was a finalist for the Cybils Award for Elementary and Middle Grade Speculative Fiction.
  
  ## Publications
  
  ### Standalone books
  
  * Carlos Is Gonna Get It (2008, Arthur A. Levine Books, ISBN 9780439935258)
  * Breakout (2015, Crown Books for Young Readers, ISBN 9780385391122)
  * Any Second (2018, Crown Books for Young Readers, ISBN 9780553534825)
  * Drifters (2022, Walden Pond Press, ISBN 9780062976963)
  
  ### Oliver Nocturne Series
  
  * The Vampire's Photograph (2008, Scholastic Paperbacks, ISBN 9780545058018)
  * The Sunlight Slayings (2008, Scholastic Paperbacks, ISBN 9780545058025)
  * Blood Ties (2008, Scholastic Paperbacks, ISBN 9780545058032)
  * The Demon Hunter (2009, Scholastic Paperbacks, ISBN 9780545058049)
  * The Eternal Tomb ( 2009, Scholastic Paperbacks, ISBN 9780545058056)
  * The Triad of Finity ( 2009, Scholastic Paperbacks, ISBN 9780615472096)
  
  ### The Atlanteans Trilogy
  
  * The Lost Code (2012, Katherine Tegen Books, ISBN 9780062062796)
  * The Dark Shore (2013, Katherine Tegen Books, ISBN 9780062062826)
  * The Far Dawn (2014, Katherine Tegen Books, ISBN 9780062062864)
  
  ### Exile Trilogy
  
  * Exile (2014, Katherine Tegen Books, ISBN 9780062133953)
  * Encore to an Empty Room (2015, Katherine Tegen Books, ISBN 9780062133984)
  * Finding Abbey Road (2016, Katherine Tegen Books, ISBN 9780062134011)
  
  ### Chronicle of the Dark Star Trilogy
  
  * The Fellowship for Alien Detection (2013, Walden Pond Press, ISBN 9780062071859)
  * Last Day on Mars (2017, Walden Pond Press, ISBN 9780062306715)
  * The Oceans Between Stars (2018, Walden Pond Press, ISBN 9780062306760)
  * The Shores Beyond Time (2019, Walden Pond Press, ISBN 9780062306791)
  
  ### Lost in Space Duo
  
  * Return to Yesterday (2019, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, ISBN 9780316425933)
  * Infinity's Edge (2020, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, ISBN 9780316425971)
  