11-Year-Old Author Publishes His Seventh Book

And he draws his own illustrations as well.

Maximo Cesar Castellanos

Maximo is a bilingual 11-year-old student in the sixth grade at Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School in Berlin, Maryland. His new book, “Dr. Pren and The Days of His Childhood” is now available at Barnes and Noble, and Amazon.

Castellanos began drawing stories at age three. Yes. You read that right. Three. From there he moved on to comics and then learned to read and write so that he could write his stories down. He continues to draw and illustrate and also enjoys making short films. Move over Steven Spielberg.

His latest book begins with a mysterious man who lives in a cabin in a small town near the beach. No one had seen him leave the cabin for 30 years. But a young man who worked in a bar across the street would soon meet him and be changed forever. “The humble young man, George, will discover how the man in the cabin, Dr. Pren, and his childhood friends helped save the world,” according to a press release about his new book.

Other books written, translated, and illustrated by Castellanos include: “The Haunted Swamp”, “Skeleton Wars”, “Ghosts in my Attic” and “Big Foot Hunting.”

I don’t know about you but I am now sufficiently humiliated.