"The Monstrous Memories of a Mighty McFearless," Ahmed Zappa, Puffin; 2006; 215pp. So you know something your parents don't -- that monsters exist. Of course they do, but you can breathe easy: The ...

AHMET Zappa gets very emotional, even teary, when he talks about his newfound status as a writer. “The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless” (Random House, $12.95), his quirky fantasy tale of a ...

Ahmet Zappa’s debut novel, The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless, is a book meant for young readers and they are sure to love it. The entire design of the book, starting from the cover, to the ...

Eleven-year-old Minerva McFearless, or Mini, as she's called, and her brother, Max, nine, stumble upon their father's secret trade—eliminating monsters. For years, they study his encyclopedic ...

Frustrated by a learning disability that made reading difficult, Ahmet Zappa, son of legendary rock musician Frank Zappa, dropped out of school in eighth grade. So nobody is more surprised than he is ...

As a child growing up in the ’80s, rock legend Frank Zappa’s son Ahmet used to cheat on all his book reports at school by making them up, based on what the covers looked like. His parents, puzzled ...

Disney has appointed Ahmet Zappa as head of its Kingdom Comics line. Zappa - the son of renowned musician Frank - was hired by the firm after studio execs purchased the film rights to his graphic ...

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- British writer Tim Firth has been pegged to adapt Ahmet Zappa's kids' book, "The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless" for a feature film. The movie will be written for ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Ahmet Zappa, son of rocker Frank Zappa, is publishing a book after years of struggling with dyslexia. "The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless" tells the story of ...

A serious bidding war swept Hollywood this week, with Warner Bros, Paramount and Disney battling it out for an as-yet unpublished children's book from first-time author Ahmet Zappa. The book, ...

Pity poor Minerva and Maxwell McFearless. They come from a long line of monster hunters but have been forbidden to pursue this dangerous work by their father. But when Dad is kidnapped and the brother ...