Every book starts somewhere. A question, an image, a memory that won’t let go. For the Night Buddies series, it started with a little boy who had trouble falling asleep, a father who refused to let that be a problem, and one night when a red crocodile named Crosley showed up and changed everything. If […]
While a certain red crocodile and a boy in the Borough who has trouble falling asleep have become of the stuff of legend, the backstory behind the Night Buddies Adventures is just as fascinating. Sands Hetherington’s took an unexpected journey into single fatherhood. The plot had another twist, and he became an author. Today, we […]
Before Sands Hetherington became an author, he was just a dad with a knack for storytelling. Every night, he and his son, John, would make up wild bedtime adventures, complete with daring escapes, silly twists, and, of course, a bright red crocodile who had a serious thing for pineapple cheesecake. That crocodile—Crosley—quickly became a favorite, […]
Author Sands Hethering has written four Night Buddies Adventures. The books began as bedtime stories Sands created with his young son John. Later, when he decided to turn their stories into books, Sands developed his writing process. He talked about it in this post from 2014. People often ask me about my writing life and […]
With three titles in print and a fourth coming this summer, we revisit Night Buddies author Sands Hetherington’s journey to becoming an accidental author. It started when he found himself a surprise single father. When Sand’s ex-wife announced she planned to move and take their young son, John, Sands tried to talk her out of […]
Night Buddies creator Sands Hetherington loves dogs! He loves them almost as much as nighttime programs and red crocodiles. Dogs have always been a part of the author’s life, beginning with Whiskers, a cocker spaniel. When his wonderful boxer Hube died, he despaired of finding a boxer who could match him and instead got a […]