My second novel, The Stars of Summer, hits the shelves today. It’s crazy to think that, just a year ago, I was the author of zero published books, and now there are two out there in the world with my name on the spine! I’m incredibly lucky to get to do the work I love doing and… Read more »
ALL FOUR STARS
Winner, blog tour posts, and AFS in Czech!
Several orders of business today! First off, the randomly selected winner of an arc of The Sound of Life and Everything by Krista Van Dolzer is… **** Becky! **** Congrats, and happy reading! If you didn’t win, you still don’t have long to wait to read the book, as it comes out a week from today. You can… Read more »
THE STARS OF SUMMER blog tour kicks off!
The Stars of Summer is a little over a week away from hitting the shelves, but its blog tour kicks off today! A whole bunch of generous kidlit and food bloggers will be posting reviews, interviews, recipes, and more over the next couple of weeks, and I’ll do my best to round up the links daily here…. Read more »
And the winner is…
Thanks so much to everyone who entered my giveaway for signed copies of All Four Stars and The Stars of Summer. The randomly selected winner is… **** Diane Collier **** Congrats, Diane, and happy reading! But hark, that was not your last chance to win a book on this blog this week! Come back tomorrow to enter my giveaway of… Read more »
Crystal Kite finalist – and giveaway!
I got some great news this past weekend: All Four Stars is a finalist for an SCBWI Crystal Kite Award! This award is granted by fellow writers and illustrators in each of the 15 regions of SCBWI (the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators). We had amazing group of nominees in the southwest region, and I couldn’t… Read more »
ALL FOUR STARS is out in paperback today!
Hip, hip, hooray! Happy April 7–otherwise known as the paperback release date for my first novel, All Four Stars. I’m incredibly excited about this for several reasons. 1) More affordable price point. Hardcovers are gorgeous and durable, but can be too expensive for some families to afford. When I was growing up, my appetite for books was insatiable,… Read more »
Twitter giveaway–today only!
Hello, folks! Today only, on Twitter, I’m giving away a hardcover copy of All Four Stars AND an arc of The Stars of Summer to one lucky person! All you have to do to enter is retweet the status you’ll find at this link: https://twitter.com/TaraDairman/status/577438379941347328 This is part of the larger #mgMarch project, in which a different middle-grade… Read more »
And a one, and a two, and a one, two, THREE!
Exciting news to share this morning: There will be a THIRD Gladys Gatsby book, coming out in 2016! Here’s the announcement from my agency. I’m so excited that the foodie adventures of Ms. Gatsby and her friends will be continuing, and that I’ll get to work with my wonderful editor Shauna Rossano and her team at… Read more »
Two fantastic holiday surprises
I’m not a big gift person. Maybe it’s because I’ve already been through the experience of selling off all of my possessions (in anticipation of our epic round-the-world trip), and I never want to have that much stuff to get rid of again. Or maybe it was the trip itself; living out of a backpack taught me how… Read more »
Winners, and guest post!
Thank you so much to everyone who entered last week’s giveaway for Natasha Wing’s books The Night Before Hanukkah and The Night Before the Night Before Christmas. The winners are Sara and Clare! Congrats, guys, and happy reading. Continuing with the holiday theme, I have a guest post up today at one of my very favorite book blogs,… Read more »