This evening at 7 PM, I’ll be taking part in a panel at the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Highlands Ranch, CO! Teaming up with me are two of my very favorite middle-grade authors, Jeannie Mobley (Searching for Silverheels and Katerina’s Wish) and Jessica Lawson (The Actual and Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher). Lucky, lucky me! We’ll be… Read more »
ALL FOUR STARS
ALL FOUR STARS on NPR!
I’m a huge fan of the Colorado Public Radio show “Colorado Matters”–especially when it focuses on books, like it does regularly with its new “Colorado Matters at the Tattered” series (in which host Ryan Warner interviews Colorado authors at the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver). So I’m super-excited to share that All Four Stars is recommended on that… Read more »
Pick of the Day at A Mighty Girl!
I was so pleased to learn this morning that All Four Stars is the Pick of the Day from A Mighty Girl! A Mighty Girl is an awesome website that seeks to empower and inspire girls with books, toys, movies, and music, and Gladys and I are honored to have her story featured. Their post recommends several… Read more »
Panel pics, and winners!
Thank you so much to everyone who entered my giveaway celebrating the cover reveal for The Stars of Summer, sequel to All Four Stars! My editor informed me just this morning that the advance copies are ready, so two lucky winners will be getting their signed copies very soon! And those winners are… Elizabeth and Ann Buckley! Congratulations!! In other news,… Read more »
Today!
…is my farewell post over at Emu’s Debuts. My time as a debut author is drawing to a close, so it’s time for me to move out and make room for some new hatchlings. What an extraordinary run it’s been. My farewell includes links back to some of my favorite posts over the last two years. …is… Read more »
Come see me this Monday in Larchmont, NY!
I’m so excited to be participating in this panel on Monday with four of my VERY FAVORITE middle-grade authors! We’re going to have a lot of fun and games, and you can start your holiday shopping early (signed books make fantastic gifts!). So I hope that if you’re in the Westchester area (or beyond–Larchmont is… Read more »
Sequel title & cover reveal: THE STARS OF SUMMER!
Recipe for a delicious sequel to All Four Stars: Take one ambitious (and now slightly more mature) heroine… Load up her lobster backpack… Pack her off to the very last place on earth where she wants to spend the summer… Assign her to review one of her least favorite foods… Wait for the stars to align…… Read more »
Three new reviews for ALL FOUR STARS!
Hello, friends! I’m so pleased to share excerpts from a few new trade reviews for All Four Stars. First off, the Children’s Literature and Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association (IRA) has named All Four Stars one of its “Groundbreaking Reading Choices for Fall”! Their review says: “Absolutely delicious storytelling! This is a delightful… Read more »
Event at BookBar in Denver today!
Hello, Colorado friends! Just a reminder that I’ll be at BookBar–the lovely bookshop/wine bar in Denver’s Highlands neighborhood–today at 2 pm! I’m doing a middle-grade panel along with my fellow 2014 debut authors Jessica Lawson (The Actual and Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher) and Lauren Magaziner (The Only Thing Worse Than Witches), and we have… Read more »
Eatin’ and Authorin’ All Over Texas!
Hello, friends! As you may know, I spent last weekend traveling around Texas with my husband and with fellow middle-grade author Rebecca Behrens (whose debut novel, When Audrey Met Alice, is one of my absolute favorite reads this year). We did three author events together and ate a whole lot of very healthy food. Here are some pics! Texas… Read more »