This week at the NCTE 2023 conference!

Hello, friends! I’m excited to be traveling to Columbus, Ohio, this week for my first ever NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) conference. I’ll be on two panels (fun fact–for the garden-themed panel on Saturday, I’m also the moderator!) and doing two book signings of The Girl from Earth’s End. If you’ll be attending the conference,… Read more »

The Girl from Earth’s End hits the shelves today!

My fifth novel, The Girl from Earth’s End (Candlewick Press) is out in the world today! We often say “happy book birthday” on a book’s publication day, since the process of writing and editing it can feel like a gestation. But for this book . . . I don’t know. I’ve spent such a long, intense… The Girl from Earth’s End hits the shelves today!”>Read more »