I recently Skyped with a terrific book club in Massachusetts, and the members asked me to recommend some other middle-grade novels that they might enjoy. I ended up putting a list together and e-mailing it to them, and since this isn’t the first time I’ve had a question like this, I thought that I’d share… Read more »
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ALL FOUR STARS turns one! (and giveaway)
One year ago today–after nine years of writing, rewriting, submitting, hoping, and waiting–a little book called All Four Stars hit the shelves. A whole bunch of you showed up to celebrate with me at Books Of Wonder in New York, and I could hardly believe what an amazing welcome you gave Gladys into the world. Now… Read more »
Crystal Kite winner!
I can still hardly believe it as I type this, but All Four Stars has won the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for the Southwest Region of the United States! This award means a lot to me because it’s voted on by members of SCBWI (The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators)–my children’s-book-creating peers. I can’t say thank… Read more »
Blog tour wraps up, live tour kicks off!
Well, friends, The Stars of Summer blog tour draws to a close today, but what a fantastic final set of posts Gladys and I have had from bloggers over the last few days! We had this incredible in-depth review from Jen at Pop! Goes the Reader, this delicious Q&A with Stephanie at Kitchen Frolic, an interview… Read more »
New blog tour posts, and first launch party!
The blog tour for The Stars of Summer continues! Yesterday, the fantastic YA author Dahlia Adler–who is also a friend and a big fellow foodie–helped welcome my new book to the world with macaron pics and hot dog condiment chat at The Daily Dahlia. YUM. And today, at For What It’s Worth, book blogger Karen has a review… Read more »
Release day for THREE great books!
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 »
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 »
One more giveaway–win The Sound of Life and Everything by Krista Van Dolzer!
I’m excited for May 5 because that’s when The Stars of Summer publishes, but I’m even MORE excited to be sharing a book birthday with a debut novel I have loved for a long time: The Sound of Life and Everything by Krista Van Dolzer. Krista and I have been fans of each others’ writing for a while now. In… 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 »