Thanks so much to everyone who helped celebrate the cover and title reveal for Stars So Sweet, the third volume in the All Four Stars series. Your enthusiastic comments, Tweets, Facebook posts, and e-mails really made this author’s week! (As did the package I received in the mail yesterday from my publisher, containing these beauties. Great timing,… Read more »
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Cover reveal & giveaway: STARS SO SWEET!
NOTE: The ARC giveaway is now closed, and winners have been announced. Thank you for entering! Hey there! Guess what you’ll be able to find on… …next summer? Hint: This young restaurant critic is involved. And so is a visitor from a certain European city… Give up? Okay–reveal time! Stars So Sweet an All Four Stars book, coming… Read more »
Fresh raves for THE STARS OF SUMMER!
I’m so pleased to share two terrific new reviews for The Stars of Summer. First, it’s been named an “Editor’s Pick” over at Honolulu Family Magazine, which features it in their “5 Great Books for Kids” article. They are also giving away a copy. And Kiwi Magazine has named it one of their new summer reading favorites,… 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 »
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 »
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 »
And the winner of UNDER A PAINTED SKY is…
Melissa @Novelty Podcast! Congrats, Melissa! For those of you who didn’t win, I hope that you’ll consider supporting a debut author by preordering or purchasing a copy of Under a Painted Sky (it publishes one week from today), or by requesting it as a purchase in your local library system (if they don’t have it on… Read more »
Giveaway: Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee!
Greetings, friends! We haven’t had a giveaway around here in a while, so I’m excited to offer you a chance to win an advance copy of Stacey Lee’s incredible debut YA historical novel, Under a Painted Sky. Stacey and I share an editor, so I was lucky enough to get my hands on an ARC of… 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 »