COMPLEXITY IN YA

I was invited to join a session at this year's NCTE convention about complexity in YA literature. As part of the session, Dr. Jennifer Buehler (author of  Teaching Reading with YA Literature: Complex Texts, Complex Lives) and Dr. Cathy Fleisher asked me and the other authors (Elizabeth Acevedo, David Arnold, Sharon Draper, David Levithan, Emily X.R. Pan, & …

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BOOK #3 ON THE WAY!

After five months of sitting on this secret, I can finally announce that my next book, PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING, will be out in summer of 2019 with Kokila Books (a new imprint of Penguin Random House)! (Add it to your TBR shelf on Goodreads!)  This has been in the works for several months, so …

MY TOP 17 OF 2017

According to Goodreads, I read 83 books on this past revolution around the sun. Of those, here are my 17 favorite in no particular order. To be clear, these are not "THE TOP 17 BOOKS OF THE YEAR!!" or anything like that. They're simply the books I liked most of the ones I read. Some …

WELCOME HOME COVER REVEAL

Today, YA Books Central is hosting the cover reveal and a giveaway for WELCOME HOME, the adoption-themed anthology edited by Eric Smith in which I have a story! The other contributors include Adi Alsaid, Nic Stone, Dave Connis, Helene Dunbar, Libby Cudmore, Lauren Gibaldi, Matthew Quinn Martin, Mindy McGinnis, Sammy Nickalls, Shannon M. Parker, Karen Akins, Erica M. …

MY FAV READS OF 2016

Happy holidays, friends! According to Goodreads, I read 77 books this year. Of those, I tweeted a thread of my favorite 16 starting here. Retweet this tweet by the end of 2016 (Pacific Time) for a chance to win your choice from my favs. (Sorry, US only!)

WELCOME HOME

I'm excited to announce that I'll have a short story in a collection of YA adoption-themed short stories edited by Eric Smith, to be published by Jolly Fish Press in fall 2017. Check out his far more meaningful/detailed post about it over here at his site. Or, if you're too lazy, here are some snippets: "Welcome …

RELEASE DAY!

AN INFINITE NUMBER OF PARALLEL UNIVERSES has been available through some distributors for a few weeks now, but today is the official publication date! Woot! I need to run off to work now, so I don't have time to express how this feels, so here's a GIF to do that for me. Special thanks to all …

BUSY OVER AT BN.COM

Ahoy hoy, everyone! Sorry for the radio silence on the blog as of late. It's mostly because I'm back to teaching so have like five minutes of free time a day now. But I wanted to share a couple of exciting book things... AN INFINITE NUMBER OF PARALLEL UNIVERSES made Barnes & Noble Teen's top …

INFINITE HARDCOVERS EXIST!!!

Earlier this week, I received a notification from UPS that said I had a package delivered from Adams Media--which owns Merit Press, my book's publisher. It HAD to be my author copies, right? I was vibrating with excitement throughout the day and rushed home after work to find a huge package on my doorstep...that was surprisingly …

ON (NOT) BEING A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT

About a year ago, I signed with an agent. And shortly thereafter I signed a book deal with a publisher. These were joyous times, something I had worked toward for years. Even still, I was not without my insecurities. As my debut novel's release date approaches, I've felt increasingly anxious about whether or not my book will be …