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!)

AFTER THE SHOT DROPS

As a debut novelist, I lived with the constant fear that my first book would be so horrible or sell so poorly that I'd never publish anything ever again. Well, in your face, crippling self-doubt! I've sold my next YA novel to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt! Here's the announcement from Publisher's Weekly: And you can add …

B&N TEEN BOOK FEST

Next weekend is B&N's inaugural national teen book festival. Stores around the country will be hosting events with MG & YA authors throughout the weekend. Here's where you can find me: Sat, June 11, 1-3pm - Barnes & Noble in Cherry Hill, NJ with Jared Caracciolo and Michael Geisinger Sun, June 12, 1-3pm - Barnes …

SUMMER READING 2016

When I first began teaching at my current school, I basically commandeered the summer reading assignment from my department chair at the time. Thankfully, he was a good sport about it. Being an avid YA reader, making this list of options has been one of my favorite things to do each year. Sadly, since I'm …

NYC TEEN AUTHOR FESTIVAL!

If you're in the area, this action is going down this weekend. Of course, there's a million other awesome YA authors participating, so be sure to check out the full schedule at nyctaf.com!

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 …

NYC Teen Author Festival 2016

I'm excited to announce that I'll be joining a billion awesome YA authors as part of the NYC Teen Author Festival in March. I'll be on a panel at the NY Public Library about writing realistic fiction on Fri, 3/18 and I'll be signing at Books of Wonder on Sun, 3/20. If you're around that …

IN WHICH I SAY WORDS ALOUD

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