So I pulled MOCKINGBIRD from the shelf because I’d been aware but not completely in touch with the praise it’s received. I hadn’t read the reviews. I didn’t even know what it was about. I just knew that people – a lot of people – thought it was good – really good. But I’m not… Read more »
Great Reads
When You Read This …
I just finished reading WHEN YOU REACH ME – winner of the 2010 John Newbery Medal and wow! I’m not always the biggest fan of story-within-a-story books, but by weaving bits of A WRINKLE IN TIME into the 1979 setting, Rebecca Stead hints at elements of time-travel without the book slipping fully into science fiction… Read more »
The Temptation to Teach a Lesson
I recently autographed dozens of bookplates for TOO PICKLEY! with personalizations for children, but requested primarily by adults. In many of the requests, I was instructed to inscribe mini-warnings like “Remember to eat your veggies” or “Fruits come first.” I find it interesting that, as adults, we can’t seem to let go of those “teachable… Read more »
Congratulations to all the Colorado Book Awards Winners!
ASPEN, CO – A standing-room-only crowd, including Aspen Mayor Mick Ireland and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, celebrated the 19th Annual Colorado Book Awards on Friday, June 25, 2010 at the Doerr-Hosier Center in Aspen. Hickenlooper, a long-time collaborator with Colorado Humanities and Colorado Center for the Book, spoke to the 200 attendees about taking the… Read more »
Win an autographed F&G of TOO PICKLEY!
… and your friends will be pickle-green with envy!Okay, maybe that’s going too far but I couldn’t resist because –I’m giving away one autographed F&G of TOO PICKLEY! which doesn’t officially hit bookstore shelves until 7/6/10. It’s easy to enter. Just hop on over to Goodreads Book Giveaways.The deadline in 5/31/10.
Congratulations to all the Colorado Book Awards Finalists
2010 COLORADO BOOK AWARDS FINALISTS Anthology/Collection Broken Links Mended Lives: A selection of short stories by members of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Janet Lane, Susan Mackay Smith and Jeanne C. Stein, editors, RMFW Press A Dozen on Denver: Stories, Rocky Mountain News, editor, Fulcrum Publishing Beats At Naropa: An Anthology, Anne Waldman and Laura Wright,… Read more »
Ann M. Martin on Middle Grade writing and her return to The BSC
Ann talks about the journal her mom kept for her since birth, why she chose to write a prequel to The Baby-sitters Club, and the important themes for middle grade stories.
Coming of age in black and white – WHAT I SAW AND HOW I LIED
Before G, PG and PG13 movie ratings, we had As and Bs. I was quite young when the rating system changed but I still remember my parents talking in whispers about B movies. Unlike PG13 movies which often ride the popular wave of slapstick sex and references, a B movie might have been more subtle… Read more »
TOO PURPLEY! On Sale Today!!
I can’t believe it. TOO PURPLEY! is on bookstore shelves and shipping from online sellers. Yesterday, I stopped by my neighborhood Barnes & Noble and it was already out. SQUEEEEEE! I’m so grateful for the wonderful reviews TOO PURPLEY! has collected. You can read them on my TOO PURPLEY! page and in my Media Kit…. Read more »
Congrats to my agent-sharing buddies – ALA Award Winners!
I know this is fame by association but … sending out my most heartfelt congratulations to Liz Garton Scanlon for her Caldecott Honor book ALL THE WORLD and … Chris Barton for his Siebert Honor book THE DAY-GLO BROTHERS. Liz and Chris and I share our wonderful agent, Erin Murphy!! Hooray for Liz, Chris, and… Read more »
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