I once met Toni Morrison in an elevator. This happened during ALA in Washington, DC, in 2010. It was late in the evening. I was exhausted. She was probably exhausted. We were staying in the same hotel, apparently, and we were both… Read the rest

Okay, so I’ve not been great about keeping up with my New Year’s Resolution to be a better blogger. It’s time to take steps to rectify the situation, once and for all. (She says, knowing that it will be a… Read the rest

The “What a Girl Wants” interview series has launched over at Chasing Ray.
Today we’re talking about what we read as tweens/teens that most impacted us.
Check it out!
And then join the discussion in the comments section. This is… Read the rest

Ok, you’ve been waiting for the juicy details of my weekend at Book Expo America…..
It was AWESOME! I met tons of cool and interesting people: authors, teachers, librarians, publicists — lots of industry folk. I told them all about… Read the rest

This weekend I attended Book Expo America (BEA) at the Javits Center in New York. It was my first time at BEA, which is a major annual conference for the publishing industry. Publishers, booksellers and other book-related vendors set up… Read the rest

Last night I attended the release party for Between Us Baxters, by my friend and fellow YA author Bethany Hegedus. Yay!!
I’m one of the lucky ones who got to read the book for the first time a few years… Read the rest