Where Are the Parents?
Exploring the role of parents and other adults in middle grade and YA novels and how to have a great story without getting rid of the parents.
Torch Wins!
What it was like for Torch to win the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature.
Launch Day for Pardalita!
April 18, 2023 is another big book birthday for me. It's the launch day for the first YA book I've translated, the hybrid graphic novel/verse novel Pardalita, by author-illustrator Joana…
Authors Take Action 2023: Climate Poems
My poetry prompt for Authors Take Action, centered on the #ClimatePoemProject to encourage young people to write poetry about nature and caring for the environment.
Mashup
Introducing my latest Lego original creation in Little Brick Township, a Fashion and Design Boutique.
Another Idea for School Visits: Translation
A pitch for speaking to high school language classes about translation and what it's like to work as a translator.
Wanted: School Visits
Now that I have four recently published books and pandemic restrictions are coming to an end, I'm starting to look for school visits. In the years following the publication of…
Whole Novel Historical Fiction Workshop
Announcing a second workshop I'm teaching for Highlights this summer, the Whole Novel Historical Fiction Workshop. My favorite topic!
Misha Tyunik prepares a new artwork at the recent community event.
Little Ukraine Remembers
A community event in my neighborhood marking the first anniversary of Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine and why we need to keep a focus on it.
Finalist!
It's hard to sit on good news, and even harder when it's very good news -- like a book from a relatively unknown author with a smaller publisher becomes a…
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