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.
A pitch for speaking to high school language classes about translation and what it's like to work as a translator.
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…
Announcing a second workshop I'm teaching for Highlights this summer, the Whole Novel Historical Fiction Workshop. My favorite topic!
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.
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…
A discussion of ableist language in books for children and teens and how to challenge the way kids talk about disability.
My first World Read Aloud Day was a fun experience as I read Moonwalking and Torch to students around the country.
Announcement of my forthcoming YA verse novel Eyes Open and the advantages of deadlines (for me).
Jonah and Reed draw winners of the Torch giveaway. One's left-handed and one's right-handed because they're mirror twins.
Review of a new verse novel based on the life of crusading photojournalist Gerda Taro and an exhibit of hers and Robert Capa's work.