End of Year Surprises
Some unexpected end of year awards and distinctions for my YA historical novel Torch and another book recommendation of my own.
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Launch Day for TORCH and a Second Star!
Today is a long-awaited day — the launch of my YA historical novel Torch. It’s especially long-awaited because the novel went out on submission at the...
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On This Day 100 Years Ago: The Fascist “March on Rome”
A guest post by historian Walter Adamson explores Mussolini’s March on Rome and its connection to the January 6, 2021 insurrection in the U.S.
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Make No Plans
It’s now less than three weeks until the launch of Torch on November 1. One week later is the date of the midterm elections. With one of the two parties still...
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October Countdown
Leading up to the publication of my YA historical novel TORCH, my first YA novel to launch in more than seven years.
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Banned Books and Little Free Libraries
September 18-25 is Banned Books Week this year in the United States. In the past, people have observed this week with readings from books that had been challenged in...
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
