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.
Read MoreExploring 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.
Read MoreWhat it was like for Torch to win the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature.
Read MoreMy poetry prompt for Authors Take Action, centered on the #ClimatePoemProject to encourage young people to write poetry about nature and caring for the environment.
Read MoreA pitch for speaking to high school language classes about translation and what it’s like to work as a translator.
Read MoreNow 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...
Read MoreAnnouncing a second workshop I’m teaching for Highlights this summer, the Whole Novel Historical Fiction Workshop. My favorite topic!
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