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.
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.
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!
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…
The Problem With Ableist Language
A discussion of ableist language in books for children and teens and how to challenge the way kids talk about disability.
World Read Aloud Day 2023
My first World Read Aloud Day was a fun experience as I read Moonwalking and Torch to students around the country.
I Have a Deadline
Announcement of my forthcoming YA verse novel Eyes Open and the advantages of deadlines (for me).
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