A Sneak Peek at Other People’s Books
A roundup of recent and forthcoming books I appreciated, along with a discussion of the author blurb.
A roundup of recent and forthcoming books I appreciated, along with a discussion of the author blurb.
Announcing the first starred review for Ways to Play and some background on this debut picture book.
A summary of the panel "Writing Truthfully for Kids About Today's Issues," part of the 2023 PEN World Voices Festival.
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.
What it was like for Torch to win the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature.
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.
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!
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…