Revisiting a Classic: Great Expectations
My thoughts on reading a classic, Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations, as an adult and from the perspective of my novel’s protagonist as well.
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World Tour Blog
As part of the World Tour Blog, I talk about my work-in-progress, my world music radio program, and some notable books I read recently.
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The Moment of Disillusionment
Hudson, New York was a whaling town in the 19th century, which led to the adoption of the whale as the town’s symbol. For several years I have exhibited at the...
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In the Revision Weeds
Although I’ve been busy trying to promote Rogue, I also have a new YA novel that I finished and sent off to my agent last November. Titled ANTS GO MARCHING,...
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Seeing an Old Friend
My husband and I just returned from three days in New Orleans visiting our daughter, Maddy, as well as our friend Rachel Burk, who we got to know in Lisbon last fall....
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
