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.
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Torch Wins!
What it was like for Torch to win the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature.
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Launch Day for Pardalita!
April 18, 2023 is another big book birthday for me. It’s the launch day for the first YA book I’ve translated, the hybrid graphic novel/verse novel...
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I Have a Deadline
Announcement of my forthcoming YA verse novel Eyes Open and the advantages of deadlines (for me).
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
