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Barnes & Noble Reading Rite of Passage

nova — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:52:53 +0000

Thank you to the Kingston, NY, Barnes & Noble for hosting my Dani Noir reading yesterday—even with the weather!

An update on the reading—including photos and thank-yous—can be found on DaniNoir.com.

Thanks, everyone!

Reading and Radio Interview This Week

nova — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:48:03 +0000

I’ll be on the local Kingston, New York, radio station WKNY this Friday, February 26, at 8:45 a.m. talking about DANI NOIR and whatever else may come up—and you can listen live online on the radio station’s website; just click “Listen Live.”

And I’ll be braving the snowstorm to travel upstate this weekend to the Kingston Barnes & Noble to read from DANI NOIR, sign books, and answer questions. If you’re in the Hudson Valley, I hope you’ll stop by the B&N at 2 p.m. this Saturday, February 27!

Barnes & Noble Reading Feb. 27

nova — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:17:07 +0000

For tweens and readers and friends living in the Hudson Valley: I’ll be reading from Dani Noir at the Barnes & Noble in Kingston, NY, on Saturday, February 27, at 2pm. There will also be a Q&A after. Hope you can make it!

For more about the event—and what’s been keeping me busy lately—see my latest post on DaniNoir.com. And if you’re planning to swing by on February 27, feel free to RSVP on the Facebook event page!

On Buzzine.com

nova — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:45:39 +0000

You’ll find a new interview of me up on Buzzine.com, all about DANI NOIR, what it is about the Hudson Valley that inspires my author’s imagination, what’s so healing about the alternate reality of the movies, and more.

Thank you, Charlotte Otter and Buzzine.com for interviewing me!

All My Very Many Interviews

nova — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:07:11 +0000

There are two new interviews up of me—find out more in this post on the DANI NOIR book website. I’m especially excited to be a part of the Winter Blog Blast Tour 2009… be sure to check out the full schedule (and look at all the great writers involved!).

And speaking of interviews, I’m keeping this page updated with all the interviews I’ve done. To bloggers and others, I love doing interviews, so please always feel free to contact me!

Interview of Me & DANI NOIR Giveaway on JoelleAnthony.com

nova — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:26:54 +0000

Would you like to win a copy of DANI NOIR, the tween novel I wrote about liars, cheaters, and Rita Hayworth? Check out the interview of me in Joëlle Anthony’s “Wild Card Wednesday” series, where I talk about such things as Go Ask Alice, Paris (France, not Hilton), and the coolest thing to happen to me since selling my first book.

If you comment on Joëlle’s blog or email her through the contact page, you could win a DANI. I’ll even scribble in it (i.e., I will sign it). To win the book, you must comment by Tuesday, November 10!

Thanks so much for having me, Joëlle!

DANI NOIR: Called One of the Best Books of 2009 by Amazon.com

nova — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:15:46 +0000

This is absolutely amazing, but guess what? DANI NOIR was listed as one of Amazon.com’s Editors’ Picks for the Best Books of 2009! You’ll find it on the list of the “Top 10 Children’s Books: Middle Readers.” Scroll down to #10!

As someone who loved—absolutely loved—When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead, I am stunned and honored to be included on a list with that beautiful book, among all the others. Wow. Just wow!

Thank you so much, Amazon!

You can order DANI NOIR from Amazon right here.

Featured in CHRONOGRAM: “Poison and Polka Dots”

nova — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:55:43 +0000

Even though I live in New York City now, I grew up in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York, so it feels especially exciting for me to be featured in the Hudson Valley arts magazine Chronogram, which I’ve been reading for years.

Check out the story “Poison and Polka Dots,” about the young adult author Susannah Appelbaum and me! It can be read online here, and if you live upstate you can find it in the print edition of the magazine too—it’s a stunning magazine; I highly recommend you pick it up, this month or any other month. (And not just because I’m in it!)

And one last thing for those living in the Hudson Valley: If you’ll be around the day after Thanksgiving, I’ll be signing copies of DANI NOIR in the children’s annex of the bookstore the Golden Notebook on Tinker Street in Woodstock, New York. I’ll be there at 12pm on Friday, November 27. Hope to see you there!

Yaddo in 2010!

nova — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:01:02 +0000

I was thrilled to get the news last week that I was accepted for a residency at Yaddo, the incredible artists colony in Saratoga Springs. Even though I will miss the city, I’m so looking forward to spending four weeks this spring on those beautiful grounds. Best of all, I will get so much writing done. Thank you, Yaddo! IMAGINARY GIRLS, which may be in the throes of revision during those four weeks, thanks you, and/or my next novel, UNTITLED EVEN THOUGH I SECRETLY HAVE AN IDEA OF A TITLE, will thank you, depending on if I’m working on that then. I can’t wait!

DANI NOIR signing in NYC October 11

nova — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:10:50 +0000

Publishers Weekly called DANI NOIR a “watertight debut.” Wow! Do you want my signature scribbled inside your very own copy? If you’ll be in New York City on Sunday, October 11, you can have just that, and more, because other authors will be there too. Here’s the info:

Books of Wonder
18 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 989-3270
1pm to 3pm

There will be ME, signing Dani Noir, and also…

RICHARD PECK signing A Season of Gifts
ANN M. MARTIN signing Everything For a Dog
LAUREN MYRACLE signing Luv Ya Bunches
MICHAEL D. BEIL signing The Red Blazer Girls
GITTY DANESHVARI signing School of Fear
PETER HOWE signing Waggit Again
MATT PHELAN signing The Storm in the Barn

The store says: Beginning at 1pm, the authors will introduce their latest titles, take questions from the audience, and then sign books.

Hope to see you there!