Author: nova

You’ll find a new interview of me up on Buzzine.com. It’s 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.

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!).

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Five and only five questions are asked of me over on Culturebot, and I give answers. The questions are: 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? 2. Which performance, song, play, movie, painting or other work of art had the biggest influence on you and why? […]

Thanks to 36invisible, we just got a redesign! The photos in the mosiac are from shots I took while wandering around downtown Manhattan, through Philadelphia, and during a short trip back to the campus of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The site looks different every time you reload or visit a new page. Check […]

DANI NOIR is out in hardcover on September 22, but starting today you now have two chances to win a free copy of the book! Bri Meets Books is hosting a giveaway running now through September 21. Check it out and enter to win a copy! Look, they’re so pretty: Thank you so much, Bri! […]

You can add the DANI NOIR countdown widget to your website or blog: Wow. As of this posting, it’s only a month away!

DANI NOIR will be published on September 22, but in the meantime, Simon & Schuster has made the first chapter available online. Here’s a little taste: I take a seat on my bed. My mom put my suitcase there—it’s open, empty, waiting for me to shove it full of stuff to take with me. I […]