Horn Book 2015 Fanfare Selection
Every year The Horn Book magazine announces its choices for the best books of the year in their Fanfare list… and this year The Walls Around Us is one of the Fiction selections!
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2016 Tayshas Reading List
Every year, the Texas Library Association announces reading lists for high schools in the State of Texas, and I am excited to say that The Walls Around Us landed on the Tayshas Reading List for 2016!
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year!
School Library Journal announced their picks for the Best Books of the Year, and I was so thrilled to discover that The Walls Around Us was on the list!
The 2016 Djerassi YA Novel Workshop-Retreat
Even with my big teaching news that’ll keep me busy next year (I’m joining the faculty at VCFA!), I have a YA Novel Workshop-Retreat coming at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in California, and I am now accepting applications from serious, talented writers!
Joining the Faculty of the VCFA MFA Program!
I am beyond thrilled to say that I’m joining the faculty of the low-res MFA program in Writing for Children & Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts starting with the January residency!
FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD Anthology
So excited to announce that I’ll be a contributor to the YA anthology Feminism for the Real World. Edited by Kelly Jensen, and forthcoming from Algonquin YR, it will feature essays, lists, poems, photos, and illustrations about feminism from a diverse range of well-known voices.
SLASHER GIRLS & MONSTER BOYS
This fall brought the release of the YA horror anthology Slasher Girls & Monster Boys, edited by April Tucholke and featuring a story of mine called “The Birds of Azalea Street”…
MUREN VAN VERRAAD in the Netherlands
The first foreign edition of The Walls Around Us was published in the Netherlands! Called Muren van verraad (“Walls of Betrayal”) in Dutch, this edition was released by Karakter Uitgevers in July.
THE WALLS AROUND US Selected as Salem College’s First-Year Read
The Walls Around Us was selected as Salem College’s “First-Year Read” for 2015! This means that all incoming first-year students will be assigned to read Walls over the summer, and then this fall I will be visiting campus to meet with students and give a public lecture about the book!
Teaching YA Novel Workshop at Columbia University
Here’s an announcement for NY-area writers and university students! This summer I will be teaching a YA Novel Workshop in the School of the Arts at Columbia University…
New York Times Book Review!
I am stunned and thrilled to announce that The New York Times Book Review reviewed The Walls Around Us in its YA Crossover column and said some truly incredible things…
SCBWI Metro NY Tuesday Professional Series
If you’re in New York City, I’d love to invite you to a talk I am doing for the NY Metro chapter of SCBWI on Finding Your Own Unique Voice on June 9. You do not need to be a member of SCBWI to attend.