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Cybils Award in YA Speculative Fiction!

Posted on February 14, 2016 by nova

The Cybils Awards—the Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards—were announced on Valentine’s Day… and The Walls Around Us won for YA Speculative Fiction!

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2016 Edgar Award Nomination!

Posted on February 14, 2016February 14, 2016 by nova

The Mystery Writers of America announced the nominees for the 2016 Edgar Award, and The Walls Around Us was nominated for an award for Best Young Adult!

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2016 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults

Posted on February 14, 2016 by nova

YALSA, the Young Adult Library Services Association of the ALA, announced its list of 2016 Best Fiction for Young Adults, and The Walls Around Us was one of the titles!

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A Book Riot Best of 2015 Pick

Posted on December 12, 2015 by nova

One of my favorite book-related sites on the whole of the internet is Book Riot, so I was extra delighted to find The Walls Around Us on their Best of 2015 list!

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NPR Best Books of 2015

Posted on December 8, 2015 by nova

I truly can’t believe this! The Walls Around Us was just named a Great Read of 2015 by NPR! NPR’s Book Concierge features books that NPR staff and critics loved this year, and my book is among them!

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Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books 2015

Posted on December 8, 2015 by nova

Whenever a library praises one of my books, I flail, because libraries made me a life-long reader and turned me into the writer I am today. Thank you to the Chicago Public Library for choosing The Walls Around Us as a Best Book of 2015!

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A Boston Globe Best Book of 2015

Posted on December 6, 2015 by nova

How thrilling! The Walls Around Us was named one of the Best Books of 2015 by The Boston Globe!

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Horn Book 2015 Fanfare Selection

Posted on December 6, 2015 by nova

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

Posted on December 6, 2015December 6, 2015 by nova

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!

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A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year!

Posted on December 6, 2015 by nova

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!

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FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD Anthology

Posted on October 1, 2015 by nova

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.

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SLASHER GIRLS & MONSTER BOYS

Posted on September 30, 2015 by nova

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”…

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