MTV’s Hollywood Crush Wants to Read 17 & GONE
MTV’s Hollywood Crush blog revealed the “13 YA Novels We Can’t Wait to Read in 2013” and guess whose 2013 YA novel was on that list? (I couldn’t believe it, myself!)
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What Kiersten White Says About 17 & GONE
It’s a thrilling, humbling, amazing moment when an author you admire speaks out and vouches for you with a beautiful blurb. Today I am so excited to share this blurb for 17 & Gone from Kiersten White!
KidLitCon Recap
…In Which I Wear My New Lucky Blue Shoes, Reveal My Secrets About Blog Series, and Get Sappy About Why I Do This. So my presentation with Kelly Jensen of STACKED at the Kidlitosphere Conference was this weekend and—spoiler—I think it went well!
A Sneak Peek at 17 & GONE
I was so excited to discover that my publisher, Penguin Teen, released a Spring 2013 Preview of some “hot spring books”—and my own book, 17 & Gone, was one of the five books featured! That’s right: 17 & Gone comes out in the spring… but you can read the opening chapters for free right this […]
What Libba Bray Says About 17 & GONE
I’m excited to share that my new novel 17 & Gone has been blurbed by Libba Bray, and she says some incredible things about the book that make me blush.
Teaching Another Online YA Novel Writing Class
I taught my first online class with Mediabistro.com this spring/summer—a twelve-week YA novel writing class with some truly amazing students—and I’m happy to say I’ll be teaching a new online class starting this fall.
Presenting at KidLitCon
If you’re a book blogger and are headed to KidLitCon in New York City this year—September 28 and 29! (and the Saturday conference is entirely FREE)—you’ll see me there.
The Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for Writers
In late July I was lucky enough to be chosen to attend the NASA-funded Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for Writers at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming. In a single week, I had a crash course in college-level astronomy.
IMAGINARY GIRLS and the Obama Sisters
Yesterday, I was on Twitter (as, um, usual) and my attention was pointed to this very surreal piece of news: Malia and Sasha Obama were book-shopping at the Strand Bookstore in New York and bought a certain YA novel… yes, MINE. What??
Updates on My 2013 Novel 17 & GONE
I’m excited to say that my next YA novel, 17 & Gone, is forthcoming from Dutton, an imprint of Penguin, on March 21, 2013! I recently revealed the book cover and summary on my blog, but you can see it right here. THIS is the stunning, haunting cover:
Summer Paperback Releases
Two of my books are about to be released in paperback this June: Imaginary Girls and Dani Noir. And they’re both going through transformations…
Squaw Valley Writers Workshop Scholarship
I was awarded the Oakley Hall Founders Scholarship to attend the Squaw Valley Writers Workshop in fiction this year.