Category: updates

I have two great book events coming up this August that I wanted to share. The first is in the Los Angeles area on August 7 and the second is in the Hudson Valley on August 14. 

I’m the featured author for July on the Penguin Young Readers Authors Appearances page on the Teachers & Librarians site!

It’s July 1 in Australia, and the ANZ edition of Imaginary Girls (published by Pier 9 / Murdoch Books) is available in stores now! I just celebrated my US pub date two weeks ago, so it’s thrilling to get to have another pub day so soon!

As of yesterday, June 14, my debut YA novel Imaginary Girls is now officially on sale in the US and Canada! To celebrate pub day, you can find me on Penguin.com, talking about writing magical realism for the first time.

I’m thrilled to be able to share the official book trailer for Imaginary Girls—thanks to the marketing team at Penguin Teen and the amazingly talented designers at Mess. I’m mesmerized by this and I hope you are too. Sit back, take a minute, and WATCH THIS:

Yesterday we unveiled the redesign of novaren.com—and I’m so excited by all the new features.

I’m excited to let you know that my publisher has just made available the first four—yes, 4!—chapters of Imaginary Girls available online for free!

Stay tuned for a new look for this site! My web designer is hard at work on the redesign—including some new interactive elements featuring my upcoming release Imaginary Girls—and I’ll be excited to launch the new website by June.

I’m thrilled to announce that foreign rights for Imaginary Girls have sold in Australia and New Zealand to Pier 9, an imprint of the indie publisher Murdoch Books!