Category: updates

I’m thrilled to share the blurbs for Imaginary Girls, including a new one from celebrated surreal novelist Aimee Bender:

I’m updating the news on this site from snowy New Hampshire—I’m in the midst of my second residency at the MacDowell Colony (the first was in 2005), and it’s stunningly beautiful up here!

I’m thrilled to give an update on Imaginary Girls. We’re about six months away from the pub date, but things are already moving. In fact, they’ve gotten me a bit breathless. Click “read more” to find out just what’s going on with the book…

2010 was one big year for Imaginary Girls.

Visit my blog for a post about my thrilling moment of seeing the Imaginary Girls jacket for the first time and leave a comment there to let me know how you like the cover! Imaginary Girls is my debut YA novel, forthcoming from Dutton on June 14, 2011.

I’ve posted today on my blog about the literary auction to help a writer without health insurance who’s battling cancer, and how I’m honored to be a part of it. For more information about the auction and all the great literary items on offer, and to see how to bid on a YA or middle-grade […]

Well, you can’t yet. But you can add it to your reading list on Goodreads if you’re there.

I’m thrilled to be one of the writers featured in the upcoming book River of Words: Portraits of Hudson Valley Writers, written by Nina Shengold with portraits by Jennifer May.

I’m revealed talking about my writing space on the Huffington Post this week. Do you ever wonder where writers write? Check out the story here. As you’ll see, there’s no one magic place that works for everyone.

I’m back from my first-ever residency at Yaddo—four exhilarating weeks spent upstate in Saratoga Springs, writing and also connecting with the talented other artists and writers in residence.

Just a warning about how I might be difficult to reach for a short time: I’ll soon be leaving New York City to spend a month at the artists colony Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, New York.

I’m excited to reveal the news about next novel, my YA debut! IMAGINARY GIRLS is the story of two sisters, their strong bond, and the dead body that threatens to break it. It’s due out from Dutton in hardcover tentatively in Summer 2011 and a second YA novel will follow a year later.