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.
News
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…
IMAGINARY GIRLS in Bookslut
Imaginary Girls was featured in this Bookslut piece called “We Can’t Choose Our Families,” I loved what was said about the book so much, I just had to share.
Squaw Valley Writers Workshop Scholarship
I was awarded the Oakley Hall Founders Scholarship to attend the Squaw Valley Writers Workshop in fiction this year.
Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop
I have an exciting opportunity coming up this summer: I was selected to take part in the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for writers—a NASA-funded workshop for established writers to improve science literacy in published books.
Residency at the Millay Colony
I’m excited to tell you that I was just awarded a new fiction residency! I’ll be a resident at the Millay Colony in November 2012, where I’ll get to stay for four weeks and work on a new novel.
Blog News
Some of you visiting this site may already know this, but to anyone who doesn’t: I keep a writing blog called distraction no. 99, and I’ve been expanding it with new and exciting features lately…