Would you like to win a copy of DANI NOIR, the tween novel I wrote about liars, cheaters, and Rita Hayworth? Check out the interview of me in Joëlle Anthony’s “Wild Card Wednesday” series, where I talk about such things as Go Ask Alice, Paris (France, not Hilton), and the coolest thing to happen to […]
This is absolutely amazing, but guess what? DANI NOIR was listed as one of Amazon.com’s Editors’ Picks for the Best Books of 2009! You’ll find it on the list of the “Top 10 Children’s Books: Middle Readers.” Scroll down to #10!
Even though I live in New York City now, I grew up in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York, so it feels especially exciting for me to be featured in the Hudson Valley arts magazine Chronogram, which I’ve been reading for years. Check out the story “Poison and Polka Dots,” about the young adult […]
I was thrilled to get the news last week that I was accepted for a residency at Yaddo, the incredible artists colony in Saratoga Springs. Even though I will miss the city, I’m so looking forward to spending four weeks this spring on those beautiful grounds. Best of all, I will get so much writing […]
Publishers Weekly called DANI NOIR a “watertight debut.” Wow! Do you want my signature scribbled inside your very own copy? If you’ll be in New York City on Sunday, October 11, you can have just that, and more, because other authors will be there too. Here’s the info: Books of Wonder 18 West 18th Street […]
Five and only five questions are asked of me over on Culturebot, and I give answers. The questions are: 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? 2. Which performance, song, play, movie, painting or other work of art had the biggest influence on you and why? […]
Thanks to 36invisible, we just got a redesign! The photos in the mosiac are from shots I took while wandering around downtown Manhattan, through Philadelphia, and during a short trip back to the campus of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The site looks different every time you reload or visit a new page. Check […]
DANI NOIR is out in hardcover on September 22, but starting today you now have two chances to win a free copy of the book! Bri Meets Books is hosting a giveaway running now through September 21. Check it out and enter to win a copy! Look, they’re so pretty: Thank you so much, Bri! […]
DANI NOIR will be published on September 22, but in the meantime, Simon & Schuster has made the first chapter available online. Here’s a little taste: I take a seat on my bed. My mom put my suitcase there—it’s open, empty, waiting for me to shove it full of stuff to take with me. I […]
Check out Rita Hayworth Would Enter This Contest for two chances to win a copy of my upcoming novel DANI NOIR! Thank you to the fabulous Courtney Summers for inventing and hosting the contest! You have until July 12 to enter. p.s. Hope you like the book! 😉
I will admit something: I love my cover. Love it, love it. I thought I couldn’t love it any more than I already do, but that wasn’t so. Because then I saw the back cover!
I’m thrilled to report that I got myself a literary agent for my next novel! All I’ll say about the new novel is it’s YA, and it’s magical realism, and I’m in the midst of writing it right now as we speak and I should probably get back to it instead of writing this post. […]