My next upper middle grade novel, Coming Up Short, will be published on June 21, 2022, and it’s now available for preorder, on Goodreads, and on Edelweiss (and I think it will be popping up on NetGalley before long, too). Coming Up Short is about softball, performance anxiety, a transformative summer trip (to Gray Island—the… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Up for Air
UP FOR AIR Release Week Round-Up!
Up for Air is officially out in the world! I had a great time launching the book a couple days early at this party at Children’s Book World, where I was in conversation with my friend and Every Shiny Thing coauthor Cordelia Jensen. And I’ve been busy doing lots of interviews and guest posts. I… Read more »
Mid-April Round-Up: Book News and Guest Posts
Hello, friends! This is an exciting spring! Last week, the paperback edition of Every Shiny Thing came out, and now we’re quickly approaching the publication date for my second book, Up for Air, on May 7th! Instead of writing posts for my own blog, I’ve been busy doing interviews and writing essays for other sites… Read more »
2018 Wrap-Up: Reflections on my year as a writer and debut author
For the past few years, I’ve written a post in late December about my year of reading, reflecting on books that have had an impact on me and patterns I’ve noticed in what I’ve read. I’d love to find time to do that again for this year, but for now I’m more motivated to reflect… Read more »
New-Book News and Some (Sort of) New Interviews!
Today is rainy and the tiniest bit chilly, and I’m loving the cozy, stay-at-home weather. It’s starting to feel a bit like fall, and I’m excited to think about beginning a new season. I’ve had a hectic, exhausting, amazing summer full of book events, writing projects I was determined to finish before welcoming a new… Read more »