All month over at YA Outside the Lines the wonderful authors I blog with have been posting about first loves in literature—books, authors, and characters. When it comes to characters, I had a difficult time choosing between my two fave fictional fellas. Though their stories are both set in England, they couldn’t be more different. One is brooding and not… Read More

Today on the blog, I’m thrilled to be welcoming, Lisa Burstein, author of the young adult novels PRETTY AMY, THE NEXT FOREVER, and DEAR CASSIE, and the new adult novel SNEAKING CANDY, which I recently read and loved sooo much that I’ve convinced my book club to make it our next read. Lisa and I blog together at YA Outside… Read More

So happy to be part of the official cover reveal of FERAL, the third YA novel by Holly Schindler. Check it out! I love it. So haunting. It’s too late for you. You’re dead. Those words float through Claire Cain’s head as she lies broken and barely alive after a brutal beating. And the words continue to haunt her months… Read More

SUMMARY: THE JUNCTION OF SUNSHINE AND LUCKY by Holly Schindler: “Beasts of the Southern Wild” meets Because of Winn Dixie in this inspiring story of hope. Auggie Jones lives with her grandpa Gus, a trash hauler, in a poor part of town.  So when her wealthy classmate’s father starts the House Beautification Committee, it’s homes like Auggie’s that are deemed… Read More

To celebrate today’s release of A MAD, WICKED FOLLY, by the amazing Sharon Biggs Waller, I’m reposting my earlier interview with her. Congrats, Sharon!!! (Throws confetti.) Today on the blog I’m chatting with to Sharon Biggs Waller—writer extraordinaire, critique partner, and dear friend. Sharon is the author of A MAD, WICKED FOLLY (Viking/Penguin winter 2014.  Sharon lived in England for… Read More

Today on the blog I’m sooo happy to be chatting with Bethany Crandell, author of SUMMER ON THE SHORT BUS (Running Press April 1, 2014). Bethany and I “met” last year when she graciously asked if she could interview me for the blog OneFour Kidlit. (She asked fantastic questions, by the way!) We discovered we share an affinity for complicated… Read More