Recently, I was blown away by Tony Abbot’s Firegirl. It’d been on my reading list for a while now, ever since it won the Golden Kite. Now I understand why it received the award! This book is an incredible example of voice guiding you through the story. Strangely, the title character is not the first [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Revolution!
August 18, 2010 – 4:26 pm
Recently, I spent an awesome long weekend at the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Summer Conference. Four days of chatting, listening, and dancing with a thousand other people who are used to spending our days in our caves perfecting sentences and sketches. This is a group of people who know that picture books [...]
The Harbinger!
August 3, 2010 – 10:34 am
I am so happy to announce the sale of my first novel, The Harbinger! Yay! It was sold in a 2 book deal to Stacey Barney at Putnam/Penguin. I’ve spent so much time with this story and these characters… now I’m incredibly excited to share them with the world. And evidently, so is Putnam! Listen [...]
