Each year the international school librariansĀ in KoreaĀ pick nominees forĀ the year's Morning Calm Medal Book Award program. It was such an honor for GILDED to be chosenĀ to be on this prestigious listĀ for the high school level! Here are the books that were chosen: I am...
Today is the release dayĀ of DREAM BOY by Mary Crockett and Madelyn Rosenberg! And to celebrate it several of us are talking about our dreams. DREAM BOYĀ ā by Mary Crockett & Madelyn Rosenberg Iāve always been a dreamer. Daydreams. Night dreams. Dreams of grandeur...
The cover reveal and a chance to read the first chapter of SILVERN are live now on Hypable! I've been so excited to share this cover with you for some time now. Cliff Nielson did this cover as well as GILDED's,Ā and he nailed it again. A couple of people were saying...
Last week my agent called with more great news for GILDED. It was bought by Scholastic Reading Clubs to be a bookĀ in their upcoming reading clubs and book fairs! As a teacher this is a pretty big deal for me. Every month during my teaching career, I'd pass out the...
Guys! It's been so long since I've last given you updates on all that has been happening. And a LOT has been going on. I've been busy lately writing as fast as I can on upcoming and still secret projects, hence my lack of blogging. As you know, SILVERN, will be...
Ā Today is another big book birthday! Meredith McCardle's THE EIGHTH GUARDIAN is out today! Here's aĀ quick blurb about the book from Amazon: Amanda Obermann. Code name Iris. Itās Testing Day. The day that comes without warning, the day when all juniors and seniors at...
Today is the day! KILLING RUBY ROSE by Jessie Humphries is officially out in the world. Right now Jessie is super busy being a 'rock star' as she gets ready for her big launch weekend. If you live in Utah, you better have plans to be jumping in the car and heading...
I am so honored to have been tagged by the talented Meredith McCardle and Vivi Barnes in the āWriting Process Blog Tourā. Basically this tour is a chain of writers talking about their books and how they write. Meredithās YA, THE EIGTH GUARDIAN, releases on May 6th.Ā ...
I'm so pumped. My publisher, Skyscape, is celebrating the release of GILDED's new 22-page novel guide by giving away a limited number of class sets of GILDED. Isn't that amazing? I almost fell out of my chair when my publicist emailed me. It's so excited to be a part...
This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending the UCF Book Festival. It such a wonderful experience to meet and talk with people who are also passionate about literacy. I hadĀ a chance to speak with many teachers, librarians and readers from all over Central...