Leila Sales

Because I seem like a relatively smart person, people are often surprised to learn this about me, but: I am TERRIBLE at trivia. Terrible. I don’t know the capitals of… Read more

On Saturday, October 1, at the Community Bookstore in Park Slope, Brooklyn, I will be having an NYC book launch party for PAST PERFECT! And you are invited! To make… Read more

Today is the paperback pub date for Mostly Good Girls! That means you can walk into a real live bookstore and purchase a real live paperback copy of my book… Read more

PAST PERFECT goes on sale exactly one month from today! Although I’m not doing a proper tour, I am doing a couple events near my home, and near my mom’s… Read more

As you may be aware, Tuesday, October 4 is a VERY IMPORTANT day. It is Alicia Silverstone AND Rachel Leigh Cook’s birthdays! And, perhaps more to the point, it is… Read more

I’m here in Fire Island with fellow YA writers Lauren Oliver, Lexa Hillyer, Elizabeth Miles, Courtney Sheinmel, Jess Rothenberg, and Rebecca Serle. To give you a sense of what it’s… Read more

Today on the subway Jocelyn Davies and I saw a girl reading MOCKINGJAY and a guy reading CATCHING FIRE. On the very same subway car! We tried to stage a… Read more

I am here in New Orleans, and ALA is raging all around me. My publisher had a bunch of ARCs for PAST PERFECT at the booth this morning, but now… Read more

I am leaving for New Orleans on Thursday! I am v. excited, one because it is ALA so I will get to meet many readers and participate in exciting events,… Read more

Last January, my agent introduced me to another one of his clients, Jack Ferraiolo. Jack is the author of two very funny middle grade novels, Sidekicks and The Big Splash,… Read more

WHAT IS MY SECOND BOOK GOING TO BE ABOUT??? I know you are wondering. And I’ll tell you, I could answer that question right now, since the book is done…. Read more

Sometimes I feel like I’m a very slow writer, and it makes me sad. You know, like I’m wasting my life away on other things like “my job” and “having… Read more