Leila Sales

Hard though this is to believe, Tonight the Streets Are Ours will be in bookstores exactly two weeks from now! So today we’re kicking off my blog tour. Here’s post… Read more

I’ll be doing bookstore launch parties for Tonight the Streets Are Ours in NYC and Boston, and I’d love to see you there! Here are the facebook invitations with details:… Read more

This Song Will Save Your Life comes out in paperback on April 14. That is really soon! Here are some things that paperback edition includes that the original hardcover does… Read more

I already have a number of book events lined up for this year. I’ll announce even more events down the line, but for now I wanted to tell you everything… Read more

In celebration of Thanksgiving week, I’m posting here the complete Thanksgiving chapter from Mostly Good Girls. I hope your Thanksgiving celebrations are much more enjoyable than Violet’s are here. If… Read more

When I was in middle school, I had a lot of trouble fitting in with my classmates. In hindsight I realize that many middle schoolers feel this way, but at… Read more

Macmillan will be publishing the U.S. paperback edition of This Song Will Save Your Life on April 28, 2015, and this is what it’s going to look like! The paperback… Read more

I’m writing three new books, to be be precise. And as of today, I can tell you about them! The first is tentatively entitled Tonight the Streets Are Ours, and… Read more

This week was the NYC Teen Author Festival, which is always a blast. It’s so much fun to get to see lots of my author and reader friends in one… Read more

I have a few events coming up in New York over the next few weeks, and you are all invited! Details: March 18, 6-8pm, Mulberry Street NYPL, 10 Jersey Street… Read more

Today Louise Fitzhugh’s Harriet the Spy, one of my all-time favorite books, turned 50 years old. In celebration, I wrote an article about the book and its creator for Al… Read more

As I think we all know by now, books make great gifts. Here’s proof: You may be wondering which books to put under your Christmas tree (or Hanukkah menorah, though… Read more