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  • Desert Island Discs

    10.02.2016

    I’m trying to put together a list of my Desert Island Discs (i.e. the albums I’d want to have with me if I were stranded on a desert island indefinitely)…. Read more

  • How to Win at New Years Resolutions

    12.31.2015

    I am a big believer in New Years resolutions. I am also into birthday resolutions, Rosh Hashana resolutions, and summer resolutions: basically I will take any opportunity to try to… Read more

  • Read an excerpt from Once Was a Time now!

    12.18.2015

    My first middle-grade novel is coming out with Chronicle Books on April 5, 2016. It’s called Once Was a Time, and here is what it looks like: Newbery Award winner… Read more

  • Tonight the Streets Are Ours blog tour starts today

    09.01.2015

    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

  • Tonight the Streets Are Ours launch events

    07.21.2015

    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 paperback release is coming!

    03.23.2015

    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

  • Upcoming events and appearances for 2015

    03.03.2015

    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

  • Happy Thanksgiving from me (and from the Mostly Good Girls)

    11.24.2014

    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

  • Remembering Zilpha Keatley Snyder

    10.09.2014

    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

  • announcing the paperback edition of THIS SONG WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE

    09.08.2014

    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 new books!

    04.18.2014

    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

  • the thing about my brain that makes book events challenging

    03.23.2014

    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

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Ginny Hogan_ @ginnyhogan_ ·
2 Jul

Every time I hear an adult man use the term "babysitting" to describe taking care of his own kids, I move one step closer to life-long celibacy

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks ·
3 Jul

"To the rest of the vast and varied world, My Pillow Guy and Papa John should be NPCs from a Nintendo DS Zelda title, not men of flesh and bone, pillow and pizza. Ted Cruz should be the name of an Italian pornstar in a Love Boat porn parody."

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks ·
2 Jul

When I published a flippant humor piece about Darren Hayes and "the chica cherry cola song" in @The_Belladonnas two weeks ago, I did NOT anticipate that tonight I'd be reading a thoughtful new essay by him in @HuffPost. https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/an-imagined-hard-hitting-interview-with-the-lead-singer-of-90s-pop-band-savage-garden-2ffa065d5d33

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