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I have a new book out on May 1!
If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say comes out on May 1, and I am so incredibly excited to share it with you all. Here’s the description: Before we… Read more
If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say comes out on May 1, and I am so incredibly excited to share it with you all. Here’s the description: Before we… Read more
If you’ve ever talked to me for longer than ten minutes, you’ve probably discovered that I’ve spent years involved in the University of Chicago’s Scav Hunt, that it is one… Read more
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
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
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
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