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Join Me at the Virginia Festival of the Book »

Come join me and a host of other YA authors...

Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award Winner Announced »

The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) of the National...

Skype an Author »

Skype an Author Network is a site that lists many...

School Visits for Fall 2009 & Winter 2010 »

The back-to-to-school sales mean that we’re about to start another...

BBYA Chicago Report »

Teens loved the strong female character and the humor in...

ALA 2009 »

Got on plane to Chicago. Had dinner with seven friends...

Essays Skype an Author

Skype an Author »

Skype an Author Network is a site that lists many authors who are interested in doing virtual visits with school, libraries, and book clubs. I’m a member, and for the rest of 2009, I’m waiving...

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School Visits for Fall 2009 & Winter 2010

School Visits for Fall 2009 & Winter 2010 »

The back-to-to-school sales mean that we’re about to start another school year. Schools are beginning to contact me for visits, so I thought this would be a good time to re-post my information regarding school...

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News

Balkin Buddies Raffles off Online Author Chats »

Balkin Buddies Raffles off Online Author Chats

Balkin Buddies is sponsoring a raffle of a number of online chats with authors and artists and invite schools and libraries to participate. All you...

Feb 2 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Join Me at the Virginia Festival of the Book »

Join Me at the Virginia Festival of the Book

Come join me and a host of other YA authors for this year’s Virginia Festival of the Book, March 19-20 in Charlottesville, VA. I’ll...

Jan 26 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

Teen Rally For Free Speech »

Teen Rally For Free Speech

Edited to add: this is a repost of an email by Kelly Milner Halls to yalsa-bk, used with Kelly’s permission. Two students at Montgomery County...

Dec 18 2009 / No comment / Read More »

2010 Morris Award »

2010 Morris Award

YALSA has announced the five titles for the 2010 Morris Award shortlist. YALSA will name the Morris Award winner at the Youth Media Awards...

Dec 5 2009 / No comment / Read More »

My Tweets

Interviews

The State of Things »

The State of Things

In yet another debut, I will make my first radio appearance EVAH on WUNC North Carolina Public Radio (except for the time I won a I Heart Chattanooga t-shirt that was two sizes too small). I’ll be a guest on “The State of Things”...

Apr 16 2009 / No comment / Read More »

I’m on the Verge of »

I’m on the Verge of

The amazingly gracious Cynthea Liu has a new feature on her website, www.writingforchildrenandteens.com, that she calls “Authors on the Verge.” The goal of the feature is to introduce readers to authors who are, you know, on the verge of their careers. Recent authors include Cyn...

Oct 23 2008 / No comment / Read More »
Zen

Chicken or Egg: The Answer »

Chicken or Egg: The AnswerTeen #1: “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” Mom: “The egg. Eggs were around a long time before the chicken.” Share...

Jan 14 2008 / No comment / Read More »
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Story 1 Broken Circles

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I have long legs and big feet, and I wear cowboy boots. So when my flight left LaGuardia, Delta terminal, at 6:45 am......

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Story 2 Cut Bait

Cut Bait

Do you remember the first time you caught a catfish? How about the first time a catfish caught you?...

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Story 3 Eating Dirt

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The boy played in the dirt yard. His mottled back was bare....

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Going for Broke

Thirty miles from the white sandy beaches of the Gulf of Mexico, the Florida panhandle became a dense forest of straggly pines...

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Story 5 People’s Song

People’s Song

Woody Guthrie has shown up again in my hospital room, and he's swigging from a bottle of cheap whiske...

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Story 6 Rubberband Man

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My dad, Allison thought as she took the Corvette off of cruise control, is a philosopher....

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