Category Archives: Events

2011 ALAN Workshop Authors

The 2011 ALAN Work­shop will be hosted at the Chicago Hilton from Novem­ber 20–22 and will con­tinue the tra­di­tion of cel­e­brat­ing the very best of young adult lit­er­a­ture. This year’s lineup is won­der­ful indeed: M.T. Ander­son will deliver the keynote address at the Work­shop, and Jacqueline

April 11, 2011 – 3:55 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Events | Tagged | Comments Off

My NCTE 2010 Schedule

My NCTE sched­ule filled up really fast!  When I first started attend­ing the con­fer­ence, I envied the folks who seemed to have a full plate of events. Now, I remem­ber the adage, “Be care­ful what you wish for..” I will be sign­ing a total of three times–the two listed below, as well as right after my …

November 19, 2010 – 2:36 am | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog, Events | Comments Off

PJ Hoover Gives Away an ARC of Black Hole Sun

Author and Texas Sweet­heart (FCC dis­claimer: they really are in Texas and really are sweet­hearts) PJ Hoover (author of The For­got­ten Worlds Tril­ogy) is giv­ing away an ARC of Black Hole Sun, which she calls one of “two of my favorite reads this year.” Here are the details: Clickity Click

July 27, 2010 – 2:06 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Essays, Events, Uncategorized, Zen | Comments Off

Covers for Black Hole Sun & Soul Enchilada Paperback

Guess what? After months of antic­i­pa­tion (and teas­ing on my part), the Fall 2010 Green­wil­low Books cat­a­log has been released, which means I can offi­cially share the jack­ets for both Black Hole Sun (a future-dystopia kick-ass action novel set on Mars that will will be released on August 24) and the paper­back ver­sion of Soul …

February 27, 2010 – 12:04 am | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog, Events | Comments (1)

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 be pre­sent­ing and read­ing from Black Hole Sun on March 20, joined by Jen­nifer Hub­bard, Amy Bre­count While, and Paula Chase Hyman. But that’s not all!  The day will be full …

January 26, 2010 – 6:40 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog, Events | Comments Off

ALA 2009

Got on plane to Chicago. Had din­ner with seven friends I’ve never met. Slept. Had break­fast in pres­ence of New­bery rock star. Signed many books. Wan­dered the hall. Lis­tened the best young adults talk books. Floated out of room. Had din­ner with edi­tor and part­ner in crime. Acci­dently offed writer dur­ing con­ver­sa­tion. Slept. Klatched a …

July 14, 2009 – 9:02 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog, Events | Comments Off