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...

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 need is a computer with a camera (many computers...

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,...

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 High School, Diana Banderas and Stephanie Bellot, have...

YALSA has announced the five titles for the 2010 Morris Award shortlist. YALSA will name the Morris Award winner at the Youth Media Awards in Boston at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting on Jan. 18. YALSA will...