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My Interview on the Reading With Your Kids Podcast!

I had such a wonderful time speaking with Jed Doherty on the Reading With Your Kids Podcast about RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE and SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS! Listen below, or click here. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to learn about other awesome books for kids!

 

A Kirkus STAR for MUCH ADO ABOUT BASEBALL!

I’m delighted that my next middle grade novel, MUCH ADO ABOUT BASEBALL, has gotten its first trade review, and it’s a STAR from Kirkus Reviews! The reviewer called it “a moving tale of baseball, magic, and former rivals who come together to solve a problem.” MUCH ADO ABOUT BASEBALL is a companion novel to my debut novel, MIDSUMMER’S MAYHEM, and is set in the same fictional Massachusetts town during the same summer, but with different characters—both kid and magical. It’s story about friendship, family, math, baseball, and magic. You can read the whole review here!

SLJ Article on Diverse Audiobooks in Verse

I was honored to see RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE on this School Library Journal list of diverse #ownvoices verse novel audiobooks! Poetry is meant to be listened to, and it’s a joy to hear a talented narrator read it. I’ve read quite a few on this list, and added a few more to my to-be-listened list!

 

My Interview on the DTALKS Podcast about RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE and MUCH ADO ABOUT BASEBALL!

I absolutely loved chatting with Joe Shaw on the DTALKS Podcast about two of my middle grade novels, RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE and MUCH ADO ABOUT BASEBALL! We also discuss the immigrant experience, seeing yourself in stories, as well as math, baseball, and the magic of books. Listen to me tell a (ridiculous) pirate joke and shout out books by Gillian McDunn and Chris Baron as well as my own podcast, the STEM Women in KidLit Podcast! Listen below, on your favorite podcast provider, or check out the interview on the DTALKS Podcast website!

 

WonderCon at Home MG Panel!

I was thrilled to be on this panel for WonderConAtHome2021 with Bruce Coville, Henry H Neff, Stacia Deutsch, Nancy Holder, and Henry Herz on writing and publishing middle grade! Check it out below!

A Fabulous Interview on the Solve It For Kids Podcast!

I was so thrilled to be on the Solve It For Kids Podcast with Jedlie and Jennifer Swanson! In “Episode 45: How Do You Diagnose Someone?” I talk about being a doctor and the steps I take to diagnose someone’s problem. Listen, participate in my challenge to measure your heart rate before and after exercise, and enter the giveaway of my book RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE!

RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE on Kidlit Takeaways!

I was thrilled to see RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE featured on kidlittakeaways on Instagram! Read the “takeaways” that my brilliant agent, my wonderful editor, and I got from working on RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE, and enter the giveaway on Instagram through April 9!

 

My Interview in Story Monsters Ink Magazine!

I was thrilled to be featured in the April 2021 issue of Story Monsters Ink Magazine talking about my books and my writing journey!

My Interview about RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE with Colby Sharp of Nerdy Book Club!

I was honored and delighted to talk to incredible teacher Colby Sharp of Nerdy Book Club about RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE!

Check out Colby’s book talk on RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE:

And tonight, we did a live interview in which I talked about what inspired me to write RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE, why I love verse novels, and how I’m a strange person. Watch the whole interview:

 

My Interview on the Kidlit Craft Blog!

I loved talking to the Kidlit Craft Blog about writing in different genres, including my novels in prose (MIDSUMMER’S MAYHEM and MUCH ADO ABOUT BASEBALL) and verse (RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE), and why I like to work on different projects at once. You can read the whole interview here.