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July 20, 2021
ONE FOR ALL Audiobook!
Exciting news… ONE FOR ALL will have an audiobook! Audio rights sold at auction to Recorded Books. Yes, THE Recorded Books.
Will keep everyone updated on when pre-orders for the audiobook are available, but you can pre-order the print version here! https://bit.ly/3pfUD0Y
June 5, 2021
ONE FOR ALL COVER REVEAL
It’s finally here! From the swords surrounding Tania, to the confident look in her eyes, I’m so in love with this beautiful cover designed by Rich Deas and illustrated by Kevin Tong. Pre-orders are available wherever books are sold, but here are few links:
Bookshop: https://bit.ly/3cz1fCD
Barnes & Noble: https://bit.ly/3uR88oZ
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2TJD2Tz
IndieBound: https://bit.ly/3ccUiXl
And here is ONE FOR ALL’s Goodreads link, where you can add it to your want-to-read shelf and receive updates about publication info, giveaways for advanced reader copies, and more: https://bit.ly/3uOCEje
April 3, 2021
Publication Date: UPDATE
ONE FOR ALL has a new publication date… March 8th, 2022. That’s right! OFA is hitting shelves on International Women’s Day!!!
February 7, 2021
Publication Date
I’m so thrilled to announce ONE FOR ALL has an official publication date! Mark your calendars, everyone: my Musketeers are hitting shelves MARCH 1ST, 2022.
October 9, 2020
Across The Pond!
So much has happened in the past few months, it’s been hard to keep up with it all! I’ve been featured on a number of author panels, including one on Literary Activism at the [margins.] conference. I also participated in a round table discussion on accessibility and inclusivity in publishing and literature (part one can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFVnRFSfy_Q&t=1s.)
Disabled Kidlit Writers was featured on the Lead On ADA 30 blog tour (in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act), sponsored by Walmart and Wells Fargo. I had a blast filming a video about the importance of disability representation in kidlit, as well as during the twitter conversation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkmWz0KKeV8&feature=youtu.be.)
And, as for the title of this post: I moved to Norwich (yes, in England) – specifically, to the University of East Anglia for their incredible MA program in Creative Writing Prose Fiction! It’s an honor to be part of such a storied program. Classes are a bit different this year, since they’re all on Zoom, but I (and the rest of my cohort) are making the most of it!
A few more fun things: Disabled Kidlit Writers had its anniversary in July, and now has over 200 members; I finished second round edits on One For All (I didn’t think I could love this book more, but turns out that it is possible!); and I helped contribute to a Book Riot list for great YA books with ownvoices disability representation (https://bookriot.com/ownvoices-ya-books-about-disability/).
February 22, 2020
Book Deal Announcement: ONE FOR ALL
Keeping this a secret since November has been agonizing, but I’m so, so happy to be able to say that my debut novel, ONE FOR ALL, has found a home with Farrar, Straus & Giroux!
No pre-order links yet (2022 is still a long ways off!) but until then, you can add OFA to your Goodreads to-read shelf here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51238708-one-for-all?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=R45fbD89ID&rank=1
Publishers Weekly Deal Announcement:
December 30, 2019
Author Interview with Catherine Bakewell
I had a blast doing my first ever solo author interview with the wonderful Cat Bakewell. We talked all about fencing, writing, disability rep, and my querying journey!
November 25, 2019
The Los Angeles Review Literary Awards
Being a writer/in publishing means you are constantly keeping secrets that you have to wait weeks/months to announce – so I’m ecstatic I can finally share this one: I won the LAR Literary Award for Short Fiction! My story “How to Tell That Guy You’ve Been Dating, Your Boyfriend, Or Your Friend (Whom You’re Actually in Love With) You Have a Disability,” and the runners-up, will be published in 2020’s LAR best-of annual print edition, issue no. 24, available in print this Spring. My story will also be available to read online with the other award winners.
June 22, 2019
Interview on Disability Representation in SFF with Sun and Chai
Had a blast chatting about disability rep, my novels/writing, and why it’s so important for disabled writers to be given the platform to tell their own stories at Sun and Chai: https://sunandchai.wordpress.com/2019/06/22/check-your-ability-on-ownvoices-disability-representation/
March 25, 2019
Washington City Paper Essay Contest Winner!
A few weeks late (March has been such a busy month!) but it was an honor to be named one of the winners of Washington City Paper’s essay contest about being a DC native. You can read all four winners’ essays (including mine) here: https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/article/21049088/dc-natives-on-dc
