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What I was thinking about 20 years ago

I went to my mom’s house yesterday and found her cleaning out her garage. Although I’ve had my house almost 15 years now, somehow she still had a few of my old boxes of stuff from some move I made. I brought them home, full of diaries and scrapbooks and pictures. And the girl and […]

When bias strikes

The other day I went to register at one of those sites that requires that you choose security questions in case you forget your password. I have always found these vexing, but as they wander further afield from “mother’s maiden name,” they bother me more and more. I haven’t been able toput my finger onwhy […]

Follow me on Twitter

What’s nerdy and bookishand Tweets all over? Me! Follow me on Twitter since I’m on there more than I am on here. (Usually, kinda). Click here.

Audio out next week!

Only eight days left until THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY is released in audio format. If you prefer to listen to your books instead of lug around paper, then now’s your chance to hear this beautiful narration by Eileen Stevens. It can keep you company in the car! Click here to pre-order THE SECRET SIDE […]

Come meet me at the Writers Digest Conference

What do Harlan Coben, Jacquelyn Mitchard and me have in common? We’ll all be speaking at the Writers Digest Conference in New York City in August (although I doubt they’ve reserved the main stage for me this time around). I am really excited about all the amazing breakout sessionsgoing on and I’d be there even […]

THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY in JLG’s Book Talks to Go Teen

I am so humbled and grateful for the great support School Library Journal has shown THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY. From including it in its “What’s Hot in YA” list to writing a beautiful review of it, they’ve been great about letting librarians know about it. (As a result of attention like that, libraries as […]

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field…

… I will meet you there. I am loving me some Rumi right now. Here’s the whole thing: Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.When the soul lies down in that grass,the world is too full to talk aboutlanguage, ideas, even the phraseeach otherdoesn’t make any […]

It’s Official!

I start my new job on July 28th. I’m so excited on many levels (it’s Director-level, I am really loving the vibe of the place,they recruited me, the work sounds awesome), but most of all I’m super excited for San Francisco. More deets soon!

Book # 2 is finished!

Color me happy! I’ve finished writing book # 2. Of course, when I say “finished writing it” I mean it is now a cohesive story and what an editor would probably consider a first draft (although I’ve already done some editing on it myself). It probably doesn’t look like what it will eventually look like […]

Read a chapter of THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY right now!

If you haven’t yet had a chance to buy your copy, you can check out whether THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY is a book for you by reading the first chapter. This fun sneak peak from Google Books means you can get acquainted with the story before buying the book (or taking it out of […]