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All it takes is one

Last week, the American Library Association gave out its awards for children’s and young adult literature. Among the winners was Kwame Alexander, whose book The Crossover tells the story of two basketball-playing brothers in verse. It won the Newbery Award. I haven’t read it yet, but I was intrigued to find out more about him […]

THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY to be released in paperback

News! THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY will be released in paperback format in Fall of 2015. More details as they become available!

Why do we never look ahead?

As new threats emerge, we keep looking in our rear-view mirror. Never mind traditional terrorism. What’s next? I’ll admit to being lulled into a sense of security in the 1990s. The Cold War was over, that constant threat that scared the bejeezus out of me as a kid until the Berlin Wall fell when I […]

And the hand-wringing begins about the Fifty Shades movie

Let me preface this by saying I did not read any of the Fifty Shades books. I’m not going to watch the movie. Not because I’m offended by the idea of Fifty Shades either as a hater of blockbuster success or as a pearl-clutching Victorian. I’m just kind of bored by the concept of it. […]

Does Size Matter?

I’ve been thinking a lot about body image since writing my piece about the “plus size” model in the SI swimsuit issue. Being female in Western culture, I’ve had my struggles with body image issues over the years. In high school I cringed at nearly every picture I saw of myself, thinking my little butt […]

Body shaming masquerading as body positivity

There’s a lot of buzz right now about the fact that the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is running its first “plus size” ad. The breathless tone of the story seems to suggest that the rest of us of the female variety should be grateful. I have several problems with this. First, hats off to Ashley […]

2015 NYC Teen Author Festival

The 2015 NYC Teen Author Festival schedule has been made public and- woot! woot! – I’m on it! I’m extra-excited to be participating in my “hometown” Teen Author Festival. What’s even better, I’m on a panel with Andrew Smith (of Winger and Grasshopper Jungle fame) and the wonderful Coe Booth, whom I was lucky enough […]

Woman Power

This morning I fixed a thing. It won’t get me my own reality show, like “Ice Road Garage Door Fixers” or “Naked, Afraid, but Kicking Butt,” (and, for the record, I was not naked), but it did make me feel pretty cool. My kids had a delayed opening this morning for reasons that surpass understanding […]

How to read more

I don’t read as much as I used to. It’s embarrassing to admit, for someone in the word business. But life is busy. I no longer commute by bus, which used to make me a captive for several hours a day (NOT that I’m complaining about that). Finding time is hard. Not because reading has […]

Why I love February

I love February. Living in the Northeast as I do, this may seem counterintuitive. February is when it’s coldest and snowiest. (It’s snowing as I write this). It’s when people start grumbling about their driveways, the grayness, the salt on everything and running out of room to put the white stuff. It’s the month the […]