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The stresses of travel

3:52 local time, 6:52 my time, exhausted but can’t sleep. It feels like I’ve been on some kind of moving vehicle – plane, airport shuttle bus, rental car – for 3 solid days. Head pounding. GI Jane is on the TV keeping me company. She’s actually a good companion. If she can go through hell […]

Los Angeles and San Diego!

If you’re in LA or San Diego, please come out and say hi. I will be joining several of my favorite YA authors for a whirlwind tour. Click here for details and locations.

Travelogue – Cleveland 2014

October 15th 5:00 pm – Oh my god. I am on a propeller plane. Spoiled as I am living within an hour of three major airports, from where I can fly direct just about anywhere, I haven’t been on many. But this trip to Cleveland has finally broken my lucky streak. I take a puddle […]

Aisle seats

I have entered the aisle seat phase of my life. There was a two-year period of my childhood, between ages six and eight, that I took a flurry of long international flights. Just like exposing a puppy to noises at the right stage of development, it made me into a lifelong seasoned traveler. It also […]

Thank you, Kean University!

Yesterday I had the honor of being invited to the Kean University’s Spanish Speaking Program to talk to students about THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY and my experiences of growing up undocumented in the United States. What a treat! The students were attentive, polite and asked great questions. It was so great getting to spend […]

Did amnesty work?

As some of you may know, I was an undocumented immigrant. In 1988 I got put on a path to U.S. citizenship by the Immigration Reform and Control Act… basically an amnesty. So, as you can imagine, having felt intimately the saving grace of that legislation, it would not surprise you to know that I […]

Great meeting at SCBWI NJ!

I always love it when I get to do one of my favorite things on Earth: hang out with fellow writers. My colleague and best bud from the Hillsborough Children’s Book Festival, Yvonne Ventresca, put together this fun breakfast social for the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators so I headed out to Chatham […]

My dreams have been invaded

I always know when something has taken up residence in my mind when it shows up in my dreams. I dream a lot, so there’s ample play time available. But my subconscious is stubborn. It holds on to old symbols and problems. One weird thing it does is that it holds on to the image […]

Gone Girl – a review

This past weekend I joined millions of my fellow Americans and went to check out Gone Girl. I was not disappointed. Finally, a writer with a darker view on marriage than I have. The movie, adapted from the best-selling novel by Gillian Flynn, keeps you on your toes for its full 145 minutes. In a […]

Guest post on YA Interrobang

Today I have a post out on YA Interrobang (best name for a website ever) on how I feel about the label “diverse books.” (Spoiler: it’s complicated). Click here to check it out.