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Thanks to Leila Roy, Bookshelves of Doom, and Kirkus Reviews

for this thoughtful review. The Fashion Committee will be out in one week!

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Two stars feels like a galaxy

Thanks to Publisher’s Weekly for the starred review of The Fashion Committee! “As the rivals furiously brainstorm ideas, search for models, betray friends, and misplace their priorities in a race to win, they undergo significant changes that profoundly alter their outlooks. Charlie and John’s voices ring clear in a series of fashion diary entries (a […]

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Fashion Committee News and Views

The Fashion Committee will be out on May 24 and early feedback is starting to come in. I am thrilled that the book received a starred (and smart, thoughtful) review from School Library Journal. “Juby has created two compelling, multidimensional narrators whom readers will laugh with and cry for as they vie for the coveted […]

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Reading in Victoria, B.C.

Do you miss Prudence and the gang? Come out to the Central Branch of the Victoria Public Library on Saturday, March 4 at 11:00. I’ll be reading from Republic of Dirt as part of the GVPL’s Writers Readers & Storytellers series. Please register at gvpl.ca or call 250-940-GVPL (4875) I will not bring a mule, […]

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Fashion Committee Giveaway!

The Fashion Committee will be out in May and that means it’s time to do a few giveaways. Here’s the plan: Tell me about a time you made yourself an item of clothing or an outfit. Maybe it worked out beautifully and maybe it didn’t. Anyone who participates will be entered to win an ARC […]

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Thank you!

I’m incredibly honoured to report that The Truth Commission won the Amy Mathers award for teen fiction at a fabulous ceremony in Toronto. With the amazing Amy Mathers!   My agent, Hilary, and superstar author and publicist, Vikki VanSickle! Can you even stand how chic these two are? Lynne, my Canadian editor. Felicia Quon who […]

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A tonic on a hard day

Sent to me by the delightful and talented Stephen Nance. A song I wish he didn’t have to sing.  

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About The Fashion Committee

For those who are pretty much incapacitated with excitement, here is the blurb for The Fashion Committee. The story of a girl, a boy, and the fashion competition that could change both of their lives. Charlie Dean is a style-obsessed girl who eats, sleeps, and breathes fashion. John Thomas-Smith is a boy who forges metal […]

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Sound trumpets! Set off fireworks! Dance like you mean it!

It’s new cover reveal time! Here is the cover for The Fashion Committee: A Novel of Art, Crime, and Applied Design. It was a pure pleasure to work on (not something I can say about every book) and I’m excited to share it with the world (or at least the part of the world that […]

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Event Listing

On Friday, September 30, I will join Arthur Black for a reading and Q&A in Sidney, BC. Please join us. Arthur is charming and hilarious and I will comb my hair and everything. (The event is a fundraiser for the Sidney Literary Festival.)

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