In Good Company

Yesterday was the Millbrook, NY Book Festival and what a great day.

I was scheduled to be on a panel discussing YA books at 3:30 but we headed out early and made it to the Author's tent for book signings by about 9:30.

Once there, we met up with Scott from Merritt Books who gave me the most wonderful surprise, ever: he'd obtained copies of Ordinary Beauty a month before the official release date, for me to sign! Talk about a thrill.


I had a great time meeting some very talented authors including my tablemate Jennifer Donnelly (just finished Revolution and loved it!), Tim Tocher, Joseph Bruchac and Sarah Smith, and later in the day we sat on the YA panel, where my enthusiasm got the better of me and I ended up revealing the climax to How It Ends, instead of teasing othe audience with clues but no pay-off. Sigh. Someday I will learn how to rein myself in. (Probably not, though.)



One of the coolest things about being there was the dogs. There were people with dogs everywhere, and I got to meet a gorgeous pack of beagles, a very large,old dog, and at least eight Jack Russells. Made my day, as did this lovely interview with John Davis of the Poughkeepsie Journal:

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20110514/NEWS01/105140340/Authors-share-words-wisdom-Millbrook-Book-Festival?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CPoughkeepsieJournal.com%7Cs 

So thank you, Millbrook, for hosting me. A deep curtsy goes out to Alexas and Tim and Scott for a wonderful event!