I’m a guest on the Kids Ask Author’s Podcast!

I was so honored to be invited by the fabulous Grace Lin to appear on her awesome podcast, Kids Ask Authors! Check out the interview here or wherever you get your podcasts! The episode includes a book review of Of a Feather by a reader! Thank you for the review, Annalise!

Come meet me IN PERSON at the L.A. Times Festival of Books!

I’m excited to announce that I will be appearing on a panel at the L.A. Times Festival of Books! Come hear me chat with the amazing Lev Grossman and Sharon Levin about animals in middle grade fiction! We’ll be on the YA Stage on Sunday, April 24th at 10:30 a.m.  There will also be a…

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Of a Feather NEIBA Award finalist

Of a Feather is a New England Book Award Finalist!

This summer, Of a Feather was announced as a finalist for the New England Book Award in the Middle Grade category–huzzah! Thank you to the New England Independent Booksellers Association and to all the independent booksellers for supporting Of a Feather! The winner will be announced in October at a masked ball! I can’t wait!…

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AL Event

Earth Day Event with the Awesome Alex London!

This Earth Day, join the awesome children’s and YA author Alex London and me to celebrate two months since the release of OF A FEATHER! I’ll read from Of a Feather–Rufus’s point of view, of course!–and then Alex and I will chat with you about researching falconry (we both got to actually fly raptors with…

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Book Trailer for Of a Feather

I made a book trailer for Of a Feather! Thank you to my wonderful daughter for making me *custom animation* for the project and to my fabulous cover and spot art artist Izzy Burton! If you’d like to learn more about the book, come to one of my launch events THIS WEEK! Monday, I’ll be…

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Launching OF A FEATHER!

This MONDAY, the amazing Tui Sutherland will join in me launching my new middle grade novel Of a Feather at Belmont Books! This is my first launch event, and it will be a kind of Meet the Book, Meet the Author event. We’ll talk about my inspiration for the book and how Tui has inspired me! Tui…

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