The annual conference for the National Council of Teachers of English or NCTE is coming up and I’m presenting! But what’s more, I’m doing a public event at Newtonville Books while I’m there! Friday night 11/22 at 6:00 p.m., please join me and my friends and fellow authors Lindsey Pointer and Charlene Allen along with…
I had such a fantastic time chatting with our very own Miss Vermont, Yamuna Turco, on her local TV show, The Miss Vermont Voice!
Have YOU preordered your copy of the paperback edition of Wayward Creatures??? My most recent middle grade novel? Yes, that one. The one with the starred review from Kirkus! The one that won the 2023 NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children! You HAVE preordered your copy?! HUZZAH! I want to send you…
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!
I received the most amazing email from a friend attending the annual conference for the National Council of Teachers of English two weekends ago with this picture: According to the NCTE website, The NCTE Charlotte Huck Award® for Outstanding Fiction for Children was established in 2014 to promote and recognize excellence in the writing of…
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…
I’m so excited to present the Discussion and Teaching Guide for Wayward Creatures that I created with Dr. Shannicka Johnson of LIGHT in Education, LLC. I hope that educators find this guide helpful! Please contact me if you’d like to schedule a school visit!
My next middle grade novel, Wayward Creatures, releases on Tuesday! I am so excited to share this book with all you wonderful readers! It’s about friendship and family and struggling through hard times, both inside and outside yourself. It’s about the power of restorative practices, both for the natural world and a community. And it’s…
Dayna Lorentz is the author of the DOGS OF THE DROWNED CITY series (Scholastic) and NO SAFETY IN NUMBERS (Dial).
I write because I have to; I write because I love to; I eat cupcakes because they’re there.