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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 and I have been friends since high school. We went to college together, and have stayed close over all these many years (don’t ask how many…;) In fact, Tui was the maid of honor at my wedding and wrote me the most awesome toast EVER! You should definitely ask her about it at the event…
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Then on TUESDAY, join me and the incredible Kate Messner at Phoenix Books to talk about how I took that inspiration and turned it into a book! We’ll talk about writing challenges, revision tricks that helped me to get the story right, and all the research I did to create the world of the story and the characters within it.
Kate was one of the first writer friends I made after moving to Vermont. She has not only been a champion of my books, but she’s a great champion for all children’s books and a friend and mentor to me and so many other authors. I am so grateful that she’s joining me to help celebrate the launching of Of a Feather into the world!
And if you’re particularly interested in the falconry side of the book, we are working on scheduling a third launch event with the amazing Alex London, who wrote the fantastic YA falconry fantasy trilogy Black Wings Beating. Stay tuned!