I'm grateful for the opportunity to be a guest on both of these super podcasts. Thanks to Denise Cooper for a great conversation on episode 144 of "Denise Cooper Shares Remarkable Leadership Lessons" - I'm still thinking about your perspective on redemption, not just...
I'll be in Chicago, on the library marketplace exhibition floor, helping host the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) booth #3711 with more than 270 books from independent publisher members. I'll also have brand-new bookmarks featuring the next book in my...
I love James Bond movies, and simultaneously roll my eyes at things in them that feel really problematic... So it's always been a goal to write a Gay Young Adult novel that's both an homage and a critique, and hopefully, an action adventure/romance/celebration of...
What an amazing conference! I'm so grateful to C. Scott Miller and the entire NEA LGBTQ+ Caucus for inviting me to be part of their first LGBTQ+ Social Justice and Leadership Conference since 2019. Every one of the 250+ educators who attended the conference got a copy...
Whoo-hoo! I'm so excited that Publishers Weekly just announced my next picture book, LOVE OF THE HALF-EATEN PEACH! Here's the text of the announcement, from the March 8, 2023 edition of PW's Children's Bookshelf: Wiley Blevins at Reycraft Books has bought worldwide...
We're more than two years into this free, all-volunteer-powered safe space gathering of Queer-identified Children's and Teen Literature Writers, Translators, and illustrators, and if you identify as Queer and your creative work includes kid lit, there are 8 very cool...
