screen shot of the School Library Journal article on Malinda Lo's win and speech It's exciting when a writer you admire, with a book you thought was awesome, wins a big award. When it's a fellow Queer YA writer, with a Queer YA Historical Fiction that shines a light...
Miscellaneous Awesomeness
The “Red and Green and Blue and White” Book Trailer!
Cheers to the illustrator of our book, Paul O. Zelinsky, for this amazing 49 second book trailer: What's the true meaning of the holidays? Red and Green and Blue and White (Trailer) The light in me – all the colors – recognizes and acknowledges the light in you – all...
Join Me (and Zarqa Yaftali, Malala Yousafzai, and Shaharzad Akbar) and Sign This Petition to Allow Afghan Girls Their Education
It seems shocking that in 2021, an entire country can deny millions of young people their education because of their gender. As the petition says, "Afghanistan is now the only country in the world that forbids girls' education." You can read more, and add your name to...
The Story Behind The Story: “Red and Green and Blue and White”
I love this spot art from the final page of Red and Green and Blue and White, where Paul has added an image of the real-life editorial published in the Billings Gazette, imagining Teresa seeing it in the newspaper. Another awesome moment of our fictional picture book...
The October 2021 LGBTQIA2+ History Month Contest!
Maybe you saw the video on TikTok. Or on Instagram. Or maybe you are seeing it here for the first time. I'm so delighted to share a "deleted scene" - just a bit of the amazing LGBTQIA2+ history I learned that didn't end up in No Way, They Were Gay? Here's Plato's full...
Trade Review Roundup for “Red and Green and Blue and White”
It's been very exciting to see my debut picture book, Red and Green and Blue and White, (publishing Oct 19, 2021 - less than a month away!) get some really awesome trade reviews... Of course, there's the incredible STARRED Publishers Weekly Review, that said: “Wind’s...