Selfie in the Philippines
2014-09-19
Lissa’s selfie with a portion of the crowd that turned out on a Friday night to see Jennifer E. Smith and Lissa in Cebu.Read More →
In the Philippines
2014-09-17
Lissa is in the Philippines this week and sends this photo of her and Jennifer E. Smith speaking to the smart students of the International School.Read More →
Con or Bust Auction is Up
2014-02-19
You might remember I participated in this last year and I’m doing it again. This auction benefits people of color by helping them get to attend conferences, where the numbers are sorely underrepresented. The emphasis is on SFF cons. I’ve donated a copy of Starters that includes Portrait of aRead More →
Winners and a New Contest Here
2013-10-06
Winners of my YASH bonus contest are listed below. Your names are shortened to protect your privacy unless you have a public name, and if there is any confusion, the top five winners have been notified by email. Third to fifth place winners (chapter sampler and bookmarks, signed): 3. SuaRead More →
Starters on Bestseller List – Philippines
2013-09-29
I wouldn’t have known about this except I saw Margaret Stohl’s tumblr post about ICONS (congrats!) on the Philippine YA bestseller list in the picture below. And there was Starters peeking out at #7. Guessing that is August below, Sept is above. Thank you, Philippines!Read More →
Starters was awarded the ist Eselsohr in Germany
2012-11-26
For more than 20 years, a German award has been given called the “its Eselsohr” for the best YA book of the year. The jury is made of teens from 13-16, boys and girls. I was absolutely delighted to learn today that last week they picked Starters. I’ll be gettingRead More →
One of the best presents, ever
2011-12-28
Today I got a wonderful surprise in the mail. The box had a photo of my German cover (but also some mailing labels, so I didn’t photograph it). Then, it opened to a letter and the first catalog for the new YA imprint from Piper Verlag called IVI. This isRead More →
Twilight’s Bella (in Germany) voices my Callie
2011-11-21
When the Twilight films show in Germany, Annina Braunmiller is the voice of Bella (normally Kristin Stewart when in English). She also is the narrator for the Twilight audio books in German. And now for mine. She’ll be the narrator for the German audio book of STARTERS. I’m so excited.Read More →