Here are pics of our YA fantasy/dystopian panel at Workstock in Portland. David Levithan (EVERY DAY) is our moderator and to my left is Kevin Emerson (THE LOST CODE) and Alex Adams (WHITE HORSE). David is an experienced and smart moderator (he’s also an editor and a NYT Bestselling authorRead More →
Packing for Portland for the Wordstock Book Festival. See “events” on my page for details or go here for more: http://schedule.wordstockfestival.com/speaker/lissaprice1#.UHTKiWhBSM9 Saturday is the big day. I love how organized the Wordstock people are, this is going to be epic. And Saturday night I’m at Jan’s Books with Danny Marks andRead More →
Saw Ben Affleck last night in a special screening of his latest film, ARGO. He directed and acted in this film based on a book about the real-life events involving American hostages held in Iran. I won’t give any spoilers. Billy Ray (who wrote drafts of Hunger Games) did theRead More →
Good news, you can find STARTERS on the TeenRC Book Club. If you’re a parent, click here. If you’re a teacher, click here. If you’d like to find out more about how to order STARTERS from Scholastic Book Clubs, you can go here. I’m thrilled and grateful as I knowRead More →
So there are signed copies of STARTERS at three places in SoCal. The first one is for a good cause and the books will only be there until Wed, 9/26 – that is B&N Americana on Brand in Glendale. They will probably be on a special table. Sales benefit schoolRead More →
STARTERS debuted at #2 on this list of Southern Calif Independent Booksellers – which is pretty much all the bookstores except for B&N. It remained for another week, popped back on again later for a total of three weeks. But I never expected it to show up again, 6 monthsRead More →
Jacket Copy, a book blog from the L.A. Times has a nice piece on our Saturday night signing at Once Upon A Time Bookstore with a pic of STARTERS and Scott Speer’s Immortal City! http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/ There is a rumor that I might give away two tickets for a rock concertRead More →
On Saturday, Sept 22, from 2-5, I’ll be at Barnes & Noble Americana for Rising Stars, a group of YA authors sponsored by Bridge to Books. http://bridgetobooks.org/ya-rising-stars/ If you’ve never visited Americana, it’s a wonderful outdoor shopping area, with fountains and outdoor cafes. This Barnes & Noble has a great balconyRead More →
For the first time since the summer of 2011, I feel relaxed. It’s not a vacation break, which is when you go away somewhere and it has nothing to do with work. But it is at least “I can read the newspaper” kind of break. I remember taking one orRead More →
