Something wonderful happened last week. In the midst of my disappointment at having to miss my east coast tour, a legendary author gave me an endorsement. Let me back up and explain. I am eligible to be nominated for the John Campbell Award for New Writer. This is an awardRead More →
It’s so beautiful, tall and dangerous, I love it. It’s also the first trophy I’ve ever won, let alone for my first book so I am very proud of it. Thank you, Unieboekspectrum in the Netherlands for your ethereal version of the original cover. This pic has the award stickerRead More →
THE INTERNATIONAL READERS ASSOCIATION Starters is on the 2012 IRA list of YA Choices. This is a great list of wonderful YA books chosen by teens and list is distributed to schools and libraries. Starters was one of only three books by my publisher, Random House. See the list here.Read More →
For anyone who is eligible to vote for these awards, the nominations are due tomorrow! I would like to submit my first novel, STARTERS, a YA dystopian (Random House Children’s Book, Delacorte, 2012), for your 2012 awards consideration. If you are a SFWA member, I would be honored if youRead More →
TeenReads tweeted today that Starters almost has enough votes to make the official nomination list! Please follow the link below to nominate Starters for the contest. You can nominate up to 5 of your favorite YA books of 2012. You can name any number between 1 and 5, so don’tRead More →
Hypable.com nominated Starters as one of ten debut YA books for 2012! It’s a fast vote, you don’t have to vote for all the categories so you can get in and out quickly. Note that you can only vote once on this one! Ends Wed, Dec 19th so do now.Read More →
As many of you know, I am a big fan of libraries. I remember my mother introducing me to the public library before I was in school. She stood by a wall of books and waved her hand saying, “All of these are free.” I couldn’t believe how wonderful itRead More →
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 →
Starters was chosen by readers in Germany as one of their favorite YA books of 2012! This is a different voting contest and it ends in a few days. 1. Please go here: http://www.lovelybooks.de/leserpreis/2012/Kinder-Jugendbuch/ 2. You do not have to register, just look for the Starters title about halfway down theRead More →
I received some wonderful news via FB today that STARTERS has won its first award and a trophy! It was one of five finalists for the Crimezone Award for Best YA Thriller of 2012, an award given out in the Netherlands, but I didn’t expect to win against such heavyweightsRead More →
