Last month I was at Thrillerfest again in NYC and here’s KJ Howe, soon-to-be debut author! Her book is called The Freedom Brokers, to be published by Hachette, and it’s so exciting. Got to have dinner with some of my YA author buds from other parts of the world —Read More →
Gillian G., a very talented illustrator, did these while watching our panel. I can’t believe someone can do that — amazing. Her link is at the end. I purposely left off any reference to Callie’s hair color so readers could imagine themselves in her shoes. But I intentionally wanted toRead More →
A really great year at the LJWC! Here’s bestselling author Andrew Peterson and I team teaching “The Villain Drives the Story.” This was so much fun. I’ve never done a PowerPoint presentation with another author like this before, but it was a big success with a lot of positive feedback.Read More →
I enjoyed meeting librarians and seeing my fellow YA and MG authors at the CLA signing last week. I was sitting next to two terrific writers, Sherri Smith and Catherine Linka. The poster below me is the Thai version of Starters next to Enders in the poster. Don’t you loveRead More →
Immediately after the CLA conference signing, I am heading down to the 15th annual LJWC. You may remember I gave a keynote there last year. I love seeing many of the returning students and meeting new ones. This year I’m teaching my Query 911 again, where I discuss recent successfulRead More →
I’ll be signing at the CLA Conference at the Pasadena Convention Center Exhibit Hall, this Friday from 12:30 to 1:30pm only. I’ll be there with a select group of amazing YA authors and friends. If you’re attending, stop by to say hi and take any swag for your readers. This isRead More →
Went to my first RT Convention earlier this month and got to meet one of my YA author heroes, Scott Westerfeld. I love his Uglies series which is long overdue to be a film. He’s just remarkably talented. Here we are, with his spouse, Justine Larbalestier, the author of many novelsRead More →
Next week, this is where I’ll be. If you are attending, come and see me. It’s my first time there and I’m going to listen to some panels from people like Mark Coker and Neil Thompson. They get the best of the best for this convention. And it is goingRead More →
The new paperback of Enders publishes this January 6! If you pre-order it, you could win a HUGE collection of Starters around the world — that includes a first-printing, first edition of the beautiful hardcover as well as the US paperback and tons of foreign copies. It’s not every copyRead More →
My last full day in Manila started with a blogger event in one of the PowerBooks Bookstores. What a gorgeous group! (If this is the first post you’re reading of the Philippines book tour, please start here – there are three posts total, counting this one). Starters nails! Note that’sRead More →
