Today, my little book THOU SHALT NOT ROAD TRIP is all grown up. You’ll see it on the bookshelves of your local bookstore (it’s the one with the awesomely garish collage of Route 66 photos on the cover) and amazon will ask you if you want to buy it rather than pre-ordering it. I’ve said [...]
On Thursday, April 12th, at 7PM, THOU SHALT NOT ROAD TRIP will be launched as part of Read St. Louis 2012. I really hope readers in St. Louis will be able to make it. It’ll be a fun time indeed! The address is: St. Louis Public Library (Schlafly Branch), 225 N. Euclid Ave, St Louis, MO [...]
When I moved to St. Louis in 2008, it took me approximately 5 hours to work out that my local library branch was beyond awesome. I know, I like adjectives (and superlatives), but when it comes to the library system, it’s justified. Don’t believe me? Well, when St. Louis was named the 8th most literate [...]
Well, for one day at least . . . The St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance, a groundbreaking coalition of Indie bookstores, had the utterly awesome idea of asking local authors to appear in their stores as booksellers for a day. They’re calling us celebrities, and while I think it’s fair to say that word is [...]
I love school visits. I mean, I really love them. But if the school is in Saskatchewan or Pocatello, Idaho, say, it’s kind of hard for me to get there and back in the five working hours I have each day. Which is why a particularly resourceful Ohio teen librarian proposed that I Skype with [...]
Thanks to everyone who entered – such a fantastic response. Bookplates will be mailed to you all on Monday! (Oh, and if you want something special inscribed, please drop me an email and let me know what it is. I’m happy to customize / graffiti your bookplate in any way you like.) And so . [...]
So I have this new fantasy trilogy coming out. It’s called ELEMENTAL, and the first book comes out in fall 2012. I’m incredibly excited about it, and the editing is going really well. There’s no doubt this is some of the best stuff I’ve ever written. Just as exciting, bloggers are getting on board (dystopian [...]
CALLING ALL CHICAGOANS … I’m thrilled to announce that tomorrow evening there will be a live theater performance of Five Flavors of Dumb at the Loft in Evanston Public Library (Third Floor East of the Main Library, 1703 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201. Tel: 847-448-8625). Here’s the full blurb: Saturday, July 23, 3 p.m., Community Meeting Room, [...]
It’s July 4th weekend here in the States – the annual celebration of US independence from oppressive Brits. Hence I’m writing this from an undisclosed bunker and disguising my accent every time I answer the phone. Okay, that’s not completely true. Actually, I’m sitting on the deck of a house in Myrtle Beach, SC, which [...]
Missie at The Unread Reader has interviewed me for her “When I’m Not Writing” series. (There’s even a book giveaway.) You’ll be able to read top tips on how not to intervene in sibling rivalries, and you’ll discover the extraordinary lengths I’ll go to in order to procrastinate. Since Gayle Forman was the last interviewee, [...]
