by Rebecca | Jul 29, 2016 | book people, eventful, feel the love, heaven aka bookstores, IRL, lets take this show on the road, middle grade, naming names, onefour kidlit, Summer of Lost and Found, wrap ups
Last Thursday, author-friends Tara Dairman (the All Four Stars series), Lauren Magaziner (The Only Thing Worse Than Witches and Pilfer Academy), Michelle Schusterman (the I Heart Band and Kat Sinclair series) and I had a great time meeting readers at The Voracious...
by Rebecca | Jun 16, 2016 | Aladdin, eventful, feel the love, heaven aka bookstores, I talk about food too much, IRL, lets take this show on the road, olykoeks, party time, Simon & Schuster, Summer of Lost and Found, teachers are the best
I grew up visiting a wonderful children’s bookstore, Pooh Corner, in my hometown, Madison, WI. So I was delighted a few years ago when a new independent bookstore, Mystery to Me, opened on the same block where Pooh Corner once had a home. I try to stop by every...
by Rebecca | May 24, 2016 | Aladdin, books, eventful, feel the love, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, IRL, middle grade, news, releases, Simon & Schuster, Summer of Lost and Found, summertime, watch out I'm getting all verklempt
Summer of Lost and Found is on shelves today! Hip hip hooray! I hope readers will have as much fun discovering the past and present Roanoke Island as I did while writing it. Thanks to everyone who helped get this book into the world, especially: my agent, Suzie...
by Rebecca | Feb 23, 2016 | ALA, ARCs, books, conferences, feel the love, middle grade, slightly incoherent due to revision brain, this is how we read it, Uncategorized
I spent January and February speeding through the stack of MG/YA ARCs I picked up at ALA Midwinter. And if these ten books are any indication, 2016 is going to be an amazing year for kid lit. Here’s what I read, and in one(ish) sentence, I’ll tell you why...
by Rebecca | Nov 3, 2015 | Aladdin, ARCs, book publishing, covers, feel the love, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, i heart the beach, IRL, Simon & Schuster, Summer of Lost and Found
I came home to a great surprise on Monday night: a package from Alyson Heller, my editor at Aladdin/S&S. I started ripping it open before I even got up the stairs. Inside, I found: ARCs! And a jacket proof–the first peek I’ve gotten at all the true...
by Rebecca | Feb 15, 2015 | authors, blog touring, book people, Egmont, feel the love, Summer of Lost and Found, Uncategorized
Publishers Weekly had a great article about the next steps for some Egmont USA employees (congrats, Jordan, Alison, and Michelle!) along with information on Egmont’s Last List. The Last List is a publicity and marketing campaign for Egmont’s Spring 2015...
