by Rebecca | Mar 17, 2017 | grits that are true, historical fiction, i heart the beach, middle grade, news, research, Scholastic, short stories, Summer of Lost and Found, teachers are the best, writing
I’m excited to share that I have two stories appearing in Scholastic’s classroom magazines this month! The March/April issue of Storyworks has “Lost and Found,” realistic fiction that was inspired by my time in the Outer Banks doing research...
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 | Jul 27, 2016 | authors, eventful, heaven aka bookstores, IRL, lets take this show on the road, middle grade, onefour kidlit, Summer of Lost and Found, wrap ups
Last Thursday, author-friends Tara Dairman (the All Four Stars series) and Jen Swann Downey (The Ninja Librarians series) and I had a great time meeting readers at One More Page in Arlington, VA. I love that bookstore–not only does it have a wonderful selection...
by Rebecca | May 29, 2016 | Aladdin, book people, books, eventful, heaven aka bookstores, IRL, lets take this show on the road, middle grade, party time, releases, Simon & Schuster, Summer of Lost and Found, wrap ups
I had a fabulous time celebrating Summer of Lost and Found at Books of Wonder on Tuesday night. Here are some pictures of the festivities: If you missed it–you can still purchase a signed copy from Books of...
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 | May 11, 2016 | Aladdin, books, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, historical fiction, middle grade, news, PW, Simon & Schuster, The Last Grand Adventure, titles, watch out I'm getting all verklempt, writing
So you might have seen some news in Publishers Weekly this afternoon: That’s right–I wrote another MG book! The Last Grand Adventure will be in bookstores sometime between January-April 2018. Like When Audrey Met Alice, I created a character...
