Looking forward with gratitude to connecting with #teachers #educators #librarians and the #kidlit community at #NCTE2024 in Boston. My excitingly hectic schedule begins on Thursday 11:30 Rm 204 A with a panel on Ecoliteracy, moderated by Nora Shalaway Carpenter and featuring Margarita Engle and Jewel Parker Rhodes, along with Karina Iceberg, Russ Mayo and Gabriel [...]
Tag: Born Behind Bars
Wish you a golden autumn!
After a hectic summer, I've decided to have a calmer fall. I plan to spend more time writing than traveling, but I will be doing a bit of teaching, too. I'm so honored and excitedly looking forward to teaching an online course in writing at Sarah Lawrence College. For the first half of the semester, [...]
All Best For the Rest of 2021 and Happy 2022!
https://videopress.com/v/flYWbh3r?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata Happy Holidays and Happy New Year Wishes! Can't believe 2021 is nearly over. As this year winds down, I'm taking a moment to be grateful for all the honors and awards and praise Born Behind Bars has been blessed with. So far, to my knowledge, it's on the Boston Globe, Kirkus, School Library Journal, [...]
Born Behind Bars – my 5th novel!
Born Behind Bars I'm so excited to share the news that Born Behind Bars is a Junior Library Guild Selection! And it received it's first review - a wonderful STAR - from Kirkus: " This compelling novel develops at a brisk pace, advanced by evocative details and short chapters full of action... A gritty story, filled [...]
To 2021, With Love…
Wow! Can't believe it's 2 months into 2021 already. I'm trying hard to stay positive, although it's sometimes hard to do so in lieu of the horrific display of violence and white privilege we all witnessed in the United States in early January. Then again, it would be impossible to write a post that doesn't [...]