Thrillerfest NYC 2014
For all those thriller fans out there, I’ll be at the Thrillerfest Conference in Manhattan again from July 8 – July 12. This photo above is from last year’s YA panel with the incredibly funny R.L. Stine as our panel master. This year they deemed me panel master (no smallRead More →
A High School in Canada Chose Starters as Their Read of the Year
I was thrilled when I discovered a few months ago that a high school in Canada had picked Starters as their read of the year! When I told my publisher in Canada, Random House Children’s Books, they arranged to bring me out there. I made a short video for theRead More →
Ontario Teen Book Festival in California this Saturday
This Saturday, May 17, from 9-5pm, I’ll be at the Ontario Teen Book Festival, in California, along with some amazing authors. Keynotes by Lauren Kate, Corey John Whaley and Jessica Brody and many more panelists. This amazing conference is all free (I can’t believe it), just show up. The bookstoreRead More →
A Preview of the Canadian Book Tour
Will create the real post with lots of photos later, but wanted you all to get a taste of this: 1100 students and teachers all read STARTERS at the same time. So many, we couldn’t fit them all in the photo! That’s me, wearing their school color, red, in theRead More →
Contests! International too.
If you go to the menu at the top of this site, you’ll see “For Readers.” Under that, on the pulldown menu, you’ll see “contests.” Click there to see the latest contests. We haven’t been updating that page, but we did it today. The latests ones include a tax-deductible auctionRead More →
Oh, Canada!
I am off to Canada. I have a big school event (an entire school picked Starters as their read of the year), some publishing events, and a book stop at the Chapters Barrie near Toronto on Saturday May 3 at 1pm. I hope to meet you there! If you areRead More →
Pasadena Teen Book Festival and a Contest
The Pasadena Public Library and Bridge to Books is sponsoring a YA book festival, Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Pasadena Public Library. Click on the picture below to get to the official website: The free tickets are sold out, and now, as ofRead More →
2014 Young Adult Scavenger Hunt
Welcome to the YA Scavenger Hunt! You can read exclusive content from YA authors and also win big prizes. Add up the numbers, and maybe you’ll win one signed book from each author in my team. This is INTERNATIONAL! But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material)Read More →
Philadelphia – Starters and Enders
I spoke at the Ridley Middle School in Philadelphia recently. The students were incredibly smart; the questions were stellar. And the questions didn’t stop. I would love to see where these students are in ten years. The next day I was at a great B&N in the Neshaminy Mall, inRead More →
Love Trouble with Tribbles?
David Gerrold, the writer of the famous “Trouble With Tribbles” Star Trek episode is endorsing me for the Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He’s also known for The Martian Child, a Hugo and Nebula winner. I wrote about this award given at the Hugo Awards ceremony here where youRead More →