Shop Indies – Saturday, Nov 30
2013-11-24
Author Sherman Alexie suggested that authors spend an hour volunteering in their local indie bookstore on Small Business Saturday. I thought it was a great idea. I’ll be at my official bookstore, and the one closest to me, Once Upon A Time Bookstore in Montrose, Calif. I’ll be walking around,Read More →
Barnes & Noble Discovery Day
2013-11-17
Barnes & Noble is having a Discovery Day this Friday, Nov 22. The Marina branch asked me to appear at 5 pm for an hour. I know that is rush hour, so if you are planning on coming, you might want to come earlier and sit and have coffee orRead More →
Enders published in the Netherlands
2013-11-12
My Dutch publisher, who has this beautiful cover, did a nice giveaway recently to celebrate the release of Enders in the Netherlands. Love the placement of Enders next to these amazing books. On the Examiner site, STARTERS was included in a list of 11 Dystopian YA book series to readRead More →
Dinner with Book Clubs
2013-11-09
A wonderful friend, Joanne MacCallum, hosted a fun evening where I spoke to her two book clubs. Emily Corliss is a Cordon-bleu chef, usually cooking at Mozza in Newport, but occasionally lending her talents to private functions. She made all the amazing food you’ll see in the photos below. JoanneRead More →
Boston Book Festival – Salman Rushdie Live
2013-10-27
Earlier this month, I was at the Boston Book Festival. This is an amazing event in the heart of downtown Boston. Friday night there was a private party for the authors at a hotel. After the cocktail party, we went into this beautiful church next store to hear Salman Rushdie whoRead More →
Starters on Bestseller List – Philippines
2013-09-29
I wouldn’t have known about this except I saw Margaret Stohl’s tumblr post about ICONS (congrats!) on the Philippine YA bestseller list in the picture below. And there was Starters peeking out at #7. Guessing that is August below, Sept is above. Thank you, Philippines!Read More →
Boston Area Appearance
2013-08-31
The staff of the Milton Library I will be in the Boston area speaking and signing at the Milton Public Library from 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9, in the Keys Auditorium. I’ll show a presentation of images from the European tour and other fun things aboutRead More →
Heading to Nova Scotia
2013-08-13
I will be at the Chapters in Halifax next Saturday, Aug 17 at 2pm to sign books and talk to readers. Then on Thursday, Aug 22, I’ll be at the Coles in Sydney at 7pm. Details are on my Events page, at the top right. Please tell your friends, IRead More →
Starters Back on the SCIBA Bestseller List
2013-08-04
This is the Southern Calif Independent Booksellers Bestseller List for the week the new Starters paperback came out. Starters was on it when it first debuted in hardcover for three weeks, then came back on once or twice. This was an unexpected surprise and I want to thank everyone forRead More →