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Southeastern WI Festival of Books

So, it’s raining like crazy; the day’s turned dark and stormy; the temp’s fifty-six (!).  One soggy Father’s Day, to be sure, but perfect for baking and resting up before the ALA next weekend.  Rest is what I need, let me tell you….

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BEA Podcast

At the BEA, I had the good fortune to be interviewed about my inspirations for DRAW THE DARK. Les was a fabulous host/interviewer and was very good at curbing my natural verbosity. 😉 I love talking books. Click below and…

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The Four YA Flavors of Summer

Fun posts, great giveaways, outstanding authors talking about the books you love: what’s not to like? Check out The Four Flavors of Summer, and watch for my guest post on July 16.

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Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books: June 17 & 18

This will be the first time I’m participating–both days!–but the festival looks to be great fun AND co-sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America!  William Kent Krueger!  Julie Hyzy!  And scads of other great mystery writers–and, oh yeah, YA authors,…

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Your Brain Off Computers

About a year ago, The New York Times did an interesting article on the effects of unplugging on the brain.  Not surprisingly, the researchers found that too much tech is bad.  Attention suffers (no shocker there; just watch kids doing homework, texting,…

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Post-BEA Maunderings

Okay, it’s true.  I’m late.  I haven’t posted in almost two weeks–well, not counting this longish guest post I did for a really fun blog-event centered on dystopian and apocalyptic YA novels.  If you haven’t read it, you can drop…

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A Few BEA 2011 Pics

Well, I am tuckered out but very humbled by all the enthusiasm people showed for ASHES.  I will post more on my BEA experiences a tad later–after a gallon of coffee, maybe, and some housekeeping that just HAS to be…

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ASHES gets a cover!

Been a long haul, folks, and I’ve seen this cover in various incarnations.  This has to be the creepiest one yet–and I love it. Oh, and check out the ad in PW.  And drop by Egmont USA while you’re at it.

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ASHES on Fuse #8

So it seems that Egmont rolled out their fall preview for a whole bunch of librarians; Elizabeth Bird was there and so she got a first look at the ASHES cover.  When I saw that cover, I thought, whoa, there is nothing…

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