This contest is now over! Thanks to all who entered!
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Now that the holidays are over, get yourself what you want. I compiled the following list for a website that didn't get a chance to run it because of the Sandy Hook massacre.

Top Teen Geek Gifts for Actual Geeks

1. Star Wars Princess Leia Dog Costume. $13.14 at PartyBell.com.
   
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I usually tell people that my first piece of writing was the essay "Horrible Mention" which appears in Teen Angst? Naaah...:


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Update 4/21/12: Thanks everyone who came to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books! I had a great time on the "Page and Screen" panel.


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Cover reveal: my new book The Other Normals on EW.com!

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UPDATE, 1/5/12: House of Secrets announcement in EW!

I love Post-It flags. I admit it. Those skinny little Post-Its for annotating books? I'm terrible. If I see a display like this, my afternoon is over:


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