Yesterday morning, Lisa (L.K.) Madigan, a fellow member of the Debut 2009 Authors' Group, passed away.

Many moving tributes to Lisa have been written by those who were close to her or who had at least had the chance to meet her in person, such as Sara Zarr and Melodye Shore. I regret to say that I never met Lisa or spoke to her at any great length ( Read more... )

Congratulations to hakkai_duo, who won my auction on help_haiti by donating $50 to UNICEF in exchange for a signed copy of Rebel! And thanks to the hundreds of others who participated, offered donations and made generous bids to help raise funds for earthquake relief in Haiti.

But if you missed the auction, don't worry, there's more to come --

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OH HAI GUYS I FORGOT TO MENTION I'M DOING A SIGNING IN TORONTO TODAY:

January 7, 2010 @ 7 p.m., Yorkdale Mall Indigo Books
with Megan Crewe (author of Give Up The Ghost)
and Neesha Meminger (author of Shine, Coconut Moon)

Both Megan and Neesha's books are beautifully written and they are also lovely people, so even if you are justifiably sick of ( Read more... )

Can you believe 2009 is almost over? I can't. But thanks to my fellow MG/YA authors at debut2009, it's been an exciting year with lots of new friends and good reading in it!

So here's our parting gift to you, dear readers:


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Two fantastic book prize packages are being given away soon, and my book is in both of them!

First, my fellow fantasy authors over at enchantedinkpot are running the First Annual Inkies Giveaway Extravaganza, with prizes including three bundles of eight books each -- one focused on Fairy Tales and Folklore (that's mine!), one on Adventure and Witchcraft, and ( Read more... )

I am happy to announce that in just a couple of weeks (well, three to be exact), I will be flying down to the AASL Conference in Charlotte, NC to do a signing for many lovely school librarians, and while I am visiting I will also be doing this:

Meet the Debs!

Where:
Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC

When:
Friday November 6, 2009 at 5 p.m.

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