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May 2024 Updates, Queer KidLit Book Recommendations, and More
Hi Community! The last couple of months have been PACKED, and I'm excited to share some of the good parts here:A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE news:My Gay Teen love letter to James Bond movies received a Starred Review from Foreword Reviews, Booklist cheered it for being “A...
Donate a Copy of A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE to Empower LGBTQIA2+ Teens
Watch the launch day video here (or scroll down to view it) It's Launch day for my very first traditionally published YA novel (a full 20 years since I started this writing for kids and teens journey in earnest), and A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE is very much a book that...
Join Me For the Online Launch Party for A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE
It's been quite the journey to get here: the publication of my second young adult novel, my fourth book for kids and teens, and "A Different Kind of Brave" is packed with so many things I loved as a teenager (and still love!)Action sequences!Cool gadgets!Exotic...
4 Weeks to Launch: Revealing the Pre-Order Special Offer for A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE!
I hired A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE's amazing cover designer CB Messer to create these two character cards for the main POV characters Nico and Sam. I'd call them "trading cards" but we're giving them away in pairs (because Nico and Sam are quite the pair) and these...
9 Weeks! Countdown to Launch for A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE
I'm so excited about my upcoming YA novel. Here's the one-sentence pitch: A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE is a Gay teen globe-trotting, high stakes adventure with the heroic courage of the James Bond movies and the ongoing romance—and Queer group of friends—of Heartstopper....
Join Me and Sarah Prager for a FREE Queer History Discussion as Part of the Circa Queer Histories Festival Oct 25, 2023
I'm very excited to team up with the remarkable author Sarah Prager (love her A Child’s Introduction to Pride and Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World) to talk about researching and writing Queer history for kids and teens. I hope you can join...
The Cover Reveal for “A Different Kind of Brave” is Up at LGBTQ Reads!
Go check out the AMAZING cover at LGBTQ Reads! My thanks to Dahlia Adler for sharing on her amazing LGBTQ Reads site, to Choi Messer for one heck of a design, and to Candysse Miller, Jerome Pohlen, and the whole team at Duet/Interlude/Chicago Review Press for helping...
Judith Butler on Gender – a Great Under 14-Minute Video
Dr. Judith Butler is an acclaimed author, gender theorist, and distinguished professor at the University of California at Berkeley. This video is so smart. So much of what Judith shares here resonates, including: "Many people who refuse to allow Trans people to define...
Some Nice Day-Job News: I Got Promoted!
There's a really nice write-up about my new position in Publishers Weekly, this one in Shelf Awareness, it was mentioned in Publishers Lunch, and you can read the full press release at the IBPA website here! I'm proud to work at an association that wants to empower...
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