Cool Stuff For Queer Kids
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...
I’m a guest on the “Remarkable Leadership Lessons” and “Books That Make You” Podcasts
I'm grateful for the opportunity to be a guest on both of these super podcasts. Thanks to Denise Cooper for a great conversation on episode 144 of "Denise Cooper Shares Remarkable Leadership Lessons" - I'm still thinking about your perspective on redemption, not just...
Librarian Friends, Meet Me at ALA Annual 2023
I'll be in Chicago, on the library marketplace exhibition floor, helping host the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) booth #3711 with more than 270 books from independent publisher members. I'll also have brand-new bookmarks featuring the next book in my...
Publishers Weekly Announces My Next YA Novel – A Different Kind of Brave!
I love James Bond movies, and simultaneously roll my eyes at things in them that feel really problematic... So it's always been a goal to write a Gay Young Adult novel that's both an homage and a critique, and hopefully, an action adventure/romance/celebration of...
11 People Behind 60% of the Book Banning? Let’s Break Down What the Washington Post Reporting Means.
As reported by Hannah Natanson May 23 and 24 in the Washington Post, after analyzing more than 1,000 book challenges across 32 states, they found that 42 percent of the books were challenged for having LGBTQ characters or themes. 28 percent of the books were...
Announcing Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill: The Podcast
Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill: The Podcast will drop thirty-six episodes on five Thursdays in June 2023 – both a celebration of Pride and a response to the banning of Queer books, history, and information for teens sweeping the U.S. I hope you'll make it part of your...
Resources from my “No Way, They Were Gay?” Breakout Sessions at NEA’s 2023 LGBTQ+ Social Justice and Leadership Conference
What an amazing conference! I'm so grateful to C. Scott Miller and the entire NEA LGBTQ+ Caucus for inviting me to be part of their first LGBTQ+ Social Justice and Leadership Conference since 2019. Every one of the 250+ educators who attended the conference got a copy...
Exciting News About My Next Picture Book!
Whoo-hoo! I'm so excited that Publishers Weekly just announced my next picture book, LOVE OF THE HALF-EATEN PEACH! Here's the text of the announcement, from the March 8, 2023 edition of PW's Children's Bookshelf: Wiley Blevins at Reycraft Books has bought worldwide...
It’s All Connected – A Rant/Musing For This Moment
The news has been a lot lately. All these laws,Restricting Abortion access and taking away women’s control of their bodiesTax incentives for straight couples to have more and more children Banning Drag shows for kidsBlocking Gender affirming care for minors (and even...
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