Cover RevealMy next picture book, Luck Charms the Prince, is coming out (pun very much intended) on May 25, 2027, and the amazing author, librarian, and book blogger for School Library Journal Betsy Bird just hosted the cover reveal on her A Fuse 8 Production...
Publishing takes time... but having a new book come out when it's finally all ready is so sweet! "Like THAT Eleanor" is beautifully illustrated by Kelly Mangan, and published so well by Maria Dismondy, Adam Blackman, and the team at Cardinal Rule Press. It's the...
Hello community! “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” is a famous poem by Emily Dickinson where hope “never stops.” For me, the feather metaphor telegraphs that hope is fragile, but the visual metaphor I prefer is the HOPE sculpture by Robert Indiana at the corner of...
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston Chloe Green is so close to winning. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, she’s spent the past four years dodging gossipy classmates and a puritanical administration at Willowgrove Christian Academy....
The Fabulous Zed Watson! by Basil Sylvester, Illustrated by Kevin Sylvester Zed Watson loves a few things: their name (which they chose themself!), their big rambunctious family, and--oh yeah--monsters. When Zed discovered the mystery surrounding an unpublished novel...
Jay's Gay Agenda by Jason June There's one thing Jay Collier knows for sure—he's a statistical anomaly as the only out gay kid in his small rural Washington town. While all his friends can't stop talking about their heterosexual hookups and relationships, Jay can only...
