by Jeff Fleischer
The upcoming year is going to be a big one on the author front. I spent much of 2023 getting three books through the publishing process and ready to go, and all three are currently available for preorder wherever you buy books.
Votes of Confidence: A Young Person’s Guide to American Elections 3rd Edition (March 5, 2024). This YA guide to the US system of government, elections, and voting is significantly updated for 2024.
Animal Husbandry and Other Fictions (September 10, 2024). This short-fiction collection features stories previously published by magazines including the Chicago Tribune’s Printers Row Journal, the Saturday Evening Post, Shenandoah, and So It Goes by the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library. The stories all center on myth in some way. This book is aimed at adults, not YA specifically, but is appropriate for most teens.
Civic Minded:What Everyone Should Know about the US Government (October 1, 2024). This YA nonfiction book focuses on concepts in governing the United States, from the differences between the debt and deficit to how tax rates work to how the Postal Service and National Parks operate.
