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Civic Minded ARCs now available

Got a nice package in the mail today: advanced reading copies (ARCs) of book #3 of 3 for the year, Civic Minded: What Everyone Should Know about the US Government. Not only can the book be ordered anywhere you buy books (Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Target, Walmart…you get the idea), but it’s also available […]

Anthology by Running Wild features Animal Husbandry

On September 10, my collection Animal Husbandry (and Other Fictions) will come out — and you can preorder wherever you buy books. Around that same time, the title story will also appear in a new anthology by Running Wild Press. It’s the seventh in the publisher’s anthology series, and can be preordered from your local […]

Running Wild online bookshop features Animal Husbandry

My first fiction collection, Animal Husbandry (and Other Fictions) hits bookstores on September 10 and is available for preorder wherever you buy books. That includes your local bookstore via Bookshop.org, and my publisher Running Wild Press has a whole online bookstore there. Preorders are a huge help, especially for fiction, and I’m happy to do […]

Checking in on books while abroad

I’ve been a little quiet on the book front lately. Spent much of the weekend reviewing the final proofs of Civic Minded, but I was also catching up on a ton of things after being abroad for three weeks in Singapore and Malaysia. While in Singapore, I did get to see that two of my […]

Fresh reads for Spring 2024

My nonfiction publisher, Lerner Books, has several good nonfiction books out this spring (including Votes of Confidence 3rd Edition, of course). That’s why it posted this cool roundup of fresh nonfiction reads for teens and young adults (and, really, anyone who wants to learn more about these subjects). An excerpt: Welcome to our Spring 2024 […]

Some short-story collection recommendations

With Animal Husbandry (and Other Fictions) available for preorder wherever you buy books, Shepherd asked me to make a list of five of my favorite short-story collections. There are, of course, far too many to choose from — so I decided to recommend five collections by novelists whose work I really like: Neil Gaiman, Rebecca […]

Votes of Confidence makes another “best of” list

Once again, Votes of Confidence 3rd Edition has made a cool best of list. In this case, it’s the Best New Nonfiction for Children and Teenagers list from Walden Pond Books. An excerpt: The best nonfiction books entertain as well as teach!  These are books that will excite curious children and teenagers about their favorite […]