Show Me The Funny Girls
Love books with funny girls? Me too. See what I have to say about them over at Publisher’s Weekly.
Author of “We Could Be Heroes,” a middle grade novel
Well, Read Across America was in March, so I should have been posting this a while ago. But I did have a fun time visiting and reading to the kids at LA's Ford Elementary School. They were amazing, and it was such a treat to see them. Thanks so much for the invitation, Ford! Go Bulldogs!

Love books with funny girls? Me too. See what I have to say about them over at Publisher’s Weekly.
Well, it’s fall in Southern California, and that means pretty nice weather. In fact, it’s the perfect weather for writing–not too sweat inducing. Right now, I’m working on two different projects. One project is sort of on the back burner while I finish a bad rough draft of the second. But I’m making progress on … Continue reading Happy Fall!
I had so much fun watching the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee last week. All of the kids were amazing. If you haven’t seen Faizan Zaki’s winning moment, you can see it here. From the research I did for my middle-grade novel Spelling it Out, I know that making it to the final’s … Continue reading Bee’s Bookshelf!