

Thank you, Nashville!
It's fall, so I'm back out on the road with my new book. My mom is travelling with me this trip, in lieu of taking my entire writing...
Weekend appearances in Ontario
Hi local friends! This weekend I have two public appearances close to home. I will be hanging out in the teens section at Chapters...

The Scorpion Rules inspired sculpture...
I'm doing a lot of events and appearances this fall, but for sheer coolness, it's hard to top seeing one's book being made into an...


Yee-haw, Texas!
I am thrilled to annouce that I'm one of the 300 authors going to one of the biggest and best literary festivals in the world, the Texas...


Fall appearances!
There are more of these coming -- including a big one I can't tell you about yet -- but here is a not-comprehensive list of my public and...
ALA or bust
This weekend I will be at the American Library Association big annual conference in San Francisco. Looking to catch me there? I'll be at...


BEA-amazing
It's been a week since I got back from BookExpo America – or BEA – and while a bit o' blogging is long overdue, it took me a week to...
BEA or BUST!
Going to BookExpo America next week? Me too! Simon and Schuster will have advance copies of THE SCORPION RULES at their booth through...


Lethbridge! Calgary! The Saskatoon Dump!
A belated post to say thank you to the awesome people at Lethbridge Public Library in Lethbridge, Alberta, who had be out to the Word on...
Teaching at Packing Your Imagination
Just a heads-up that next month I'll be speaking at CANSCAIP's always-excellent Packing Your Imagination conference. I'll be trying to...