Oh my oh my oh GG
Here's a round up of photos from one of the most stunning nights of my life -- the ceremony awarding the Governor General's Literary...
STAND ON THE SKY just won a GG!!!
News broke at the crack of dawn this morning: my book, STAND ON THE SKY, has won a Governor General's award -- the oldest and highest...
Photos from Mongolia (shale)
When I realized my story STAND ON THE SKY needed to be set in Mongolia, I scratched out a couple of sample chapters so I could beg for a...
Stickers!
So the Canada Council sent me a set of GG Finalist Stickers, and I hooked up with my friend Ishta Mercurio took them down my local Indie,...
STAND ON THE SKY is up for a GG!
So this morning the list of books nominated for the GG -- the Governor General's Award -- came out. I saw it in my e-mail, and really...
Photos from Mongolia (technology)
One of the things I want readers to take from my STAND ON THE SKY is the realization that the culture of Kazakh nomads is not a museum...
Photos from Mongolia (eagles)
I have never known an animal so amazing as a Golden Eagle. My new book, STAND ON THE SKY, is about the relationship between a girl named...
Photos from Mongolia (inside and out)
My new book, STAND ON THE SKY, takes place in a Kazakh nomad community in Western Mongolia. The countryside, wedged between the Gobi...
It's launch day! STAND ON THE SKY is out!
Today is the day. My first true middle grade, STAND ON THE SKY, is out today, from HMH Kids Books in the US, and from Scholastic here in...
Photos from Mongolia (landscapes)
Of all the gers on all the steppes in all the world, this one is dearest to my heart. In the summer of 2015, I lived here. Here's the...