

Happy Pride
I love seeing Scorpion Rules on this list of LGBTQ books for teenagers. It's such a fresh list too. Apart from Aristotle and Dante,...


Memories
I am cleaning out the storeroom. Boxes of paper like one of those sand dunes from which archeologists pull papyrus. A piece of art I...


Spanish Scorpions
The Spanish edition of The Scorpion Rules is out today: Las Reglas Del Escorpion from Teen Planet Libros.
Resources for students
I love hearing from my readers. I wish I had time to answer each and every question people sent me personally, but there are also those...


Scorpion Rules wins the Monica Hughes!
GUYS MY BOOK DID THE THING! To narrow that down a little.... Last night was THE big night for kids' lit in Canada tomorrow: The TDs!...


White Pine Nomination!!!!
Y'all -- THE SCORPION RULES is officially up for the Forest of Reading's White Pine Award. The Forest awards, run by the Ontario Library...


Shortlists!
It's a big day here in Canadian Children's Book Land: our shortlists are out. THE SCORPION RULES is up for not one but TWO prizes: The...


A very Canadian apocalypse
Happy Canada day! Let's talk about the end of the world. I get both points (from Canadians) and odd looks (from everyone else) for...


The Pilgriming Vine
You guys want to hear the love theme from The Scorpion Rules? Like many writers I create playlists for each of my projects. I use mostly...


CLA Book of the year!
So my book and I had a good day yesterday! We're both in Ottawa, attending the the Canadian Library Association national conference --...