I’m excited to have a special feature today! Illustrator Wendy Martin is here to share a behind-the-scenes look at the process of illustrating her new book, The Story Circle. Enjoy!


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It’s the official publication date for THE TRUTH GAME, the fourth book in the Dirt Diary series!


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With the March release of FINDERS REAPERS and the upcoming May release of THE TRUTH GAME, it’s time for me to emerge from my writing cave and do some book events! Here’s where I’ll be in the coming weeks. I hope to see you there!

Wednesday, April 20th at 2pm

I’ll be at the Ames Free Library in Easton, Mass. reading from I’m With Cupid and ( Read more... )

I’m so excited to share the cover of my upcoming book with Scholastic, ONCE UPON A CRUISE!


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As promised, here’s a fun little book trailer I made for I’M WITH CUPID. It was my first time using Powtoon. What do you think?

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If you’re having trouble seeing the embedded video above, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.

Today’s the day! The sequel to I’m With Cupid, Finders Reapers, is officially out in the world and available wherever books are sold. My daughter highly recommends it.
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I can’t believe it’s almost the end of January, which means that 2016 is already zipping by! It’s shaping up to be a busy year. Here’s what’s in store in the next few month in terms of book events and release dates (and I’m working on adding more events soon).

Friday, February 19 at 1pm

Special Storytime with Josh Funk at the Eric Carle Museum in ( Read more... )

As we speed along toward 2016, I’ve been reflecting on 2015 and all I can say is: Wow, it’s been one eventful year! I had three books published, including my first picture book, I had a baby, I wrote/revised three new books, and I taught a semester-long writing class. Um, it probably goes without saying that I’m a little tired!

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I already shared this in my newsletter, but I wanted to put it here to make it official: Here’s the cover for The Truth Game, the fourth book in the Dirt Diary series, coming out in May. Yay!


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I don’t think of myself as a terribly patient person, so it’s been killing me to sit on this news since January, but I can finally spill the beans that I’ve sold a new book to Scholastic! Here’s the official announcement from Publishers Weekly:

Erin Black at Scholastic Press has bought the middle-grade novel Once Upon a Cruise by Anna Staniszewski ( Read more... )