Guess what comes out this week!

My 8th published book-I can’t believe it-and the 4th book in the STELLA BATTS series, A Case of the Meanies. Stella is back, along with her sister Penny, and new best friend Evie; and, unfortunately, so is mean boy Joshua.

Once again, the book is beautiful illustrated by the amazing Jennifer Bell. Look at this ( Read more... )

It’s become a pet peeve of mine, hearing people say the summer is over. By my count, we’ve got nearly two more weeks! Check your calendar: It’s not fall until September 21st!

But to commemorate the unofficial end of summer, last weekend I went to visit my friend Amy and her family at their (fairly) new house.

Amy is not only one of my closest ( Read more... )

I’m so thrilled to be able to announce that there will be FOUR MORE BOOKS in the STELLA BATTS series!

STELLA #3, PARDON ME has been out in the world for a little over a month.


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My sister’s third book is out today! You can buy THE STONE GIRL here or here or wherever books are sold.

Want to know more about it? Well here’s the flap copy:

She feels like a creature out of a fairy tale; a girl who discovers that her bones are really made out of stone, that her skin is really as thin as glass, that her hair is brittle as ( Read more... )

I’ve lived in New York City since I was nine years old, land of concrete and glass and steel. But I’ve been spending a few days in full-on Critterworld, aka Fire Island, and just until tomorrow, I get to pretend that I’m really outdoorsy.

Here are a few things that were hanging out nearby today:


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Over the past few years, I’ve had the privilege of running a number of workshops at Writopia Lab, a non-profit based in NYC, offering writing workshops to kids, ages 8-18.


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I was going through old photos on my computer and found a few pics of STELLA BATTS & THE THREE WEIRD DAYS. As far as I know, it’s the very first (perhaps only) STELLA BATTS fan fiction. My friend Logan’s then five-year-old son was one of the first people to read the STELLA #1, back in manuscript form. I was feeling pretty insecure about the book at ( Read more... )

A couple weeks ago, I reunited with my fourth grade best friend, Elana, who was visiting from Florida. (Facebook is AMAZING!)


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I can’t believe July is nearly over!

But it was pretty exciting for me, book-wise. (And exciting otherwise, but that’s a whole other blog post.)

The beautifully repacked paperback version of ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE came out on July 10th. I snapped a picture of it at my local bookstore a couple weeks back. Look, there it is hanging out with ( Read more... )

Among the countless reasons why it’s good to be friends with Lauren Oliver: she a good listener and a good advice-giver; she’s incredibly supportive but always honest; she gives great (and extensive) editorial notes on works-in-progress; she’s an amazing cook; and once a year she says, “Hi guys, let’s have a writing retreat” - and then she makes it ( Read more... )