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This page (scroll down) lists any posts I’ve tagged with “News & Events” – usually anything exciting in my work, book projects, upcoming events, and so on.

I’m on the faculty at the SCBWI Winter Conference in 2017!

When I attended my first regular SCBWI conference back in 2009, I was super-nervous about meeting people. Would anyone talk to me? Would they like me? Would the costs of the flight and hotel and meals etc. be worth it? Would I ever get published? If I could tell my . . .




Story behind the dedication page in MITZI TULANE, PRESCHOOL DETECTIVE

The first MITZI TULANE, PRESCHOOL DETECTIVE picture book launches next Tuesday from Random House Children’s! Here’s some insider info from the dedication page: mine is for my mom, who died of cancer when I was in my 20s. We didn’t have a ton of money when we were growing up, and Mom sewed . . .




Exciting non-sad news: I’m illustrating I’M SAD (a sequel to I’M BORED)!

Just got permission to make this public: I am ***THRILLED*** to announce that I will be illustrating I’M SAD, a sequel to I’M BORED written by Michael Ian Black, coming out from Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers in 2018! I’m excited to be working with editor Justin Chanda and art director . . .