Happy Happy Book Birthday to the rad Sarah Nicole Smetana, whose debut is out in the world today! Also, I'm reading it and it's PHENOMENAL. You should stop by Sarah's website to spy all the cool talk and a round up of the insane media coverage this amazing book has been getting. I read one of these posts at Germ Magazine and it's fascinating (also she was electrocuted)! This voice-driven coming-of-age YA novel is perfect for fans of Katie Cotugno and Playlist for the Dead. Susannah Hayes has never been in the spotlight, but she dreams of following her father[...]
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0 I’ve been working hard. In fact, fourteen authors and a cover artist and I have been working hard. On what? Well, on, as far as I’m aware, the first anthology of it’s kind…A young adult pizza anthology (affectionately dubbed the Pizzathology) called A Pizza My Heart. A Pizza My Heart contains fifteen amazing stories of murder, mystery, love, monsters, and more and every single story revolves around pizza. I’m so honored and proud to work with these authors and our amazing cover artist Haley.[...]
Art Meets Young Adult Literature It's an understatement to say that literature shaped me as a person. I was reading Dr. Seuss to my classmates before they even knew their alphabet. I swooned and grew up with the sisters from Sweet Valley High. I even remember replacing my normal prayers with, "Are you there God, it's me, Jolene." Not everyone shares my joy for children, middle grade, and young adult literature (which is fine), but I can't contain my glee when I see an event inspired by it. So there I was, tweeting, when out of nowhere, Kathleen Rushall posts some[...]
