COVER REVEAL! FERAL by Holly Schindler

So happy to be part of the official cover reveal of FERAL, the third YA novel by Holly Schindler. Check it out! I love it. So haunting. It’s too late for you. You’re dead. Those words float through Claire Cain’s head as she lies broken and barely alive after a brutal...

Happy Book Birthday to author Sharon Biggs Waller!!!

To celebrate today’s release of A MAD, WICKED FOLLY, by the amazing Sharon Biggs Waller, I’m reposting my earlier interview with her. Congrats, Sharon!!! (Throws confetti.) Today on the blog I’m chatting with to Sharon Biggs Waller—writer extraordinaire,...

Writer 2 Writer Wednesday with Bethany Crandell

Today on the blog I’m sooo happy to be chatting with Bethany Crandell, author of SUMMER ON THE SHORT BUS (Running Press April 1, 2014). Bethany and I “met” last year when she graciously asked if she could interview me for the blog OneFour Kidlit. (She asked fantastic...

John Hughes, I Will Never Forget You

When the finished copy of my young adult novel, FAMOUS LAST WORDS, arrived in the mail. I was thrilled to finally hold the first novel I’d ever written in my hands and I celebrated, not with confetti, champagne, or even a non-skinny caramel latte, but by watching...

Interview with Women Who Write

I belong to a fantastic group of New Jersey writers called Women Who Write. Recently I was interviewed for their website. You can check out the super fun interview here. http://womenwhowrite.org/2013/10/16/interview-with-jen-doktorski/