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THE HYPNOTISTS – NOW IN PAPERBACK
Actually, the paperback of THE HYPNOTISTS has been out for two weeks already, so I’m a very bad blogger, since I’m only mentioning it now. Check out the new, extra-hypnotic design, revamped to match the extra-hypnotic design of MEMORY MAZE, the second book in the series. And speaking of MEMORY MAZE, the countdown continues. Only seventeen […]
UNGIFTED CRACKS BESTSELLER LIST!!!
Great news! UNGIFTED has made it to the NY Times extended bestseller list for middle grade paperbacks. This is almost unheard of for a title that has already been out for a year and half. It that a book has been steadily building an audience rather than cracking the list with a quick flurry of […]
39 CLUES: UNSTOPPABLE, BOOK 4 FLASHPOINT NOW … PURPLE???
Yes, these are the kinds of things we writers get all excited about. The cover of THE 39 CLUES: UNSTOPPABLE, BOOK 4 – FLASHPOINT is now purple. It looks super-awesome – not that it will make true 39 CLUES fans any more enthusiastic about the fourth and final installment in the amazing UNSTOPPABLE series. It’s […]
HONORS FOR THE HYPNOTISTS
A couple more cool accolades for THE HYPNOTISTS to update you on. It was named a Silver Birch Honor Book, and it made the final shortlist for the 2014 Libris award. Nice news – and just in time for the release of MEMORY MAZE (Book 2 of the series) this summer! FYI, I’m just about […]
LIVE AT SKOKIE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Check out this great interview from my visit to Skokie Library in Illinois. Fun fact: just a few hours from this filming, I was hunched on a folding cot at O’Hare airport along with 2000 other stranded people, trying (unsuccessfully) to sleep after my St. Louis flight was canceled.
ATTENTION: ST. LOUIS FANS – SORRY!
Last week I was forced to cancel three appearances in St. Louis because of flight disruptions around the country. I was stuck at O’Hare airport in Chicago. The plane that was supposed to take me from Chicago to St. Louis was three hours late leaving Dallas, and, at the last minute, diverted to Indianapolis. It […]
UNGIFTED WINS AGAIN – MARYLAND THIS TIME!
More award news! UNGIFTED has won the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan award for Grades 4-6. Woo-hoo! Thank you, Maryland!
UNGIFTED WINS BC’S RED CEDAR AWARD
Great news! UNGIFTED just won the Red Cedar award, voted on by the readers of British Columbia. This is especially amazing since – until yesterday – I didn’t even realize UNGIFTED had even been nominated. Not sure how news of the nomination slipped through my fingers, but thank you, thank you, thank you to the […]
TEACHER WHO HELPED INSPIRE UNGIFTED NAMED FINALIST FOR TOP TEACHER ON LIVE WITH KELLY & MICHAEL
John Motchkavitz, the teacher whose robotics program was the inspiration for the robotics class in UNGIFTED, is one of five finalists for the Top Teacher competition on LIVE: With Kelly and Michael. “Motch” invited me to spend an entire day in his robotics lab at Great Neck South High School while I was researching the […]
UNGIFTED NOMINATED FOR SUNSHINE STATE READER AWARD
Great news! UNGIFTED continues its roll through the young readers’ choice awards. The latest nomination is for the 2014-2015 Sunshine State Reader Award, Grades 6-8. Thank you, Florida! Tin Man and I are truly grateful!