A chat with Sara Zarr


May 25th, 2008

Sara Zarr, author of “Story of a Girl” and “Sweethearts,” invited me over to her blog for a chat about “What Happens Here.” Check it out, yo.

Largehearted Boy - Book Notes


May 21st, 2008

The wonderful Largehearted Boy invited me to write about the music that I listened to while writing “What Happens Here.” You’ll find my “Book Notes” essay here.

Guest spot on Maggie Marr’s blog!


May 8th, 2008

The lovely Maggie Marr invited me over to her blog today. I wrote a bit about my brushes, such as they are, with Hollywood stardom! It’s a little essay called…

Steal This Title

Guest blog at Jocelyn’s Teen Book Review


May 3rd, 2008

Jocelyn invited me to be a guest on her blog. I wrote a little bit about how it was that I came to write YA novels…

Guest blog

Teen Book Review interview


April 26th, 2008

Jocelyn over at Teen Book Review was kind enough to interview me about “What Happens Here” and other fun stuff. Check it out here:

Teen Book Review Interview

NYC Reading


April 20th, 2008

Exciting news! A day after the official release date of “What Happens Here,” I will be reading with a group of fantastic fellow YA writers. The reading is on Wednesday, May 7th, at the Jefferson Market Branch of the New York Public Library (425 6th Ave, at 10th St., NYC) from 6-7:30 PM.

Here is the amazing list of readers:

  • Tara Altebrando, What Happens Here
  • Libba Bray, Up All Night
  • Erin Haft, Meet Me at the Boardwalk
  • Cheryl Klam, The Pretty One
  • Nico Medina, Fat Hoochie Prom Queen
  • David Van Etten (aka David Levithan, David Ozanich, and Chris Van Etten), Likely Story