This Kirkus editorial including Strong Like You made my morning!

WE ARE HERE! Come find Flux Books and Jolly Fish Press at the North Star Editions booth #919 at PLA! From gut-wrenching and jaw-dropping YA novels to empowering, inspiring MG reads, from compelling Hi-Lo fiction to humorous chapter book series, we’ve got you covered!

#PLA2024

I’m looking forward to taking pitches there this Saturday!!!

I'm thrilled to share the news that It Happened on Saturday is a Foreword Indies Finalist! #kidlit #mgin23 #2023debuts #HumanTrafficking #socialmediasafety #AuthorsOfTwitter #authorscommunity #writersoftwitter #middleschool #middlegrade

THE LAMPLIGHTER by Crystal J. Bell received a starred review from Publishers Weekly! 🌟

“Bell valiantly braids edge-of-the-seat plotting, moody imagery, and evocatively rendered characters into unsettling knots. . . .”

THE LAMPLIGHTER releases May 21! 🖤

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I'm still in shock and so honored to be a finalist on this list among all these talented queer authors. THANK YOU Lambda Literary !!!

Folks! It's my book birthday. I can hardly believe it. My contemporary YA debut STRONG LIKE YOU is out in the world now!

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Loved this review!

'If you’re someone who gets hung up on the YA tag, push “Pause” on that for 224 pages. This is a book that deserves a fair shake and many, many readers—Simpson’s debut is as strong as Walker hopes to be.'

irresponsiblereader.com/2024/03/05/str…

THE FIGHT FOR MIDNIGHT is a nominee in the 34th Annual Reading the West Book Awards in the Young Adult category! Congratulations, dan solomon 🙈!

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I'm very excited to share that IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY has been longlisted for the Reading the West Book Award! I'm thrilled to be in such wonderful company -- Congratulations to all the nominees! Thank you to all the indie bookstores for all you do to support readers & authors.

Look at my baby. 😍

I'm thrilled to be in the company of such wonderful books and to share this news!! Thank you so much, Oklahoma Library Association! #2023debuts #mgin23 #WriterCommunity #AuthorsOfTwitter #kidlit #middlegrade books #middlegrade #socialmediasafety #humantraffickingawareness

🎺PRAISE for THE MERCILESS KING OF MOORE HIGH!🎺

Asking for blurbs is gut-wrenching, GETTING them- from authors I look up to & whose work I admire- sustains my embattled heart.

Please join us in his bright & terrible kingdom,
4.22.2024

#yafantasy #fantasy #feudal

Are you a publishing professional located in the midwest (sorry but not open to creatives-only at the moment)? Would you like to join the Slack I just made in the hopes of creating community more locally and lessening the FOMO of not being near NYC? Leave a comment!

The Merciless King of Moore High is illustrated by the incredibly talented Jensine Eckwell. For a book where contemporary high-schoolers start a feudal system (after all the adults morph into monsters) she married medieval woodcutting with a gorgeous contemporary palette. Chills!

A place where people are not allowed to fail is a place where people are not allowed to grow.

I’m thinking about businesses, schools, the idea of being politically correct in our use of language . . .

Just some pre-coffee Friday morning commute thoughts.