Icarus got its FIFTH STAR!!!!! This time from The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books!

Thank you again to my team at HarperTeen 📚, My beloved agent Eric Smith and the support of P.S. Literary Agency

While you can improve in isolation, sharing your work with others and actually listening to their feedback speedruns your ability to grow.

It’s kind of like job hopping that way. And every time you share your work, you learn something unexpected about yourself as a little treat.

A reminder that I helped announce Mike Chen - A QUANTUM LOVE STORY out now!’s book in the most unhinged way possible. This is what happens when I’m your agent. I’m sorry.

The team has another #Marvel What If? story coming this fall, involving #Venom and #MoonKnight by Mike Chen - A QUANTUM LOVE STORY out now!

It is wild and amazing and makes incredible use of these two brilliant characters.

(and has another awesome @jefflangevinart cover)

Go Mike Chen - A QUANTUM LOVE STORY out now! go!

Y'all are not ready for the bad-assery Mike Chen - A QUANTUM LOVE STORY out now! has in store in this one...

The cover for Mike Chen - A QUANTUM LOVE STORY out now!’s Moon Knight novel is live! 🌙

Just a reminder that I have a new book DUST publishing late this year, continuing the climate issues of my earlier books, but also I've written about my own deafness for the first time in a novel. If you're interested in having me speak or read to your group, please reach out.

Six months out in the world today! Thanks for picking this one up, friends. ❤️ harpercollins.com/products/with-…

I signed two new clients in the last week who I reached out to myself, hence this post. Have that little landing page, friends. It helps. ❤️

The Gaza Evacuation Fund Book Auction is live, and it has INCREDIBLE items for an incredible cause; everyone come outbid me!

32auctions.com/gazabookauction

Buying a new plant counts as writing.

Look at us being all professional!

the writer || the dialogue

New project new project new project alert!

A bird pooped on me at kindergarten drop off this morning, and I hope the good luck is “six figure book deals for everyone I care about” today.

Think of the children! No, not those children. No, not them, either. No,

More good news for today! THE SONG OF US was named by Bank Street College of Education a best children’s book for 2024! Grateful that more educators, librarians, and young people will find Olivia and Eden. ❤️ 🌈 📚

In 3 weeks, join Ronald Malfi (SMALL TOWN HORROR) & Leslie Anderson (THE UNMOTHERS) who’ll read & discuss their dark secrets that won’t stay buried. Our May session of Fearmongers will be on Wed, May 22nd at 8 PM/EST. Join us via Zoom by registering here: bit.ly/4aTpes4

Wishing everyone a happy #AAPIHeritageMonth month and a free Palestine

Just my annual wholesome note to have a simple website with contact info on it.

I’ve been actively reaching out to nonfiction folks with ideas lately, as well as short story writers and poets I admire about collections.

Make sure folks can reach out, friends. ❤️