I had a killer time last week moderating the author panel this year’s Everything YA, a librarians-only event held at Circle City Center in Corona, California. Librarians are some of the smartest influencers on the planet, and it was a...
In case you didn’t know, Becky Albertalli’s wonderful book Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda was adapted for film and comes out as Love, Simon TODAY, March 16, 2018. Really, you should stop reading this post and go see the...
When Symptoms of Being Human first came out in hardcover, it hit #1 on the Amazon YA list. Now, with the release of the paperback edition, it’s back at the top as the #1 New Release in Teen & Young Adult Gay & Lesbian Fiction....
Symptoms of Being Human was named on the 2018 Texas Library Association’s TAYSHAS Reading list. The list also includes bestsellers like Turtles All the Way Down by John Green, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, The Sun is Also a Star...
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT! It’s exciting to see smell your book in paperback. The glue. The ink. The tears. Wait. What? In any case, I’m thrilled that Symptoms of Being Human is now available in paperback. Balzer+Bray did a great job...
Here’s the short version of people in a hurry: WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I’m co-hosting a new podcast called THE HERO’S JOURNEY with my friend, Dan Zarzana, the writer behind Bookthump.com. The podcast is all about what makes great stories...