Hello, friends! There are a few days left to enter to win a full set of the Agency mysteries. Here are the links: The giveaway at Read Now, Sleep Later The contest at the Hiding Spot Good luck! Today, I'm sharing with you four quotations from Rivals in the City. I like the way they emphasize the story's various strands and concerns. “This is my first taste of true independence, … [Read more...]
Confetti and contests
Hello, friends. This week, the Agency novels are once more bursting forth into the world, dressed in their new, super-atmospheric covers! To mark the occasion, I've written a brief guest post and my generous publisher, Candlewick Press, is sponsoring separate giveaways at each of the following blogs. Click to read each post and hopefully win a full set of the Agency novels: Four Victorian … [Read more...]
Scandal & superheroes
Hello, friends. On April 26, Candlewick Press will be reissuing all four Agency novels in super-atmospheric new covers. There will be a mini blog tour and some giveaways (hurrah!), and I'm feeling pretty verklempt about the whole thing. I am so grateful that the amazing people at Candlewick remain 1000% behind my books. I adore the new covers (which are closely based on the amazing UK … [Read more...]
Reading ahead, reading abroad
Hello, friends. I had SUCH a lovely batch of unexpected mail this week! First came Candlewick Press's spring/summer 2015 catalogue. Its cover (right) is based on the cover of the new Kate DiCamillo novel, Raymie Nightingale, which will be published in April. Hurray! I had more personal reasons for reading the catalogue, too. It feels like the March publication of Jessica Spotswood's A Tyranny … [Read more...]
A beautiful reminder
Hello, friends. How was your week? I've been writing, weeding, baking, and judging a teen writing contest, among other things. A few days ago, I received a large parcel from my former literary agency. Most peculiar! Most mysterious! I opened it and found these, to my great astonishment: I'm extremely embarrassed to confess this, but I'd pretty much forgotten about the Korean edition of … [Read more...]
Writing Diversity in Dialogue
Hello, friends. I hope you have a celebratory libation in hand. I certainly do, because today is Rivals in the City's birthday! As many of you know, this has been a long time coming, and there were definitely times when I feared it would never happen at all. But March 10 is here, and Rivals is now on sale in bookstores across Canada and the U. S. Despite the jubilation, this is also a … [Read more...]