Katherine Paterson Prize

It's become glaringly obvious to me that the life of a (less established anyway) writer is one of waiting. If you're lucky, after a while you'll forget which agents and editors and journals you're waiting to hear from and move on to interesting projects and laundry. Then you'll be able to have the experience of opening your inbox and receiving a lovely surprise, as I did last week when I discovered that my picture book manuscript, entitled "Something at the Hill," is a runner-up for the Katherine Paterson Prize for Children's and YA Writing, awarded by Hunger Mountain, the journal of the Vermont College of Fine Arts and their guest judge Holly Black. I'm very honored to have been chosen and will post a link when the story is published online in the January 2011 issue of the magazine. Until then you can check out the excellent essays and fiction in this month's issue: http://www.hungermtn.org.

Wellesley Booksmith Educators Appreciation Day

On Wednesday, September 22nd, Wellesley Booksmith will be hosting an all day Educators Appreciation Day, complete with discounts, free stuff, raffles, refreshments, and expert books talks for teachers and librarians.

I will be at the store for the 3:30 pm elementary school talk and the 4:30 pm middle school talk to discuss my upcoming books and school visits. Please stop by!

Wellesley Booksmith is located at 82 Central Street in Wellesley, MA.