So I’ve just won a Washington State Book Award! The Scandiuzzi Children’s Book Award, middle grade reader category. I’m a little overwhelmed. It’s an amazing honor. Read more →
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I love you, Portland!
Powell’s Books, in Portland, Oregon, is featuring my book (the first one) as part of their Super Fun Kids’ Graphic Novel Sale. This is exciting for me, and not just because I like being featured in things. I love Powell’s. Always have. Portland is a couple hours from Seattle, where I grew up and currently live. And visiting the self-described… Read more →
Preorders!
Book 3, “Unicorn vs. Goblins,” is now preordering! Read more →
Summer reading
People following the strip will recall that Phoebe has been scrambling to finish her summer reading on time. My friend/correspondent Laura Tew writes: Dear PhoebeDo not despairYou are not aloneThis is my summer reading list!!Your empathetic friend, Laura I think Laura is a more ambitious reader than me. (I have read one of those books, and it’s the one I… Read more →
The books just keep on coming
This information has been covered elsewhere, but for those of you not stalking me on social media…Phoebe and Her Unicorn book 3, Unicorn vs. Goblins, will be released February 26, 2016. There will also be at least one more after that, because that’s what my current contract covers. The title, cover and release date for that book are as yet… Read more →
The grand canon
I ought to write something about the “Phoebe and Her Unicorn” canon. For those of you not immersed in nerd culture, “canon” means “things that count as real parts of the story.” I’m enough of a nerd that I think the concept of “canon” is important. It’s important because it’s important to fans, and without fans, none of this is… Read more →
I am a literary temptress
My friend Rachel writes: I left my copy of Phoebe and Her Unicorn on my desk at work last week, and it got walked off with. It was returned today, with a post-it note apology stuck to the cover. Apparently someone picked it up to flip through, and got so engrossed in it they walked off reading it. I thought… Read more →
Making introductions
The introduction to Phoebe and Her Unicorn was written by the great Peter S. Beagle. The introduction to the forthcoming Unicorn on a Roll was written by the equally great Lauren Faust. When we first started working on the original book, I remarked to people that my two dream choices for the task, in the whole world, were Peter S.… Read more →