Is anyone really sorry to see 2009 go? If you ask me, 2009 acted like a bad houseguest, staying way too long, and leaving only chaos in its wake: Too many people died too young; too many married men proved to be cheating horndogs; and too many babies were found running around along the side  Read more »

Guess who’s going to be on Voice of America? That’s right. Me. (And Diana Gabaldon. And Shannon Hale. And Kristin Cashore. Yeah! The theme for the show is Strong Female Characters, in case you didn’t notice.) I know you totally want to listen to it, and you can, by going here. The show will air  Read more »

I’m busy getting ready for my big trip to New York City for Book Expo America, where I’ll be speaking and signing this Friday (click here to see my complete schedule)! I’ll be speaking at the Children’s Book & Author Breakfast with authors Tomie de Paola and Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Julie Andrews will be the  Read more »

Guess what? Her Royal Highness Princess Mia Thermopolis has updated her blog (finally…it’s hard to be a student princess/romance novelist). There’s Ransom My Heart in France and Spring Break news! Mon Dieu. And if you haven’t voted for Airhead as your choice for Teen Book of the Year at the Children’s Choice Book Awards, what  Read more »

Yes! It’s that time again! February is the month of romance–which can sometimes stink, I know, if you don’t have a Valentine. That’s why I’ll be giving away romances all month! The books (yes, that says books, plural) I’m giving away this week are: Tommy Sullivan Is a Freak This the UK paperback version of  Read more »

Happy Groundhog’s Day! I hope none of you are reliving the same day over and over like Bill Murray…. …or that if you are, it’s a really good day! My birthday yesterday was a day I wouldn’t mind reliving over and over (well, except for the part where I ate something that had peanut sauce  Read more »

Only a few hours to go in the tiara auction to raise money for the NYPL teen programs, and bidding is getting heated! Sarah Dessen’s tiara! Be sure to get your bids in if you haven’t yet already! Lauren Conrad’s tiara The auction ends at 11PM tonight!!! Bobbi Brown’s, Tommy Hilfiger’s, and Vera Wang’s tiaras  Read more »

How glued to your TV were you all afternoon yesterday? Having three New Yorkers visiting me (and He Who Shall Not Be Named In This Blog and I being displaced New Yorkers–though not by birth since we’re both Hoosiers), we could not take our eyes off the live coverage of Flight 1549’s landing on the  Read more »

It ended exactly where it all started…at the library, of course! I mean, I spent HOURS as a kid and teen at the library, escaping into a world of books. Everything was just BETTER at the library (besides fantastic books, the library had air conditioning, candy–from vending machines–and bathrooms where no one pounded on the  Read more »

…of my big New York Public Library signing! If you’ve seen the Sex and the City movie (or any movie about New York City which featured the big library with the giant stone lions outside), you know where my signing tonight is going to be, so even if you can’t be there, you can picture  Read more »