Today is the launch day for my middle-grade novel, Dogtag Summer . It's a wonderful moment, when the characters who've lived in my h...

I had a fantastic week with two great groups: teachers in Burlingame, and teenagers in Petaluma. Polished off the morning with a Skype visit...

About six months ago, I finished a middle grade novel, Dogtag Summer . The idea had been brewing in the back of my mind, morphing and growin...

My dear illustrator friend Katherine Tillotson just finished a flurry of work and complained her studio was a mess. I begged for a photo to...