Daring explorer Isabella Bird certainly gets around. Today, I was delighted to read my picture book biography, Away with Words, The...

After her 2019 Peachtree release, Isabella Bird is hot off the press in paperback. Hooray! Eagle-eyed readers, much like Isabella...

Muy bueno! I was delighted when I discovered that my picture book biography, NONSENSE! The Curious Story of Edward Gorey, would be...

After weeks of anticipation, the Octopus Book Signing Party arrived with a SPLASH on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Weeks ahead of the event,...

After a boat load of anticipation, ARLO DRAWS AN OCTOPUS, hit the bookshelves with a SPLASH on May 4, 2021! Hooray! To celebrate,...

The word is out! My new picture book, Arlo Draws an Octopus, illustrated by terrific Rob Sayegh Jr., is scheduled to be released by...

Several months before NONSENSE! The Curious Story of Edward Gorey was released, Pamela from the popular Buttons & Figs podcast contacted...

📷On February 21, 2020, it was Author Day at William Brooks Elementary and I was delighted to share my Stories Behind the Stories...

Some people don't like Mondays, but as a writer I'm always hopeful. Good news may be lurking just around the corner, and Monday, December...

In four short months my upcoming picture book biography release, NONSENSE, THE CURIOUS STORY OF EDWARD GOREY will hit the bookshelves....

On March 24, 2020, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will release my latest picture book biography, NONSENSE, THE CURIOUS STORY OF EDWARD GOREY,...

After more than 100 years, Isabella Bird is embarking on a new journey--a blog tour. I'm thrilled that her first stop in 2019 is at...

After its own journey with plenty of twists and turns, my picture book biography AWAY WITH WORDS, THE DARING STORY OF ISABELLA BIRD, is...