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I write middle grade historical fantasy!

ANYA AND THE DRAGON:
Anya hunts a dragon to save her home, but when the dragon turns out to be really nice, she has to choose between him and her family.
  • Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor
  • ANYA AND THE NIGHTINGALE:
    Anya, Ivan, and Håkon investigate an explosively dangerous highwayman on their way to see the tsar in Kyiv.
  • Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor
  • National Jewish Book Award Finalist
  • BLACK BIRD, BLUE ROAD:
    To save her brother's life, Ziva teams up with a demon to find Luz, the fabled city of immortality.
  • Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor
  • Starred reviews: Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Horn Book, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
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    I love geeking out about writing!

    WA Articles:
    This is my WA Seven Point Plot article, which is the plotting technique I use for all of my books and stories!

    My Website:
    I have a whole ton of writing advice on my website, namely Character Therapy, a series about using Schema Therapy to write full and deep characters!

    Message me!:
    Writing is a lifelong passion and I love to have conversations about it with all skill levels. Send me a message here or find me on Discord!  

    Some more things about me

    Interests & Hobbies

    • Baking
    • Gardening
    • Brain shrinkery
    • Teaching my dog to use light switches

    Favorite Movies

    • What We Do In The Shadows
    • Hot Fuzz
    • Treasure Planet

    Favorite TV Series

    • Battlestar Galactica
    • Chernobyl
    • The Witcher
    • Pushing Daisies

    Favorite Books

    • 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea
    • Spinning Silver
    • The Bear and the Nightingale

    Favorite Games

    • Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    • The Sims 4
    • Endlessly farting around in WA

    Latest Loved work

    The strategy game Strategos