Today I’m celebrating another great review of Trish Doller‘s forthcoming debut Something Like Normal, this one from Voya. I love particularly love this part: This is a compelling look at the aftermath of a tour of duty in a war zone. The nervous awkwardness his family feels around him makes sense—he left them as a [...]
In the midst of pre-Bologna nuttiness, but I wanted to highlight my author Julia Karr’s amazing efforts on behalf of tornado victims in Henryville, Indiana. She’s running an auction with fabulous prize packs from some of the top authors in the YA market — authors like Meg Cabot, Maureen Johnson, Stephanie Perkins, Ransom Riggs, and [...]
It’s a week of huzzahs around here! YALSA announced some further lists today, including their 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults list (plus Top Ten), Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers, and Popular Paperbacks for Young Readers. Congrats to kt literary clients Maureen Johnson, Stephanie Perkins, Ransom Riggs, Carrie Harris, and Lili Wilkinson (again) for [...]
A belated, but VERY happy congratulations to Lili Wilkinson, whose novel Pink won a Stonewall Honor at yesterday’s Youth Media Awards given out by the American Library Association! I was in the audience when it was announced, and I will not lie, I did my happy dance. The Stonewall Award is “given annually to English-language [...]
Congratulations to all the authors on the Winter 2011 Kids’ Indie Next List, but especially to kt literary clients Maureen Johnson, Matthew Cody, and Stephanie Perkins! Maureen’s The Name of the Star is #8 on the Top Ten list, with this great blurb: Louisiana teen Rory Deveaux arrives in London to attend Wexford Academy just [...]
