As you may recall, in January at the ALA Midwinter convention, I was thrilled to hear that Lili Wilkinson‘s PINK was a Stonewall Honor book. Recently, at the ALA Annual convention, the awards were given out, and though neither Lili nor I could be there to accept the honor, her […]
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Congrats are due once again to Lili Wilkinson, whose US debut novel Pink is officially a Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children’s/Young Adult! The complete list of nominees in that category follows: Gemini Bites, by Patrick Ryan, Scholastic Huntress, by Malinda Lo, Little, Brown Books for Young […]
I had to take a few days off last week to take care of Beau, who was home from daycare feeling poorly, as well as entertaining my sister who was in town to help celebrate his first birthday. But the good news for my authors kept pouring in! Like this […]
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, […]
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 […]
I had great intentions this year to post quarterly status reports on my query stats, but I seem to have missed a quarter (here’s April and July, at least). A quick recap: in the first three months of 2010, I saw 1,297 queries and requested 20 partials, passing on all […]
This just in! Another great review of Pink by Lili Wilkinson, this time from Night Owl Reviews, which writes (in part): PINK was an outstanding novel by Lili Wilkinson. It covered lots of different subjects, while most teen books only touch on one or two, such as sex, your identity, […]
This just in! The first American review — or rather, the first review for the American edition — of Lili Wilkinson‘s novel Pink! In part: This refreshing fish-out-of-water story is just what the doctor ordered to spice up the tired old chick lit genre. Ava’s classic adolescent identity crisis is […]
Another day, another fantastic cover to reveal! This one is the US edition, from HarperCollins, of Lili Wilkinson‘s Pink. Are you ready for greatness? Allen & Unwin did a spectacular job with the original Australian edition last summer — I can’t wait to see the reaction here in the States. […]