I love summer. I love reading. I love reading in the summer…on porches, nestled on the couch with a fan blowing on me, in a hammock, on the beach…you name it. But I don’t always love Summer Reading. You know, kids often say it like it’s just one word…summerreading. As in, “UGH. I have to […]

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Hello, blog and website friends, and forgive my lack of information on bookish events. I’ve been in the process of updating my website for…well, longer than I intended, and the result is that events and other news have gotten short shrift. SO! In an attempt to rectify that fact, (even as we finalize the updated […]

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Hey friends! My new book is out in the world, and I’m delighted and hoping it flies far! Also in the world, The Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island, now in convenient portable paperback! Huzzah! To celebrate I went into town yesterday to get iced coffee, but walked by an antique/thrift shop that happened to have […]

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It’s that exciting and sometimes slightly nausea-inducing moment when I realize that something that I made up while sitting alone in my office in cat-hair-covered yoga pants is actually going to go out into the world with my name on it! Coming to bookstores, libraries, and bookshelves near you (I hope) is my newest book […]

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