I write for teens and young readers. A BAD BOY CAN BE GOOD FOR A GIRL was my first YA book is a poetry novel, and I write nonfiction and picture books for kids, too. A BAD BOY CAN BE GOOD FOR A GIRL came out in Jan. 06 in hardcover (the pink one) and is coming out with this hot new cover in paperback June 12th.
BONUS: it will have a Reading Guide in the back for all those who want to ponder the deeper meaning of questions like, "Hey, why doesn't the bad boy have a name in this book?" and "Are you sure you're a feminist?" Oh yeahh, I'm sure. ;-)
It's gotten starred reviews and been called "Sure to be the new FOREVER" by Cynthia Leitich Smith, "the kind of tell-it-like-it-is wisdom that comes from your best girlfriends," by Libba Bray, "brave and beautiful" by Megan McCafferty and the next "Vagina Monologues...for the teen crowd" by Beliefnet.com.
Oh!, and it was an ALA Quick Picks choice, a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, and is nominated for ALA's PPYA (Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults). And the fabulous state of Texas has put it on their Texas Tayshas Reading List and Maryland has put it on the Maryland Great Books for Teens 2006 list!
This just in: Bad Boy is on the 2007-2008 Kentucky Bluegrass Award Master List!
A couple random things about me: Before I went to Oberlin for English and Voice, I went to a performing arts high school. I started a perishable food rescue program and carted 500 pounds of food around in my car every day, and recruited my friends to do the same. I'm kind of addicted to Wild Berry Skittles and chocolate-covered pretzels. I hate the word "tasty" and love the word "splendiferous." But that's just me.
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Thank you for the add. I have seen your book and I have been dying to read it but I have 50 other library books out that I would not have time. I have heard though that it is great and I feel guitly that I have not read it yet. Thank you.
That picture book looks great, I'll probably get it to read to my little sister :) I had never seen the British cover of "A bad boy..." before, I love it even more! :)
Hello, how are you? What have you been up to, any new book news? Love the hardcover cover of A bad boy can be good for a girl. I have to get me a copy!
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Hey there. Thanks for the add. You have been chosen as Carbuncle’s friend because you (check applicable description): ____ have great taste, _____ are a beautiful monkey, ____ do not cause bloody stools, _____ have been amorous with a piece of furniture, ____ have a goofy nickname (please specify),_____ are afraid of clowns, ____ own a stuffed squirrel, or, ______ other (please describe).
Great interview today on Sound Authors Radio. I was on the show right before you were. In fact, I put a blurb up about our interviews on the National Writing for Children Center site today.
Haha, thanks! My parents used to have us play those old Reader Rabbit educational games when we were little and for some reason that name just popped into my head when I thought of writing, I remembered the good times with those games ;)
