Welcome!
My debut YA novel, TORN, will be published by Marshall Cavendish/Amazon Publishing and released on May 15th, 2012. This is the story of a dangerous friendship, and the way girls can support each other through challenges their parents can’t—and don’t want to—imagine. In addition to writing, I teach graduate courses in literacy instruction and children’s literature at Seattle University, and I teach creative writing to the women of King County Jail.
Come visit me on READERGIRLZ, a cutting-edge literacy and social media project for teens, awarded the National Book Award for Innovations in Reading. I’m the Seattle Host, and I blog about author events in the Seattle area, as well as great new books I’ve read.
Thank you for visiting! I hope you stay awhile.