Justine Larbalestier’s new book, Liar, has been getting a lot of attention lately. When she first revealed the cover, I thought it was nice — striking image, interesting thing happening with the hair. But having never read the book, I didn’t realize that the main character describes herself as black, with short hair, and looking … Read more
ETA: If you’re just googling into this list now, please see my booklists over on Pinterest, which I keep much more up-to-date than this page from several years ago. I break them down by age group and genre. I also publish diverse science fiction and fantasy for young readers at Tu Books now. See the … Read more
I keep forgetting to post that the last book I edited for Mirrorstone, Green Dragon Codex, is now out. The book, written by R.D. Henham with the “assistance” of Clint Johnson (check out the critique he’s offering at Cynthea Liu’s Take the Dare auction!), is also the subject of a new contest from Mirrorstone. Libraries … Read more
One of my authors (Amie Rose Rotruck, who wrote Bronze Dragon Codex) is also the head of the ICFA children’s literature division. She’s looking for published YA and middle grade authors of speculative fiction who are interested in attending the conference next March. (whoops, originally that said June–not sure what I was thinking. It’s every … Read more
If you’re my friend on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter, you will know that I’ve revealed the big secret I’ve been keeping: That I’m starting a small press with a friend. I don’t feel ready to give many details about it yet because I’m still working on the website and a variety of details … Read more
3/21/2012, ETA: Because this post has been linked a lot over the course of the last several months, I just wanted to point out that this was posted when I was in the process of starting the small press that became Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books, where we publish middle grade … Read more
I had a really great time meeting somewhere in the neighborhood of 23 local writers on Saturday at the Provo Library. We talked about writing science fiction and fantasy for children and young adults, and in that context we talked about hooking agents and editors and young readers themselves with killer first chapters and beyond. … Read more
It seems that FB has at least temporarily rolled back their terms of service to the previous, slighly less draconian terms until they can figure out why tens of thousands of people were protesting and even deleting their accounts. We’ll see what happens. On to other news. Suddenly life has gotten really busy! Especially with … Read more
ETA 7/24/13: I’ve added a few titles to the list below (and deleted a few that I realized were more YA than MG), but if you want a really up-to-date version, follow me on Pinterest, where I keep a number of book lists, including this one, up to date as new titles become available. … Read more
No one can read every book out there, especially people who are extremely busy. One can try, though–hence my trying to make a list of great middle grade fantasy. I haven’t read every book on that list, but they all come recommended from someone if I haven’t read them and loved them myself, so now … Read more
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