Let’s Tell FOX That Books Matter!

September 23, 2011August 13, 2018 Essays, News

Dear Reader: I have just launched Just Add Books – a campaign to include a books category in FOX-TV’s Teen Choice Awards. I started this campaign after looking at the recent TCA’s ... Read more

Why I Write

December 15, 2010June 17, 2019 Essays

I’d like to share one of the high points of my recent Revolution book tour. I was giving a reading at the University Bookstore in Seattle, and a very dedicated English teacher ... Read more

Playlist: Sounds of Revolution

December 7, 2010June 17, 2019 Essays

Revolution is about a lot of things: love, loss, hope, redemption, forgiveness — and the life-altering power of music. The book’s main character, Andi Alpers, is a gifted musician, and very ... Read more

Life is Too Short to Stuff a Mushroom

February 19, 2010June 17, 2019 Essays

Epiphany time. Are you ready? Here it is…. Life is too short to stuff a mushroom. That little Zen gem was sent in by a reader named Kelly M. in ... Read more

Charlotte Award Speech for A Northern Light

December 10, 2006June 17, 2019 Essays

I’m so excited! I received an early Christmas present this year – actually, I received 14,000 of them! Last month, New York State’s school kids voted A Northern Light their pick for ... Read more

Defy It

July 5, 2005June 17, 2019 Essays

I woke up this morning not to the sounds of songbirds in the trees of Brooklyn, or soft summer rain on my skylight, but to the reporters on 1010 WINS ... Read more