This book, ha. I’m sure one day I’ll write a book about the release of this book — or, at least a long thinkpiece — but for now, what more is there to say? I still really love it! 😁
I’m very proud of it and wouldn’t change a word. I sure talked about it a whole lot these past few months. Take a listen/read if you’re interested.
Thanks for welcoming the second wave of my nerds to your shelves this year with the Haltiwanger clan from CHARMING AS A VERB!
Here’s hoping for a less trash fire 2021!
What can I say? I hope you enjoy it! Books take a while to come out so I’ve had time to process this once since finishing it. I don’t know if I have much of an eloquent statement in me… I really like these characters? Halti, Corinne, and Ming. Even Marvyn! The whole gang!
(I’m also obsessed with Henri’s hair in that art. I have no idea how to get that hair but that’s it. That’s what I want, dang it. )
“Wait, wasn’t it supposed to be out in September?”
Don’t worry about it.
“No, really I got a copy in September. I mean, the printing was weird but–“
QUIET TIME.
Anyway, where was I? Yes, CHARMING AS A VERB. You should buy it. I don’t want to politicize this space but I very much champion your right to buy a copy of my book — or even several. Go absolutely off. Did someone say a crate? I heard crate.
Gulp. My first nonfiction non-YA book officially has a cover, folks.
I love this design. It was mocked up by my friend Brittany Reid, who is vexingly good at every last thing, for the book proposal and Harper Perennial ended up liking it so much that they used it for the final cover.
I’m going to miss the plausible deniability of fiction. (“What? No, of course, that character wasn’t based on you!”) but I needed to write this one and I hope people will check it out.
HarperCollins.com | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indiebound | Apple Books |
CHARMING being out means new opportunities to hear my delightful — delightful — voice that definitely does not sound like a foreign chipmunk with three accents wrestling for supremacy. Jewel and Brock are both amazing with huge catalogs of interviews out, so check them out.
Thanks for your patience, folks. September 2020 has no shortage of amazing YA books for your shelves!
(I also know some copies are already out in the universe, in which case you probably know it’s because of a printing error! Our bad!)
I nostalgia’d my old college heydays for Columbia College Today. It was fun.
Pumped to announce that pubescent grump, Norris Kaplan, has been named one of the finalists of this year’s William C. Morris Award alongside these four AMAZING books:
THE CANDLE AND THE FLAME by Nafiza Azad
GENESIS BEGINS AGAIN by Alicia D. Williams
FRANKLY IN LOVE by David Yoon
THERE WILL COME A DARKNESS by Katy Rose Pool
The William C. Morris YA Debut Award, first given in 2009, honors a book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature. The winner is announced annually at the ALA Youth Media Awards.
The award’s namesake is William C. Morris, an influential innovator in the publishing world and an advocate for marketing books for children and young adults. Bill Morris left an impressive mark on the field of children’s and young adult literature. He was beloved in the publishing field and the library profession for his generosity and marvelous enthusiasm for promoting literature for children and teens.
The paperback edition of THE FIELD GUIDE TO THE NORTH AMERICAN TEENAGER will feature a brand new cover. Look how purty.
I love the original yellow hardcover but I can’t say I’m not also obsessed with this one.
Art credit goes to Steffi Walthall @just___steffi ( 😭) and designer Chris Kwon @notchriskwon ( 👑). GODDAMN, folks.
Look out for it on January 7th, 2020!
