EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO KNOW TO BE A NOVELIST, I LEARNED AS A BOOK NERD KID
I want to give thanks to the quiet nerdy girl I once was (and still am), and to the benevolent employees of my neighborhood Mecca growing up, Kepler’s Books, who pretended they didn’t see me curled up in their stacks, devouring the books gleaming brightly from their shelves. Below is [...]
FIVE MOVIE/TV HEROINES THIS YA AUTHOR TREASURES
As a writer, I love meeting the characters, and especially heroines, other writers have given the world. The following are some of my favorite chicas from TV and film, whose various awesomeness helped inspire the female characters Noa, Olivia, Isla, Sasha, and Hilo from my debut YA novel Shattered [...]
Veterans Day: Spotlight on my Grandfather, Leonard Wisnyi
In honor of Veterans’ Day, I wanted to do a little post about my late grandfather, Leonard Wisnyi. Although he died young before I had a chance to meet him, he was a remarkable man, and a dedicated veteran of the US Navy who served in both World War II [...]
WEEKLY WRAP UP!
This has been such an incredible week! I am so thrilled to see Shattered Blue reach the #1 Best Seller spot on Amazon and to win the silver in Young Adult Fiction in the IPPY Awards, all in one week! I just wanted to say a quick thank you [...]
Lauren at Los Altos High School
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Lauren at Menlo High School
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