SOLD!!! Leza Lowitz’s UP FROM THE SEA, a novel written in verse about the March 2011 tsunami that sent Japan into chaos, told from the point-of-view of a bi-racial teen boy who survives but loses his mother and grandparents, to Phoebe Yeh at Crown Children’s, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in Spring 2016, by Kelly Falconer …
INDUSTRY Q&A WITH EDITOR PHOEBE YEH
Read this lovely interview about Diversity in Children’s Literature with Phoebe Yeh, my new Editor, which makes me even more honoured and excited.
The Diplomat takes on Jet Black & The Ninja Wind in honor of Navajo Code Talker’s Day.
In honor of Navajo Code Talker’s Day, August 14, The Diplomat takes on Jet Black & The Ninja Wind. Did I really say “Bleh?” When it comes to stereotypes of Asian women, you bet I did!
Catch our Interview in Alibi from Albuquerque
Ninja Meets Navajo Code TalkerThe YA collisions of Leza Lowitz and Shogo Oketani
The Santa Fe New Mexican reviews Jet Black
Jet Black gets a warm welcome in New MexicoSubtexts — Navajo ninja: “Jet Black and the Ninja Wind”
It`s Official! I am honored to be honored with a SCBWI work-in-progress grant for a new Young Adult novel
2014 WIP Winners AnnouncedUp From The Sea When a 140-foot wave swallows up half your village, how do you manage to stay whole?
Jet Black goes to China! Read this interview with Shogo and me
A Ninja Wind of ChangeThe catch of this week is an adventure for teenagers and grownups alike!