Announcing THE TONTINE CAPER

I am very excited to announce the sale of my 9th book ~ my 4th book with Holiday House Books for Children, my 1st illustrated book (and my 1st comedy)! Here’s a little more about the story: Eleven-year-old Nico Lombardi, an orphan unfairly indentured at a remote...

Happy Birthday to The Carrefour Curse!

Today is release day for my eighth book for teens and middle grade readers, The Carrefour Curse! Inspired by my childhood love of all things gothic, including gothic mysteries by Mary Stewart, Mary Roberts Rinehart, and Virginia Coffman — but especially the...

Announcing THE CARREFOUR CURSE!

I have exciting news to share! Holiday House has purchased a third book from me, a spooky MG that I wrote in homage to a supernatural television show I fixated on as a small child — a show which is probably (definitely) responsible for my fascination with all...

Cover Reveal: Jadie in Five Dimensions

I am excited to share the gorgeous cover for my next book, coming from Holiday House on September 7, 2021. But before I do, how about a summary? Geometry. Physics. Monsters. Kidnappings. Spies. Conspiracies. Multi-dimensional universes nesting together like Russian...

Launch Day: The Ghosts are Here!

It’s a gloomy, gray day in Pennsylvania — the perfect weather for the launch of Eleanor, Alice, and the Roosevelt Ghosts! Buried family secrets. Vengeful ghosts. Two very different cousins. *** Launching a book in 2020 is very different from my previous...