I’m an author of fiction for young adults, and my debut novel UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENT was published by Roaring Brook Press in 2004.

LOVE IN THE CORNER POCKET, was published by Scholastic/Point in the summer of 2008 and a paranormal teen trilogy, starting with DEAD IS THE NEW BLACK, which came out September of 2008. DEAD IS A STATE OF MIND and DEAD IS SO LAST YEAR followed in 2009.

DEAD IS THE NEW BLACK was a summer book club buzz pick by Seventeen Magazine and was featured in the January 2009 issue of Cosmopolitan.

There will be new books in the DEAD IS series! DEAD IS JUST A RUMOR will be out in the fall of 2010 and DEAD IS NOT AN OPTION will be out in the spring of 2011.

Look for THE COMEBACK, published by Scholastic/Point in August!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll be appearing at the following places:

May 31, 2009, 1 p.m Laguna Beach Books

July 25, 2009, Monster Mash panel, San Diego Comic Con 3:00-4:00 Room 2
Panelists: Amber Benson (DEATH’S DAUGHTER); Alice Henderson (VORACIOUS), Walter Greatshell (XOMBIES: APOCALYPSE BLUES), S.G. Browne (BREATHERS); Marlene Perez (DEAD IS SO LAST YEAR); Rob Thurman (DEATHWISH); and Samantha Sommersby (FORBIDDEN: THE TEMPTATION).

I'll be signing books immediately following the panel in the Autograph Area.

August 7-10, 2009, SCBWI 38th Annual Summer Conference

September 12, 2009, Mission Viejo Readers Festival

October 16-18, 2009, San Diego County Library “Page One:  Celebration of the Written Word”

November 21 & 22, 2009, CSLA, Ontario, CA