Events & Links

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Upcoming events:

• October 14-17: Humboldt County Children’s Author Festival (CA)
• Oct 27: Jackson County Library (MN) talk, 5:30 pm
• October 30, 7 pm: Hearst Lecture, University of Northern Iowa 
• November 14, 7 pm: “Fiction and Faith: An Evening with the Authors” at Hamline Church, St. Paul MN.

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Helpful links:

Recent and recent-ish podcast interviews:

• A 2025 interview with Stephanie Affinito on Kidlit Love, about Scattergood
• A 2023 interview with Kate Narita of Chalk + Ink, in which we discuss Gossamer Summer as well as teaching creative writing and other topics
• A 2017 interview with Minnesota Public Radio’s Euan Kerr (and a short reading from the opening of A Crack in the Sea), featured on All Things Considered

Print interviews:

• An interview with Caroline Starr Rose about A Crack in the Sea, with a discussion of classroom connections
• A discussion of A Tear in the Ocean with fellow author Sheila O’Connor

Here’s a couple of cool essays:

• For educators: “New Voices: Walking into the Wardrobe and Through the Sliding Glass Door: Writing Persona Poems with A Crack in the Sea.” By Elizabeth M Frye, Brooke L Hardin, Heather Bouwman, and Adrienne E Stumb. Voices from the Middle Vol.26(2): 46-52.
• And here’s a short essay I wrote about historical fiction, on the Teen Librarian Toolbox (TLT) blog page. 2025.

A few reviews:

• Kirkus starred review of Scattergood
• New York Times review of Scattergood
• Horn Book starred review of Gossamer Summer
• Publishers Weekly starred review of A Crack in the Sea
• Kirkus review of A Tear in the Ocean