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Blog postDean and I are invited guests this year at San Diego Comic-Con, and so we have a pretty robust schedule with lots of opportunities to sign, panel, and meet you.
THURSDAY
1:00 - 2:00 pm, Room 32AB
Panel: Stepping into Another World
Authors share the magic of books to transport young readers via words and pictures to new worlds, sometimes fantastic and exotic and very different from our own, and sometimes comfortingly close. -
Blog postLeUyen Pham and I are about to hit the road to tour for our new graphic novel REAL FRIENDS, a memoir about the ups and downs of elementary school friendship. Are we touring near you?
TUESDAY, MAY 2 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA
4:00pm Launch Event @ Kepler’s Books
Location: 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Contact: (650) 324-4321
Link: www.keplers.org/upcoming-events-internal/2017/5/2/shannon-hale-and-leuyen-phan
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 · DENVER, CO
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Blog postHey friends! Like me, many of you were horrified by this news report:
We want to show love for this school and their outstanding robotics team in the form of a book drive. This is a Title 1 school with a very diverse population. Authors, you can sign books to Pleasant Run. Anyone else who can donate is much appreciated! Picture books, early readers, chapter books, and middle grade books most welcome, especially those written by and featuring people of color. Also early readers i -
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Blog postThis year is a busy one for me career-wise. My breakdown:
Feb 7:
+ book tour Feb, March, and April. This middle grade novel is fun fun fun
May 2:
+ book tour, BookCon, & SDCC. This graphic novel is my heart.
July/August:
New covers for the Books of Bayern (wait till you see them in print--gorgeous!)
Fall will bring two more books: the 5th Princess in Black and a super secret middle grade novel that will make some of you very ha -
Blog postI want to tell you a quick story, with permission from who told it to me, of the unexpected ways books connect us. A few years ago I did a photographic essay of men and boys reading Princess Academy to illustrate that, yes, this does happen and yes, it is okay for heaven's sake. One of the participants is this man, who I've known for years:
He is a family man. He has many children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren and is hands-on involved in their lives in an active, loving -
Blog postI've been blogging here since 2002 but this past year I haven't been keeping it up regularly. I'm active on twitter, please follow me there for all the news, rants, and adorable things my 5yos say. In the meantime, feast your eyes on the gorgeous covers the Books of Bayern will be getting in 2017.
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Blog postBOOK, FILM, AND COMICS PEOPLE
Our community is coming together to raise money for charities serving the refugee community, most likely UNICEF or Save the Children (we're still researching). We are organizing an online auction to raise money that can literally save lives and change lives.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP:
Donate goods and services! Email us at admin@writingforcharity.org with the following info:
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Blog postIt's the social event of the season! Who is invited to Princess Magnolia's birthday party? Here's the exclusive guest list.
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Blog postWhen writing any book, I always cut more than I keep. I just have to go through a lot of sentences, try out a lot of ideas, before discovering what works just right. Sometimes what I cut I really like but doesn't work for the best of the story. In this case, Dean and I adored the Epilogue to The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party. It made us laugh. But we cut it for two reasons.
1. Originally we didn't have a chapter about Frimplepants in book 2, but we decided to -
Blog postDON'T ASSUME MY GENDER
My fourteen-year-old, green-haired, artist of a daughter is dressing as a gender-bending Spock for Halloween. There are no Spock dresses; she is sewing it herself. This is a surprise to no one. Sometimes my kid dresses like a “boy.” Sometimes she dresses at a “girl.” She sees gender as a spectrum and sexuality as fluid, and isn’t afraid to tell you either of those things.
These ideas did not come from me, though I embrace them. My daughter is part -
Blog postThere’s a feeling I get in the pit of my stomach whenever I see a message from my editor in my inbox with a subject line that says, Cover. I take deep breaths before I click the email open because I know that in many cases, the cover sells the book. The cover is a marketing tool. One image is supposed to convey the essence of the entire novel, while also being aesthetically pleasing, while also whispering to readers, “This book is for you.” And then of course, there are my own feelings. I wan
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Blog postShannon’s idea of Stories For All is absolutely fantastic … and absolutely vital.
Fifteen years after founding Guys Read (a web-based literacy initiative for boys at www.guysread.com) in response to the dismal underachievement of boys in reading, I still get questions that let me know we have a long way to go in understanding the role gender might play in reading. And a long way to go in using this understanding to help kids become real readers.
I get questions like:
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