As many of you know, I appear on The Jennifer Fulwiler Show (SiriusXM Channel 129) a few times a year to talk about books for kids and teens. When I was asked by her team to help her launch her new book One Beautiful Dream, I was thrilled. In fact, I’d already pre-ordered a copy […]
On Wednesday night, we’ll be celebrating the release of my friend Susan Miura’s latest YA book Healer on Facebook. Come join us for the party here (There will be lots of giveaways including a copy of Angelhood). In the meantime, here’s a bit about Susan’s book. Title: Healer Author: Susan Miura Genre: Christian contemporary Age […]
Here’s another book from one of the CatholicTeenBooks.com authors! Title: The Other Side of Freedom Author: Cynthia T. Toney Genre: historical fiction Age group: middle grade Summary: (from author’s website) In a southern farming community in 1925, thirteen-year-old Salvatore and his Italian immigrant father become involved against their will in a crime that results in the murder […]
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Welcome to 2018! I hope this year will be one of many blessings for all of you. As I’ve done for the last five years, I picked a “word of the year,” a word to give this year some focus. When I started in 2013, I chose the word optimism. I chose that […]
Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Doug Keck of EWTN’s Bookmark program. During our time together, we talked about my middle grade mystery Seven Riddles to Nowhere, the award it had just won, and why I decided to set the story in Chicago. The interview aired last week on EWTN, […]
I’m so excited today to introduce you to a brand-new YA romance from my good friend Carmela Martino. I met Carmela through the Catholic Writers Guild and soon discovered that we have many things in common: we are both Chicagoans, we are both members of SCBWI, we both write young adult and middle grade novels, […]
I received a copy of this book from a friend this past summer. If you haven’t read it already, it’s even cuter than you might imagine! Title: Dear Pope Francis: The Pope Answers Letters from Children Around the World Author: (um . . . this should be obvious) Pope Francis! Genre: picture book Age group: […]
In June, Theresa Linden’s book Battle for His Soul won first place in the CPA Book Awards for the teen/young adult category. Recently, I had the pleasure of reading this third book in the West Brothers series. Title: Battle for His Soul Author: Theresa Linden Genre: contemporary fiction Age group: young adult Summary: Jarret West […]
We don’t talk enough about mental illness. We stigmatize it and then want to sweep any discussion of it under the rug. So it’s little surprise that I didn’t even know there was a patron saint of the mentally ill and emotionally disturbed until I heard about Susan Peek’s The King’s Prey. This is the […]
In case you haven’t already heard, my middle grade mystery Seven Riddles to Nowhere won Honorable Mention for Catholic children’s books at the Catholic Press Awards last Friday! This is a very broad category that included both fiction and nonfiction, and everything from picture books and early chapter books to middle grade books. First place […]
