FAQ

Who is your literary agent?
I am represented by the amazingly enthusiastic Eric Smith of Neighborhood Literary. I blogged about how I became a client of his here.

How did you get published?
I published my first book, SPOOKYGIRL: PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR, after winning a publishing contract with a Penguin imprint in the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award for Young Adult fiction. You can read more about SPOOKYGIRL’s road to publication in this series of blog posts.

Will you blurb my book?
I’m happy to consider doing so if time allows! I focus mainly on traditionally published paranormal/horror (both YA and adult) and queer YA. Reach out via the info on my contact page and let me know what you’ve got!

MAMMOTH is about paleontology. Are you a paleontologist?
I’m not, but I’ve loved the subject since I was a kid. While researching MAMMOTH, I worked with several paleontologists and trained at an in situ Ice Age dig site, the Waco Mammoth National Monument in Texas. I learned how to dig and prospect for fossils and how to rinse and screen-pick sediment from dig sites. MAMMOTH is full of the paleo goodness over which I geeked out in Waco and Austin.

ERMAGERD, MERMERTH

What are you working on next?

(Updated Sept. 2024) Now that SO WITCHES WE BECAME is out in the world, I’m focusing on getting it into the hands of readers while also working on my next project. I can’t say too much about that one just yet, but I’m so excited to chatter about it once it’s been officially announced!

How long does it take you to write a book?
It depends. Drafting MAMMOTH took several months because I had so much research and learning to do along the way, and then it went through some extensive revisions because the rough draft was a trashfire (as rough drafts often are). With SPOOKYGIRL and SO WITCHES WE BECAME, I wrote the first drafts in a month, then revised numerous times over the next few years.

Do you write adult/general fiction as well as YA?
Yes! I haven’t published any adult novels yet (maybe someday!) but most of my shorter works fall into adult territory.

When will the next SPOOKYGIRL book be out?
Dutton was not interested in developing SPOOKYGIRL as a series. However, I have enough notes for a trilogy, and I’d love to find a way to get the rest of Violet’s story out there someday. At the moment it’s mostly just a rights issue, and those can be tricky to unravel.

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