Michelle and I have been writing friends for a long, long time, so when her manuscript landed an agent, then a book deal, within a matter of...

My library has a small what's-new-in-YA shelf tucked into one of its back corners, and it's a testament to how much I love YA that...

Several months ago, I asked the Twitterverse for women's fiction recommendations, and Ms. Meissner's SECRETS OF A CHARMED LIFE was...

Ally Carter recently tweeted about the dearth of YA books for in-between readers, or readers who have mentally and emotionally phased out of...

When I tell people I write books, a lot of them tell me that they have a book idea or that they'd like to do that someday. No one ever...

Longtime critique partner Jeni and I have been trading book recommendations lately, and THE SCANDALOUS SISTERHOOD OF PRICKWILLOW PLACE ...

The title of this post pretty much says it all. RED BUTTERFLY's birthday is here, so it's time for a celebration! I fell in love ...

I'd seen these books around, but it wasn't until I stumbled on Michelle 's excellent reviews that I finally sat up and took ...

I know what you're thinking: since Ms. Petruck and I have the same agent, this post must be part of a setup. But I can assure you tha...

Today is the day! Tara 's ALL FOUR STARS is officially out. To celebrate, I'm reposting a classic from my now-defunct "Massac...

If you've been hanging around the blog for any length of time, you've almost certainly heard me gush about Tara's MG debut at ...

Join us tomorrow for an INTERACTIVE installment of "Interview with an Agent" with  Christa Heschke  of  McIntosh & Otis, Inc !...

I don't like cancer books. There, I said it. I think it's just because I read too many of them as an eleven-year-old (all right, I...

It's finally here! After two long years of waiting, RUMP's release day has arrived! I wish I could tell you what this book means ...

Hello, 2013! Between Pitch Wars and revisions, I haven't had much time to blog, but I've been meaning to recommend this book since ...

This is a book recommendation, technically, but it’s more of a oh-my-gosh-how-did-I-not-realize-what-kind-of-person-I-am post. So you’ll ha...

RUMP and I have had a lot of firsts together. RUMP is the first MG manuscript I critiqued. (Shh, don't tell Liesl she was my guinea pi...

First off, a quick heads-up: Brianne Johnson of Writers House will be here this Thursday for an interactive interview, so if you have a qu...

Some books have such pitch-perfect voice that you would follow the characters over a cliff--or in this case, into a hurricane--and not even...

I’d heard about Ms. Stiefvater’s latest novel around Twitter and such, but it wasn’t until I read Kelly’s recommendation that I finally bu...