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The Seas of Distant Stars
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My new book comes out August 7th! When I tell people about The Seas of Distant Stars, I say it’s about a human girl who’s kidnapped by aliens. Which is true, but here’s the official description: Agapanthus was kidnapped when she was only two years old, but she doesn’t remember it. In fact, she doesn’t…
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My Second Novel
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Two weeks from now, on March 15th, my second novel will officially be released. LISTEN focuses on the confluence between music and nature. It’s a story about love: the love between two young people, and the love they discover for the natual world. Above all, this is a story about reconnecting with the earth.…
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A Box Full of Goodness
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Guess what arrived in the mail last night? Advance copies of my second novel, Listen! No matter how many books I might publish in my lifetime, I don’t think I’ll ever get used to this feeling. My words, my story, my characters, all brought into tangible existence! It finally feels real. I’m a published author? A two-time…
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Listen
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I wrote this book when I was living in a college dorm-room. That was my sophomore year, so I guess I was 19 and 20? I finished it by summer break, then set it aside to prepare for the release of my first novel, Call of the Sun Child, which came out in March 2014. And now,…
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Shell Oil vs. The People of Earth
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When it comes to climate change, we already know what needs to be done. Yet we don’t do anything of consequence; we resist positive action because climate change looms over us as a great, daunting beast, too menacing to actually deal with. But maybe not. According to Naomi Klein in her book This Changes Everything, we have…
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Which is Greener: E-Readers or Paper Books?
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As an environmental studies grad, an author, and a lover of reading, I often think about the environmental impact of books. I wrote my first novel, Call of the Sun Child, in praise of the natural world–especially the magnificence of trees–yet every paper copy I sell is the carcass of a dead tree. From across the…
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My Book Was A Finalist In the Next Generation Indie Book Awards!!!
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Call of the Sun Child may not have won an award this time, but it did come close… it was a finalist in the Young-Adult category at the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards! My book has been out for over a year now; it was released all the way back in March 2014. It’s been…
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Never Cry Wolf
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What would you do if, beneath the forest canopy, you heard a wolf’s howl? The chance of such an experience occurring in Oregon is low, but growing. As of 2012, there were 53 wolves within our state’s boundaries. Wolves were once abundant in the United States; their numbers ranged from 200,000 to 500,000, until…
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My Novel Won An Award!
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So the other day I opened up my e-mail. Subject: Moonbeam Medalist Update – please respond. Turns out that, although I’d entered the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards months ago, I had somehow also unsubscribed from their e-mail list. “We want to be sure you’ve heard about winning a Moonbeam Award,” the e-mail said. Congratulations…
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People’s Climate March – Portland
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I stood next to the Willamette river on Sunday, shouldering all the strength of the sun. It was 90 degrees, nearly windless. I sought refuge in the shadows of my fellow protesters. Our eager eyes were turned toward the stage, where an hour’s worth of inspirational speakers–including native peoples, climate justice crusaders, interfaith leaders, moms,…