Accountable deals with behaviors that are happening at every school in the country. When I was at NCTE last month, I heard from a...

I'm thrilled to announce that Wild Blue is a February Amazon pick for best books for children age 6-8! The book will be out on February...

Get Your Free Downloadable Escargot Valentines Here! Perhaps you knew this already, but there’s a very beautiful French snail who wants...

I vividly remember the day my father took the training wheels off my bicycle. I got on my bike, wobbled three feet down the driveway, and...

I can't tell you how excited I am that my favorite French snail is back for his third adventure. Sydney Hanson has outdone herself with...

As the author of a frequently challenged book, I'm sometimes asked for a statement. Feel free to use this to fight book bans in your...

As of this writing, The 57 Bus has been banned or challenged in more than nine states, including Idaho, Texas, Florida, New Jersey,...

The sequel to The Book of Fatal Errors releases on February 15, 2022 and the first review is a flat-out rave, with Kirkus calling it "an...

It all started when I heard about a teacher who was using Escargot as a mentor text to teach persuasive writing. Escargot, of course,...

Exciting news for anyone shopping for the holidays! I’ve arranged with my neighborhood bookstore, A Great Good Place For Books, to offer...

The Book of Fatal Errors almost never saw the light of day. In fact I made a number of fatal errors when writing it, including writing in...

I had the wonderful good fortune to be interviewed by Sean P. Connors for his podcast, The Storyteller's Thread, and he asked me some...

For years, people have written to me asking if there will be an Escargot plush toy. Some people have even made their own, an activity I...

A few days ago, a friend sent me a video of this adorable baby reading my book BABY SHOES. Watch her as she reads the book to herself,...

After Amazon named The Book of Fatal Errors one of its best books of the month for July, they sent me some interview questions for their...

I know, it's weird, but authors and illustrators often don't know each other. And so even though Sydney Hanson and I have collaborated on...

It's been a tough time for authors, booksellers and readers. Events are canceled, stores and libraries are closed, and all of us have...

I'll admit, I took it pretty hard when I first learned that the book tour for A Book for Escargot would be canceled. I'd been looking...

Neiman Storyboard just posted an interview with me about the writing and reporting of my recent Times Magazine piece about parole. It's...

I'm very pleased to have started out the year on the cover of the New York Times Magazine with this piece about people serving life...