News
We Won Ohio’s Buckeye Book Award!
December 1, 2023
Super excited to announce that Play Like a Girl won the Buckeye Children’s Book Award for grades 6-8 in an online voting process by young readers all across the state of Ohio. It’s so great to see so many young readers enjoying Play Like a Girl. Thanks to the Buckeye Book Awards and teachers, librarians, and kids all around Ohio!
Books By The Banks
November 18, 2023
Loved meeting readers today at Books by the Banks. We were blown away by the number of teachers and librarians who brought their copies from school to get signed!
Buckeye Book Fair
November 4, 2023
Had a blast meeting readers from all over Ohio at the Buckeye Book Fair!
OELMA
October 5, 2023
Loved chatting with other authors about challenges in middle grade and YA at the Ohio Educational Library Media Association Conference! Librarians are the best!
Columbus Book Festival
July 15, 2023
We were at the Columbus Book Festival, chatting on a panel about graphic novels!
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
April 23, 2023
We flew out to Los Angeles, California to attend the LA Times Festival of Books as panelists and talked with some super awesome authors/artists about creating middle grade graphic memoirs.
The Ohioana Book Festival
April 22, 2023
We attended the Ohioana Book Festival in Columbus, Ohio and got to catch up with some author friends!
SCBWI : Writing & Illustrating Graphic & Hybrid Novels Panel
April 30, 2023
We did a panel with some awesome authors & illustrators for SCBWI & Ohioana Book Festival. You can watch it here!
Nerdy Book Club Award
december 29, 2022
Play Like A Girl is a Nerdy Book Club graphic novel award winner! Read the full article and list here!
Play Like a Girl Discussion On TV2
october 6, 2022
Watch a clip of us talk about Play Like A Girl on TV2, Kent State’s news channel:
Play Like A Girl Book Trailer
September 13, 2022
David created an animated book trailer for Play Like A Girl. Check it out!
Litfest With The Metropolitan Library System
AUGUST 29, 2022
You can view our presentation “Creating Graphic Novels with Misty and David Wilson” here!
Publishers Weekly Reviews Play Like a Girl
AUGUST 2, 2022
Publishers Weekly reviewed Play Like a Girl! You can read the whole review here!
1455 Literary Festival
august 1, 2022
You can watch us talk about the process of creating Play Like A Girl for the 1455 Literary Festival.
Kirkus Reviews: Play Like a Girl
June 22, 2022
So excited to share the Kirkus review of Play Like a Girl. You can read the full review here!
Play Like a Girl is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
April 8, 2022
Cover Reveal
February 14, 2022
So excited to share the cover of Play Like a Girl! Pre-order today, anywhere books are sold. I’ve teamed up with The Learned Owl to offer signed copies!
Pre-Order Links
Pre-order links have recently gone up for Play Like a Girl—find the links under Books—and a cover reveal is coming soon!
Feel free to click around for more information. I can’t wait to have more to share soon!