News
Surprise! I’m Writing a YA Romance!
So excited to share that my debut YA romance novel will be out with McElderry/S&S in 2025! I can’t wait for everyone to meet Ellis and Cooper in Bramble Falls!
Play Like a Girl: Nominated for Maryland’s Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
We are so excited to share that Play Like a Girl has been nominated for Maryland’s Black-Eyed Susan Book Award for the 2024-2025 school year! We cannot thank the Maryland Association of School Librarians enough for this honor. We’re absolutely floored by this book continuing to do awesome things and by the undying support of librarians, educators, booksellers, and readers. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
We Won Ohio’s Buckeye Book Award!
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
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
Had a blast meeting readers from all over Ohio at the Buckeye Book Fair!
Columbus Book Festival
We were at the Columbus Book Festival, chatting on a panel about graphic novels!
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
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
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
We did a panel with some awesome authors & illustrators for SCBWI & Ohioana Book Festival. You can watch it here!
Nerdy Book Club Award
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
Watch a clip of us talk about Play Like A Girl on TV2, Kent State’s news channel:
Play Like A Girl Book Trailer
David created an animated book trailer for Play Like A Girl. Check it out!
Litfest With The Metropolitan Library System
Had a great time chatting about how we create graphic novels!
1455 Literary Festival
You can watch us talk about the process of creating Play Like A Girl for the 1455 Literary Festival.
