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Rose Under Fire has been chosen as Central Pennsylvania’s One Book, One Community read across a 6-county area including over 80 libraries. I’m incredibly excited and honored that my book’s been chosen, and I’ll be speaking at a couple of local…
Thursday, 27 October 2016: 11.00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. I’ll be on the author team at the West Scotland Heat of the Kids Lit Quiz again, held at Our Lady’s High School in Cumbernauld, Scotland. Last year’s winners of this heat, Hamilton…
Saturday, 8 October 2016: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Children’s Africana Book Awards Festival, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC. Black Dove, White Raven is one of the honored books in the teen category. You can learn more about the Children’s Africana…
13 and 17 August 2016, 11 am: Dinosaur:The Musical is a play written for young people by my daughter, Sara Gatland. It will be performed at the Mt. Gretna Playhouse in Mt. Gretna, Pennsylvania, as part of their Theater for Young Audiences program this…
21 April 2016: Yay YA is Scotland’s new book festival for YA fiction, taking place at the Cumbernauld Theatre in Cumbernauld from 10.00 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Join me with organizer Kirkland Ciccone and Victoria Gemmell, Roy Gill Alex ‘Scald’…
I’ll be in Charleston, SC for YALLFest, 13-14 November 2015, and then in Minneapolis, MN for the NCTE Annual Convention, 19-22 November 2015. Please check the website links for more information about these events!
I’ll be appearing at the Kristianstad Bokfestival on Friday, 3 Sept. 2015, at 3.30 p.m. in the festival Little Hall in Kristianstad, Sweden. I’ll be speaking about Code Name Verity, which is available in a beautiful Swedish edition – I’ll be speaking in…
Organized by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, this is a chance to chat with a fabulous panel, including authors Jane Yolen, Nicola Morgan, Christina Banach, and me! We’re also lucky to be welcoming agent Amber Caravéo from Skylark Literary. Following last year’s inaugural SCBWI…
I’m taking part in the YA Dash, an online competition and giveaway featuring 10 fantastic YA suspense authors. Details for the event are here on the YA Dash web page – there will be lots of truths, lies and secrets flying around…
Come check out my Playmobil collection and maybe learn something about writing! I’m running a workshop on world-building, sponsored by the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators in Southeast Scotland. The event will be held in Edinbugh on 9 May…