Author Archive


Next Best Thing to School Visits

One of the upsides of doing so many virtual events these days is that I can make presentations and ‘visit’ with lots of schools without actually leaving my office. I did a bunch of these events to celebrate the release of Fallout, and a few were recorded. For those wondering what I usually talk about […]


Fallout in Shelf Awareness

Today’s Shelf Awareness has a great review of Fallout, along with an interview – check it out here!


Fallout on WAMC

Got the chance to appear on WAMC this morning, in a conversation with Joe Donahue one of the best author interviewers out there. Check out the recordng here!


FALLOUT release day!

My new non-fiction Cold War thriller is official out in the world! If anyone’s interested in a signed and personalized copy, here’s a link to my awesome local indie bookstore, Northshire Saratoga.


FALLOUT virtual launch: 9/8/21!

The launch of my new nonfiction book, FALLOUT, is coming up. It’ll be a virtual event – a conversation with the amazing author Christina Soontornvat. Please come and join us!


Fallout launch event set!

I’m excited to announce that we’ll be doing a virtual launch for FALLOUT at my awesome local indie bookstore, Northshire Saratoga. It’ll be on Wednesday, September 8, at 6 pm Eastern – more info and registration link here. And for anyone interested in a signed copy of the book, order through Northshire and I’ll sign […]


Fallout featured on Fuse#8

We’re just a month away now… Here’s a cool new conversation about Fallout with Betsy Bird!


Author Fan Face-off season finale

We finished up the season with a little twist – me in the author’s hot seat in a BOMB challenge. Now I know why authors always said they were nervous at the start of the recordings… This student challenger is no joke!


Author Fan Face-off Turns 50!

Fifty episodes, that is – and counting. Recent shows have featured challenges with authors such as Jerry Craft, R.J. Palacio, Gordon Korman, and many more!


Author Fan Face-off with Kate DiCamillo!

You know we had to try for this one – today’s new Author Fan Face-off features the great Kate DiCamillo, taking a true super-fan in a Flora & Ulysses challenge. Can anyone keep up with these two?