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NEWSCandlewick has just accepted my proposal for a YA novel set in 1966 Czechoslovakia. My novel set in contemporary Baghdad, THE WHITE ZONE, has been acquired by Carolrhoda.
In November 2010 I will go to West Africa for author visits to the countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal. Children's author, Gretchen Woelfle, will also go. I'm very excited to learn about these new cultures!
TAKE ME WITH YOU made the Booklist Top 10 Historical Novels of 2010.
In the fall of 2010, I'll be teaching beginning writing for children, and in spring 2011 intermediate writing for children. These classes will be offered through the University of California at San Diego Extension.
STARFIELDS will be released by Candlewick Press in 2011. This story takes place in Chiapas, Mexico and explores the Mayan 2012 prophesy. Because the Mayan calendar, thousands of years old, ends on December 21, 1012, some speculate that big world changes will ocurr on that date.
THE BUDDHA'S DIAMONDS has been named one of five finalists by the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association.
It is also a Booklist Top Ten Religion Novels of 2008.
*My latest project is called THE WHITE ZONE and is set in contemporary Baghdad. *I'm starting work on two Young Adult projects, both set in Thailand. One is a three-part novel set in the northern jungles with a Hmong boy protagonist. The other is an adaptation of an ancient Thai folktale. |
This new painting was done with the monotype process.
Here is my latest collage. It's about four feet tall and was inspired by a painting by the old master, Piero della Francesca.
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