Today I'm the featured author on Shelly's weekly installment of "Because of a Book," on her blog, Write for a Reader. Want to know what book made a huge impact on me as a kid (and generally embarrassing things about me)? Read my guest post on "Because of a Book" here. Thanks for having me […]
Read MoreSo no one believes I wrote half of a 620 page book with 4 fingers. Watch and be amazed….
Read More1. Diet Coke not coffee.2. Baskin Robbins not Ben & Jerry's.3. Gelato is not ice cream.4. The left lane is the FAST lane people.5. Chiggers are parasites, but I prefer them to the human variety.6. I won't give a book more than 20 pages. I don't care if it won a prize.7. Buffy was the […]
Read MoreThis is the first stop on my Southern Writers Tour. Every Wednesday, I'll introduce you to one of my favorite Southern writers, his/her work, and a regional recipe or two. (Because what would a Southern Writers Tour be without some Southern food?) And since this is a Southern Writers Tour, as far as I'm concerned, […]
Read MoreQ: What can turn two debut authors into stuttering teenagers?A: Meeting Melissa Marr. For me, it was like meeting Mick Jagger. (Except Melissa is MUCH younger, cuter & cooler – yeah, I said it- cooler.) She is one of my absolute favorite authors, right up there with Flannery O' Connor & Ray Bradbury. So what's […]
Read More[ Kara Walker's "Cut" ] I'm not sure why Malinda Lo's cover reminds me so much of Kara Walker's work, but it does. Walker draws on a long history of classic motifs to create her cut paper silhouettes, but she twists them just so. Walker's compositions are set in the South before the Civil […]
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a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author and comic book writer. As an award-winning, Bram Stoker Award-nominated young adult author of 12 novels and graphic novels, she has been published in 51 countries and 38 languages and her books have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. Kami’s best known works include the Beautiful Creatures series, Teen Titans: Raven, The X-Files: Agent of Chaos, The Lovely Reckless, Broken Beautiful Hearts, and the DC Black Label comic Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity. She is also a cofounder of the Kid Lit book festival YALLFest.
