The Secret Life of Prince Charming released by Brilliance Audio!
April 25, 2009
L.A. Times Festival of Books
10:00: Panel discussion "Growing Up: Young Adult Fiction," with Robin Benway, Lisa Yee and Lauren Myracle. Moderated by the wonderful punk pixie, Cecil Castellucci.
11:00-12:00 - Panel autographing
1:00-2:00 pm - Autographing at S&S booth
2:30-3:00 - Autographing at Every Picture Tells a Story booth
April 24, 2009
Barnes and Noble 7pm Thousand Oaks, CA.
April 23, 2009
Covina Public Library - 4pm Covina, CA.
Library visit with one of my favorite librarians and long-distance friend, Dominique McCafferty.
Sun, beach, Pacific Ocean wonderful-ness. I love my job!
April 7, 2009
Release of Deb's latest:
The Secret Life of Prince Charming
AND
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye (now in paperback)
March 7, 2009
Literary Lions Gala Bellevue, WA.
Gala benefit for the King County Library Foundation.
Terrific company, great food, and a fantastic cause.
FEBUARY 7, 2009
PERSONAL HAPPY DAY!!!!! Congratulations to us!!!!!!!!!
January 30 - 31, 2008
Teen Lit Fest Houston, with Terry Trueman, Sonya Sones, Gail Giles, Neal Shusterman, Judson Roberts, and Cortnee Howard.... AND the best Texas hospitality.
December 25, 2008
White Christmas - break out the chains!
Dec. 9, 2008
SIFF, the Seattle Seahawks, and United Way of King County's special screening of Where God Left His Shoes. Winner of the Humanitas Prize for Best Sundance Feature Film, Where God Left His Shoes, is the story of a homeless family on Christmas Eve that refuses to break apart during the darkest time of their lives. A short panel discussion on homelessness in Seattle will follow the screening.
The film was produced by the wonderful Vulcan Productions, who will also produce the film series of Deb's books, along with Infinity Features (Capote, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus). For more information on the film, please visit www.wheregodlefthisshoes.com. Where God Left His Shoes opens on December 12 in select theaters, and will be available via video-on-demand in more than 50,000,000 homes across the country starting on December 10, 2008.
October 21, 2008
Mary Gates Hall University of Washington
Panel discussion with UW's Association of Library and Information Science
Wonderful librarians-to-be, all of you!
Oct. 5 - Dec. 15, 2008
Houseboat living on Lake Union. Ducks as neighbors are a great thing.
August 31, 2008
Bumbershoot Seattle, WA.
"The Kids Are Alright" Panel. Deb moderates, with Ellen Hopkins, Ned Vizzini and Francesca Lia Block.
Later that day... Interview with MF Magazine and European Weekly. Watch it on YouTube:
They tell me I may be participating in a spelling bee there, so come see the public humiliation! My most-oft used words during writing are Thank God For Spell Check.
March 30, 2008
Release of "Through the Wardrobe: Your Favorite Authors on C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia." A Borders Exclusive... See Deb's essay, "Just Another Crazed Narnia Fan."
I'm so excited to be part of an anthology of writing on some of my FAVORITE books, that I've been stuffing myself with Turkish Delight! (Kidding - that stuff is gross.)
March 28, 2008
Deb's new book is here! Release date of "THE FORTUNES OF INDIGO SKYE."
Celebrate!!!
Release, too, of "The Nature of Jade" in paperback, and the re-release of all of Deb's books.
March 7, 2008
WLMA Conference 7pm
Port Townsend, WA.
Librarians are my favorite people!
December 25, 2007
Release date of First Kiss (then tell): A Collection of Liplocked Moments
Twenty-five bestselling authors for teens recount the story of their first kiss. Whether hilarious, heartwarming, dramatic, or regrettable, there’s something for every reader to relate to. Quotes, facts, advice, and artwork round out the collection.
*24-hour pajama wearing *Laying around the house *Reading *Drinking tea and making cookies *Avoiding all advertising circulars
Nov. 22, 2007
Annual Be Glad You're Not A Yam celebration.
November 16, 2007
Issaquah High School Issaquah, WA.
8:25 AM (Oh man, drink some strong coffee. These are NOT writer's hours. Not this writer, anyway.)
November 8, 2007
Issaquah Library Issaquah, WA.
4PM
Back on home turf!
November 2007
Release of The World of the Golden Compass, a Borders exclusive anthology edited by Scott Westerfield, with Deb's essay, "Where You Lead I Will Follow: The Joys and Perils of Daemon Ownership."
YALSA Teen Read Week event at Washington Middle School, Seattle. With Tiffany Trent and a special appearance by the Readergirlz.
October 14
YALSA's Teen Read Week!!!
July 25, 2007
Vulcan Productions announces its aqcuisition of all five of Deb's books. Rick Stevenson, whose latest film is the dark and funny "Expiration Date" rounds out the team. Happiness, joy and celebration!