Cannon Beach, Oregon "Back outside we stand at the edge of a cliff and look out at the endless supply of blue.             ...

Ponytail Falls, taken by me on a hike "For most people, creativity is a serious business. They forget the telling phrase 'th...

Since 2008, I have published seven young adult novels I HEART YOU, YOU HAUNT ME FAR FROM YOU CHASING BROOKLYN THE DAY BEFORE FALLING F...

Artwork by Nicoletta Ceccoli from The Girl in the Tower "All of us use art and literature as an escape from time to time, bu...

If you're in the Portland area, I'll be participating in the first B&N Teen Book Festival at the Clackamas, Oregon store. There ...

I listen to a lot of podcasts on my dog walk every morning. I recently started listening to one called "Millennial," about what it...

It's always a bit of a strange feeling for an author when a contracted book (one that a publisher has bought and is scheduled to be publ...