Sir Fig Newton

OHEMGEE it’s finally here! The incredibly adorable cover by the talented artist Brittney Bond for my debut middle grade novel, SIR FIG NEWTON AND THE SCIENCE OF PERSISTENCE!! SQUEE!!! I’m so excited for Black girls to see themselves on the… Read More >

To the really young me who spent every weekend at the library, reading every Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary book she could get her hands on. To the confident me who loved making up stories and living in my imagination.… Read More >

I’ve been on this writing journey for longer than I care to admit. It wasn’t until 2004 when I rediscovered my love of writing and finally put pen to paper. (Yeah, I’m old school.) Since then, I’ve written five manuscripts… Read More >

Today I was doing my happy dance after I found out that I’d won the 2016 Oregon Literary Fellowship for Young Readers Literature!! Woo-Hoo! The Oregon Literary Fellowships are intended to help Oregon writers initiate, develop, or complete literary projects… Read More >