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The awesome folks over at School Library Journal have compiled a great list of books to pick up over the summer… and THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY is at the top!  (Thanks, last name that begins [...]

I’m stoked to be working with FWD.US, the Mark Zuckerberg (of Facebook fame) initiative for immigration reform. One June 30th I’ll be taking part in a panel entitled [...]

I’ll be at the Perry Author Festival in lovely Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday, October 16th.  I hope to meet you there if you’re in the area.  Mark you calendar! I’ll post a flyer [...]

One day, my left windshield wiper inexplicably stopped working. It spazzed out a little, made some jerky motions and sort of hovered in the middle of its trajectory. The other wiper, dumb and not [...]

It is no secret that I hate commuting into New York City.  There are many things about it that are soul-sucking: the crowds, the wait.  But probably worst of all is the awful, disjointed public [...]

Two very important events will be happening this coming June 14th. The first is that it’s the 200th anniversary of the Star Spangled Banner.  To celebrate, on Flag Day the Smithsonian will [...]

The other day I was out to lunch at Whole Foods with my brother, when I cracked open some supplements I had bought and began to dilute them with water.  I’ve been having unspecified stomach [...]

I have had a crush on the Prince of Spain since I was a little girl and lived there for six months at the age of seven.  I mean… who wouldn’t want to marry a prince?  The old ladies, [...]

School Library Journal, one of the biggest reviewers of books for teens, says this about THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY, M. T.’s narration is candid and at times heartbreaking. Told over the [...]

The other day I went to one of my favorite spots on Earth: the Cloisters gardens.  The Cloisters is part of the Metropolitan Museum system and is the only museum in the United States dedicated [...]