Published Middle Grade Fiction Excerpts
THE DEPARTMENT OF LOST DOGS, 2023 Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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Video version of excerpt: First Chapter Read Aloud
NOT ALL HEROES, 2021 Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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Video version of excerpt: First Chapter Read Aloud
A Junior Library Guild Selection
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Bank Street Best Book of the Year
Starred review from Kirkus Reviews
A DOG-FRIENDLY TOWN, 2020 Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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Video version of excerpt: First Chapter Read Aloud
A Parents Magazine Storytime Pick
Starred reviews from: Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
MAYBE A MERMAID, 2019 Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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Video version of excerpt: First Chapter Read Aloud
An Amazon Best Book of the Month
Children's Short Fiction
The Sun Stands Still, recipient of Highlights Magazine Author of the Month Award
Translation Sample
Excerpt from La Mia Strana Amica (graphic novel)
translated from Italian to English for Tunuè publishing house
Excerpt from Menta (graphic novel)
translated from Italian to English for Tunuè publishing house
Website design, build, and content creation
Other Samples
Press release: Danyon Jay Confections (.pdf)
Press release: Book Launch (.pdf)
Newsletter sample (more available at my newsletter archive)
Infographic: Song Structure (.pdf)
Discussion questions: Maybe a Mermaid (.pdf)
Copyediting sample: paragraph, medical (.docx)
Nonfiction educational passage: Sea Eagle
Blog post: Organic Farm CSA Promotion