World Fantasy 2020 Schedule

 Very excited for this weekend's virtual World Fantasy Convention! It's always been one of my favorite cons, due to the plethora of awesome people who attend. Here's my schedule (all times in MDT):

- Fri 3pm Panel "Tropes and Archetypes" with Sarah Beth Durst, Cheryl M. Morgan, Sharon Shinn, and Kryssa Stevenson
- Sat 1pm Panel "What's New in Books for Teens?" with Sarah Beth Durst, Cindy Pon, and James Van Pelt
- Sat 2:30pm Reading with Sarah Beth Durst

Hope to see you there!

Capclave 2020 Schedule

Very excited to be a Returning Guest of Honor at virtual Capclave this weekend!

Here's my schedule:
- Sat 1:30pm Panel "Magic - Obvious or Mysterious"
- Sat 9pm Kaffeeklatch (signup required)
- Sun 1:30pm Panel "Sarah Beth Durst and Friends"
- Sun 4:30pm Panel "YA Dark Fantasy"

I'm especially looking forward to the "Sarah Beth Durst and Friends" panel. Never been on a panel with that title before! Best part is I get to chat with the phenomenal Leah Cypess, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Diana Peterfreund, and Jon Skovron!

Capclave is an SFF convention run by the Washington Science Fiction Association. Virtual attendance this year is $10. Hope to see you there!

https://www.capclave.org

SPARK is a Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee!

So happy!! My MG book about a quiet girl and her lightning dragon, SPARK, is a 2021-2022 Nominee for the Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award for Grades 3-5! This is the 3rd state list for SPARK! Yay!!! Thank you so much, Louisiana librarians! And congratulations to all the other nominees!

https://www.crt.state.la.us/Assets/press-releases/2021-2022_Louisiana_Young_Readers_Choice_Award_Nominated_Titles.pdf

Cover Reveal for EVEN AND ODD!

COVER REVEAL!!! I am absolutely in love with the cover for my next book for kids, EVEN AND ODD! The art is by the amazing Brandon Dorman, and the book (coming June 2021 from Clarion Books / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is about two sisters who can work magic but only on alternating days.

When the hidden border between the mundane world the sisters live in and the magical land they were born in shuts abruptly, Even and her sister Odd must find a way to reunite their worlds -- with the help of a unicorn named Jeremy.

http://www.sarahbethdurst.com/EvenandOdd.htm