January 20th, 2012
New Drawings! I've been working on a new manuscript for almost a year. It's a middle grade novel that will have illustrations. I thought I'd share a few of them. At a recent SCBWI workshop, I had the good fortune to read my first pages to Arthur Levine of ...
School Visit With Laurelhurst
September 21st, 2011Monday, September 26th- I'm looking forward to visiting Laurelhurst Elementary. See you soon!
PNWA Conference- August 4th, 2011
July 26th, 2011I'm thrilled to be presenting at the upcoming Pacific Northwest Writer's Association conference. For those attending, I hope you stop by! The Road to Publication – Regional Authors Share Their Stories Presented by Iris Graville, Steve Horn, Joan D. Stamm, and Kathryn Thurman In these days of publishing house consolidations and down-sizing, combined ...
Third Place Books, May 1st at 7pm
April 28th, 2011May 1st- Third Place Books, 7:00 pm I'll be helping to kick off Children's Book Week at Third Place Books. Hope you can join me!
April 25th, 2011
A Big Thank You to Kitsap Mall — Barnes and Noble Earlier this month I did a reading and signing at my first Barnes and Noble. I was so impressed with the warm reception I received. I spoke to a lot of nice teachers, parents, and children. Thank you to all ...
Upcoming dates for school visits and booksigning
March 7th, 2011I'm bringing in spring with more school visits and book signings. Yay! GO PIG! March 11th- Harbor Heights Elementary, here I come! March 21st- Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary, I'll see you soon! April 9th- Barnes and Noble- Kitsap Mall. 10am. I'll be reading and signing books!
February 23rd, 2011
Blogging from Paradise I’m happy to be blogging from the big island of Hawaii. Especially when I hear we’re getting snow back home. Today’s excitement was a walk along my favorite coral beach, which included a spectacular show from the migrating humpback whales. They come this time of year to breed and ...
Come hear me read at Village Books this Saturday, Feb. 12th
February 11th, 2011Book Signing this Saturday I'm super excited to be reading and signing books at Village Books in Bellingham, Saturday, Feb. 12th, 12:00. It's definitely one of the coolest bookstores in our area. Hope you can stop by! http://villagebooks.com/
Thank you Valley Christian Elementary
February 9th, 2011I want to give a big shout out to Valley Christian Elementary! What a great group of kids you are. Thanks for having me!
Pay it Forward
February 1st, 2011I'm participating in a fun writing contest called, Pay it Forward. As part of the contest, I'm to mention someone who has really helped me with my writing. This is an easy one for me. Those who know me well already know who it is. Bonny Becker. She read a ...
New Painting
December 2nd, 2010I've been back in the studio and it feels great. Here's a piece I recently finished. The building is our well house and it's been the place of trouble lately. We had snow and power outages all through the Thanksgiving break and my husband spent a lot of time in ...
Wow, excited to be on Smithsonian’s gift guide list!
December 1st, 2010I'm thrilled to learn that A GARDEN FOR PIG made it on to number ten on Smithsonian's gift guide list. Go Pig!! http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/11/30/holiday-gift-guide-new-childrens-books-about-food/