Newsletter: November 27, 2024
November news and thank yous
Hello!
Happy November-oh-my-goodness-it's-almost-December! I've been busy (again) visiting some familiar and not-so-familiar places.
I headed to Minnesota for the first time to accept the Maud Hart Lovelace Award for Swim Team!
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Newsletter: October 9, 2024
Hello Autumn! Hello October!
Hello! I've got a month's worth of updates, and they're all pretty exciting!
Today's big announcement is that GAMERVILLE is a winner of the Good Housekeeping 2024 Kids' Book Awards! The Good Housekeeping Institute enlisted 150 kid testers and their families to help with the award, so I'm very, very honoured to be among the chosen authors! Here's what they had to say:
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Newsletter: September 4, 2024
More on GAMERVILLE
Hello, September! It feels like you've arrived a little too soon, but maybe that's because I've been busy.
In case you missed it, GAMERVILLE came out on July 16th. It has collected some nice accolades that you can read about in previous newsletters. But this is today's newsletter and you want today's news. Here it is:
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Newsletter: August 6, 2024
It’s been three weeks…
Gamerville came out three weeks ago, and it's been pretty fun! Here's some of the press for the book so far.
We got a starred review from Publisher's Weekly. ⭐️
"Christmas (Swim Team) explores common middle school issues such as bullying, friendship fallout, and expanding one’s perspective in this ambitious, fast-paced graphic novel."
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Newsletter: July 16, 2024
It’s here! GAMERVILLE is here!!
Happy book birthday to Gamerville!
After years of planning, thinking, writing, drawing, rethinking, rewriting, and redrawing (and on and on and on), I'm so excited to be able to share Gamerville with readers today!
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Newsletter: July 9, 2024
One week countdown for Gamerville!
New York State of Mind
It’s one week until Gamerville is in stores! We’re inching toward the starting line when I can finally share this baby with the world.
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Newsletter: July 2, 2024
Gamerville is out in two weeks!
In two weeks, Gamerville hits stands, and I couldn't be happier!
Did you know Gamerville was pitched at the same time as my middle-grade graphic novel Swim Team (Coretta Scott King Honor, National Book Award Longlist), but due to the interesting paths a book takes in the publishing industry, it’s coming out two years later?
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Newsletter: February 29, 2024
Introducing Gamerville!
I'm thrilled to announce my upcoming graphic novel, "GAMERVILLE"!
I’ve been cooking it up for a long while, and I'm excited to finally share it with everyone.
Newsletter: February 8, 2023
February News!
Happy February!
I've left behind the quiet cabin and noisy sea lions and I'm back in Vancouver watching the days get longer.
Newsletter: December 21, 2022
Happy Holidays!
Hello and happy winter solstice!
I am back on a Gulf Island writing my next book and sneaking up on packs of Sea Lions (some are as big as bears!)
Newsletter: November 9, 2022
The Good, The Bad, and The Future
Hello!
It's been awhile. I’d like to catch you up on everything that's been going on since Swim Team's release back in May!
Newsletter: May 11, 2022
SWIM TEAM coming May 17th (and other things)!
Hi everyone!
It’s been a long time since the last newsletter! SWIM TEAM my new middle-grade graphic novel with HarperAlley comes out next week (May 17th) and I couldn’t be more excited about it.
Newsletter: October 21, 2021
Introducing SWIM TEAM!
Welcome back to the newsletter! Last week I revealed the cover for my new graphic novel SWIM TEAM Coming out May 17, 2022 from HarperAlley. It’s my debut graphic novel for Middle-Grade readers (age 8-12, grades 3-7).
Newsletter: April 28, 2021
Spring is here!
Hello!
Spring is here, with longer days and warm weather I hope your April has been a good one! My month just got better with the release of TARTARUS volume 2 today! Can’t wait for those of you waiting on the trade to read it, check it out at your local comic shop (more on that later).
Newsletter: March 17, 2021
Orcas, Alchemy and the Alphabet
Welcome back to the Newsletter!
As the temperature gets milder I see more sea life on my hikes. In fact, last week I saw orcas, real life orcas! Without warning a dorsal fin broke the surface of the water, like an unexpected visitor from another world.
Newsletter: February 3, 2021
February Newsletter!
Welcome to the first newsletter of 2021! One full month in and it’s already been an eventful year. So much so I didn’t do a newsletter for Tartarus #8! It’s one of my favorite issues of the series and one we’ve been building up to for a long time, so I’ll write a little about it here. We’ll also talk about Tartarus #9 which is out this week!
Newsletter: November 24, 2020
November Newsletter!
Hey all, thanks for checking out the newsletter! Here I’ll keep you up to date with my projects and stuff I find interesting. First things first, Tartarus #7 is out this Wednesday so pick that up, but more on that later.