Young Adult Writing

I feel lucky to be alive during the great renaissance of fiction for young adults — and even luckier that I’ve been able to jump in with novels that span realistic fiction, historical fiction, and plain wacked-out fun.

I’m drawn to stories about outsiders, teens trying to make sense out of a world that may or may not be ready for them — from the patriotic Ben Bright who loses his memory in a war accident in Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am; to the mad-genius urban teens spiralling into a web of danger, drugs, and driving mishaps to absurd results in wtf; to the brave and hallucinatory survival tale of Minik, a Polar Eskimo boy orphaned in 1897 New York City in Smiler’s Bones; to the band of suburban theater geeks in Drama Club, whose high-school plays are big-budget, high-stakes events for a whole community.  Please click on any of the images for further information.