Whoooooo Wants a Book? :)

Hello all! Lots of exciting things are happening at once!  Both Menagerie 2: Dragon on Trial and Wings of Fire 5: The Brightest Night are coming out in March (woo hoo!)!  Also, I can officially announce that there is going to be MORE Wings of Fire!  I am writing book 6 right now!  With at least four more after that . . . TEN Wings . . .

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Can My Spirit Animal Be a Dragon?

Hello everyone! Oh dear, I know, two months away from the blog!  Terrible!  Anyone would think I’d been eaten by the holidays and deadlines and nonstop winter illnesses and snow days and birthday party planning and all these books that are due RIGHT NOW ACK!  🙂 What books? you might ask.  Aren’t I all done with writing Wings of Fire book 5? . . .

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Favorite Books of 2013!

Hello all you wonderful readers! I figure I’d better get cracking on this blog post, as it is nominally intended to help you with your holiday shopping, and once again I’ve already missed Hanukkah.  (I mean, we certainly had Hanukkah here — holy bananas, the toddler LOVED the menorah!  “More candles!  More Hanukkah!  More songs!”  Really, I think he would . . .

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If You’re Out Buying Stuff on Saturday…

Hi everyone! Happy Thanksgiving!!  And happy Hanukkah!!  Hooray!  Say, you know what makes a wonderful holiday present, no matter what holiday you’re celebrating?  BOOKS! And hypothetically, if you happened to be out holiday shopping this coming Saturday in Cambridge, MA, and HAPPENED to come by the Harvard Book Store . . . guess who would be there?  ME!  It’s part . . .

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Amazing News!

Hello all! I know I should have posted this sooner (like, the minute I found out), but I’ve been either (a) leaping around my house shrieking with excitement or (b) totally in shock or (c) too mindboggled to even know what to say about something so wonderful: Wings of Fire made the New York Times Bestseller List!  Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!! AND the USA Today Bestseller List!  Aaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!! . . .

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Where to Find Me (and Get Signed Books!) All November Long

Hello all! As I mentioned, I’ll be out and about doing actual Book Events more than usual this November, so I thought I’d list them all here, and hopefully you’ll be able to join me for some of them!  Hooray! Friday, Nov. 1, 7pm:  I’ll be at the Barnes and Noble in Burlington, MA.  Talking!  Signing books!  Wearing suspiciously nice . . .

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Questions By You! Answers By Me! :)

Hello all! I figured in honor of book 4’s birthday, I’d tackle a few questions from some of the wonderful readers who’ve emailed me.  Because YOU ARE AWESOME, that’s why.  🙂 Who does the Wings of Fire art? The cover artist (who also did the “NightWing Guide” illustrations) is Joy Ang, and I agree with all of you who wrote . . .

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Tomorrow: The Dark Secret! Friday: A Book Event! Next Week: The MOON!

Hello lovely everyone! Book four!  Book four!  Book four!  It’s here!  In bookstores tomorrow!  Beautiful shiny book!  So to celebrate, I’m going to blog EVERY DAY this week!  Well, that’s the plan . . . wish me luck!  I’m hoping to answer lots of reader questions that I’ve been getting through the website, so please feel free to send me . . .

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Reviewers Who Are Clearly Geniuses, and a Menagerie Cover!

Hello all! I have some lovely happy reviews I’ve been meaning to share with you for ages, so I’m sneaking away from book five for a moment to do that.  After all, a short blog post is better than no post at all, right?  🙂 First off, I’ve mentioned the wonderful Annie and Aunt blog before; Annie is a friend . . .

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How Parenting Is Like Writing, Only Infinitely Crazier

Hello lovely readers! Happy birthday to me and Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling!  🙂  Hooray!  I figured I’d come sneak in a blog post before the end of July, so at least it won’t look like I neglected the blog for TWO whole months, even though that is actually the case.  (La la la!) But I’m writing Wings of Fire book . . .

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