Ready… Set… Peep!
Welcome the to 16th Annual Pinkorama! It’s the Pinkorama’s Sweet Sixteen! Can you believe that we’ve been making these Peep creations for sixteen years now (a bona fide teenager!) or that the Pink Carnation series turned twenty-one last month? It’s a sobering thing when a series you wrote what feels like a couple of years…
Read MoreSpring Book Events!
Confession: I’ve been terrible about keeping up with the website and social media while I’ve been in the writing cave all winter. Unfortunately, I’m still in the writing cave, thanks to an epic respiratory infection given to me by my second grader (thanks, kid) that knocked me back a month, but I’m popping my head…
Read MoreSouth Carolina and Westchester!
I’m on the road again! Join me: — Tomorrow! Friday, October 18th, for one of Litchfield Books’s legendary literary luncheonss at the Pine Lakes Country Club. More info and tickets available here. — Saturday! October 19th, at Harrison Public Library’s Meet the Authors Day. Alyson Richman, Mariah Fredericks, and I will be talking historical fiction…
Read MoreSee you in Bethesda!
It’s my first DC area event in over a decade! Come join me on Thursday, September 25th at 7pm at Wonderland Books in Bethesda, where I’ll be in conversation with the wonderful Stephanie Dray, author of My Dear Hamilton, as we dive into historical fiction, true crime, and all things Hamilton. No reservations required– just…
Read MoreMaryland and South Carolina and New Jersey, Oh My!
The Girl from Greenwich Street and I are hitting the road this fall! I usually don’t tour much after the month a book comes out– but this one is the exception. Come join me in Long Island, Maryland, South Carolina, New Jersey, and Westchester as I talk all things Hamilton, true crime, and America’s first…
Read MoreThe 2025 Pinkorama Round Up
Calling all 2025 Pinkorama participants to take a bow! It’s time for the 2025 Pinkorama Round Up! This year, we’ve got a unicorn with a taste for raspberry jam, the Yale swim team jumping on a table, and Eliza Hamilpeep giving wise counsel to her Alexander. Before we go further– I know, I know, you’re…
Read MoreDarien on Wednesday!
Join me and fellow W Beatriz Williams this coming Wednesday, 5/21, at the Darien Public Library for a lively discussion of The Girl from Greenwich Street! After a whirlwind three months, this will be my last event of the season. I’ll be taking the summer off from touring to hunker down with my 2027 book. …
Read MorePinkorama #3: The Girl from Peepwich Street
Here we are, our third and final Pinkorama of 2025! This Pinkorama is brought to you by my eleven year old, and it’s something of a twist on the classic Pinkorama. You’ll see why once you look at the photo…. Yes, that is, in fact, a giant crocheted Peep, given to me in early 2020…
Read MorePinkorama #2: “2 Peeps”
It is my delight to share with your our second Pinkorama of 2025– which is thematically appropriate, since this Pinkorama, by returning champions Candace and Cassandra, is brought to you by the number 2. Two L, in fact. Or, in this case, “2 Peeps”. (For those of you who haven’t heard of it, Two L…
Read MorePinkorama #1: The Elusive Peepicorn
Welcome to the 2025 Pinkorama! It is my great delight to present to you this year’s Pinkoramae, starting with an entry from returning mother/daughter champions, Carla and Rowan. This year, Carla and Rowan have chosen as their subject Pink Carnation #5, The Tempeeption of the Night Jasmine: specifically the bit where Charlotte and Robert go…
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