Announcing My New Book: Jane, Unlimited

I have a new book coming out in Fall 2017, and I’m finally allowed to talk about it. :o) It’s called Jane, Unlimited. I won’t say a lot for now—more will be forthcoming—but for today… Jane has led a small and mostly ordinary life, raised by her aunt Magnolia—an adjunct professor at a small college… Read more »

My Mother Made Me a Hat

So, the movers are coming tomorrow, and though I’m surrounded by exquisite disarray, I feel this is the moment to blog pictures (taken by Kevin) of a very special (perhaps even magical) hat. Because now is the time to celebrate beautiful things. :o) My regular readers know that I knit. Well, my mother knits on… Read more »

Seabane Isn’t Real

Here’s a brief conversation between Katsa and Po in Graceling: Po looked puzzled. “What’s seabane?”“I don’t know if you have another name for it in Lienid.  It’s a small purple flower. A woman who eats its leaves will not bear a child.” And here’s a line from Bitterblue: Bitterblue examined the item in her hand…. Read more »

My Books

“If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” -Toni Morrison     Winterkeep is my latest release, and the fourth installment in the Graceling Realm series. As usual, I’m appallingly behind in updating this page, but it was released in January 2021 and… Read more »