In many ways my debut year was full of surprises. I received so many wonderful gifts that I hadn’t…
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Aloha! I can’t believe it’s been a year since I first joined the Debutante Ball. Mahalo to the previous class…
I considered not having a launch party for my book. I’m not a big fan of being the center…
I am beyond thrilled to be hosting my agent sister, YA author Lana Wood Johnson, on the ball today! Lana…
Aloha! Six months since the publication of The Atlas of Reds and Blues. It’s so hard to believe. I’ve loved…
Stephanie Jimenez’s astonishing debut novel follows the evolution of a friendship between Maria and Rocky, two seventeen-year-old students at…
I’m thrilled that Stephanie Jimenez’s debut, They Could Have Named Her Anything, is out in the world this week! I…
I have two manuscripts in the drawer. Although they’re not actually in a drawer, and I have no…
Let’s see, hilarious mistakes. There is no doubt in my mind that I made far more of these than…
I am so pleased to welcome debut author Christine Hyung-Oak Lee to The Debutante Ball! Lee is the author of…