Writer, Lawyer, Reedsy Editor, Jedi Master. Pitch Wars mentor 2015-2021. CATCHING CRYPTIDS: The Scientific Search for Mysterious Creatures releases May 6, 2025!
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It's here! Catching Cryptids is out in the world! Starred review from Booklist, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, and called "stimulating fare for both outdoor and armchair cryptid hunters" by Kirkus! Pick up your copy today! #STEM #kidlit #cryptids #cryptozoology
Excited to be mentoring MG with @NVSCBWI this year. If you're writing a picture book, chapter book, or middle grade or YA novel and are interested in being a mentee, check out their website for more info. #kidlit #writers #mentorship scbwi.org/regions/nevada/nev…
Out in the world today is my SCRABBLE puzzle book for kids! Officially licensed, it has over 130 puzzles for kiddos. I had a ton of fun creating these mini word games! #scrabble #puzzles #MG hachettebookgroup.com/titles…
It's September! Coming out later this month is my word puzzle book for kids! Had a blast creating this officially licensed Scrabble book with @RP_Kids! Tons of word games and puzzles inside! #backtoschool #puzzles #scrabble
OK, so this is absolutely adorable, @VivianeElbee! CATCHING CRYPTIDS has its own short! #kidlit #cryptids #MG #STEM youtube.com/shorts/-kyBLsIs9… via @YouTube
So excited that CATCHING CRYPTIDS: The Scientific Search for Mysterious Creatures is a 2026 Librarian Favorite!!!
Librarian Read. Librarian Chosen. The 2026 LIBRARIAN FAVORITES are live!
Check out this year’s wonderful selection of diverse and vibrant book lists.
Learn more: cbcbooks.org/awards-and-book…
#KIDSFAVS #kidlit #educators #librarians #reading
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OMG! With the help of the Ingram Library Services Collection Development team, the CBC has compiled a list of just over 300 diverse and fun books that will intrigue and entice middle graders.
Learn more: cbcbooks.org/awards-and-book…
So thrilled to report CATCHING CRYPTIDS: The Scientific Search for Mysterious Creatures is on the OMG! Middle Grade list!!!!
Teachers, librarians, and booksellers looking to engage more middle grade readers have a new resource at their fingertips. The Children’s Book Council, in conjunction with Ingram, has released the first OMG: Only for Middle Graders book list. buff.ly/t7uBH1u
Excited to be featured on First Chapter Friday! Had a blast visiting Willow Bend and chatting cryptids with the kids! #MGlit #STEM #cryptids #mothman sites.google.com/ccsd15.net/…
So thrilled and excited to work with Krista!
New client alert! I'm excited to be working with the versatile @KimLongMG: kristavandolzer.wordpress.co…
All I want for Christmas is for Microsoft Word to stop sending me a frickin email that notifies me I made a comment in a manuscript I am not sharing with anyone. I make hundreds of comments in my developmental edits and it is driving me bonkers.
Had a blast visiting three classes for Illinois Read Aloud Day today! The next is in February! Invite me for a zoom/Google meet up to talk Catching Cryptids! #wrad2026
Time to talk cryptids with @MixedUpFiles! Stop by for a chance to win a free copy of my book! #MGlit #STEM #writingcommunity #kidlit fromthemixedupfiles.com/stem…
Had a blast at South Park School in Deerfield this morning. We *may" have caught the skunk ape and made some headway into locating the kraken! #catchingcryptids
We're here! Come to the Oswego Barnes and Noble to meet me, Lisa, and Max mothman and pick up some free book swag!!!
This Saturday! Come on by to visit me and Lisa at the Barnes & Noble in Oswego! Story time! Free swag! Lots of fun!!
My list of the best middle grade books featuring cryptids is live at Shepherd!
shepherd.com/best-books/midd…
I had such a blast visiting Channing Memorial Elementary School in South Elgin and Sandburg Elementary in Wheaton yesterday! Kids were great and who knows, maybe we even caught a cryptid! 🦑#kidlit #schoolvisit #librarians #cryptids
