Thank you, good citizens of San Antonio, for providing wifi in your airport! I’m sitting at Gate 13, waiting for the plane that will take me to Atlanta, where I will get the plane to take me HOME.
I’m not feeling terribly energetic or articulate right now, but I am so very, very grateful for everything the past month has brought: the people I met on book tour, the opportunity to go on book tour, the incredible teachers and librarians of NCTE/ALAN…. pretty much everything. I’m a gooey puddle of gratitude, spiked with caffeine and apples.
(Does that make any sense?)
I have plenty of pics to share.
A common sight all conference. I think these teachers are from Kansas.
This is the first conference where we passed out galleys of my new YA novel, WINTERGIRLS. The smart lady on the right is Joy Peskin, the editor of WINTERGIRLS. You can kind of see the cover of the book behind me. WINTERGIRLS will be published in March and I promise I will blog about it soon. Like when my brain re-engages.
In the mood for more pictures?
Kathi Appelt, John Green, me, and M.T. Anderson
Sharon Creech gave a terrific keynote speech – I was honored when she teased me about hating Certain Boring Classics.
Ellen Hopkins was there along with editor Emma Dryden.
So were David Lubar and Walter Mayes.
From the right: Tanya Lee Stone, Nancy Werlin, David Leviathan, and my eyes are too tired to figure out the rest.
Joan Bauer was signing PEELED.
Nancy Werlin (please go and read her book IMPOSSIBLE right now, OK?), Greg Smith and the incomparable Cynthia Leitich Smith.
My dear friend, Sue Campbell Bartoletti, just back from Bangladesh.
My buddy Sonya Sones, her husband Bennett Trammett (sorry, Bennett if I spelled your name wrong) and their kids, Ava and Jeremy.
Darn, we’re boarding the plane. I’ll leave you with this photo of an awesome dessert (from the Penguin dinner) and promise more later.