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April 26 | Saturday | 11:30-12:30 | Independent Bookstore Day Celebration | Join me and other authors/illustrators for chatting and signing. Books will be sold by The Crowded Bookshelf. Location: Just Love Coffee Cafe, Campus West, 1335 W. Elizabeth St. (Parking behind the building.) I’ll be there with other children’s authors/illustrators from 11:30-12:30, and then there will be authors of adult books after that!

July 31 | Thursday | 6:00-8:00 | Release Party for The Alchemy of Flowers! | The Forge Publick House | 255 Old Firehouse Alley, Fort Collins, CO 80521 | Books sold by Old Firehouse Books. Free and open to all!

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Listen to my podcast interview with “Springboard to Better Living” about how I develop and maintain creative rituals and how I approach goals here!

You can now pre-order The Alchemy of Flowers here!

You all!!!! I’m over the moon to announce my first two books for adults!!!!!

The audiobook of The Queen of Water is now available from Tantor Media! Available wherever you get your audiobooks! (August 27, 2024)

We have a release date for the What the Moon Saw audiobook— Oct 29 2024! M.L. Sanchez is narrating, and I’m SO thrilled!

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Whew! I just made the switch from MailChimp to Squarespace for my newsletter, and although the transition was a bit painful, I really love how easy it is to work in Squarespace! ✨💌 If you're already subscribed, my March newsletter should go through
I love my local author friends so much! 🥰 Donna and I have known each other for many years… She is the beloved young adult author of six wonderful novels. 📚 And like me, she loves traveling to France... 🇫🇷 A couple years ago she went to
Exciting news, my friends! You can get an exclusive peek at Chapter 1 of *The Alchemy of Flowers* by subscribing to my monthly newsletter, The Garden! 💐✨💌 For those of you who are already subscribed, thank you!! You'll be getting a link to Chapter
Happy 18th birthday to Bran!!! 😯🥹🥲 From my first moment looking into your brown eyes on the steps of a hotel in Guatemala City almost 18 years ago--and every day since--I have felt deeply fortunate to be your mom. 🥰 I'm so grateful for your exube
Happy International Women's Day! 💐✨One of the greatest honors of my writing life has been to collaborate with my close friend, Maria Virginia Farinango, to tell the inspiring and deeply moving story of her Indigenous girlhood in the Andes of Ecuador
Wishing you peaceful mountain cabin vibes… 🏔️🐾☕️ #beagleholler #offgridcabin #cabincore #coloradolove #creativeretreat
I had lots of fun doing virtual presentations for hundreds of fifth graders across Poudre School District, talking about Stand as Tall as the Trees, which I co-authored with the inspiring Indigenous Amazonian leader, @patygualinga! I feel so proud of
Feeling so grateful to everyone who is helping *The Alchemy of Flowers* journey into the world… 🌹📖 Five more months until it's released! 💐🗝️🙏 Other authors have been generously taking the time to read and review early copies… And