SCBWI Nevada RA Ellen Hopkins (who was also our keynote speaker at our annual SCBWI WWA conference in 2009) will be in Seattle promoting her first adult novel, TRIANGLES, at Third Place Books (17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake forest Park) on Tuesday October 25, at 7 p.m. She'd love to see some friendly faces there!... Continue Reading →
This week in censorship
Just in time for Banned Books Week, Ellen Hopkins was barred from visiting a middle school in Norman, OK after a parent complained that CRANK--the semiautobiographical story about her daughter's addiction to crystal meth--was inappropriate for kids.The full account is on School Library Journal, which has a link to Ellen's blog and her perspective.This is... Continue Reading →