Dear 10yo me: Don't give up on your dream. Dear 20yo me: Don't give up on your dream. Dear 30yo me: Don't give up on your dream. Dear 40yo me: Don't...ohhh... 🤩🤩👇👇 😭😭 Dear #writer of any age: Don't give up on YOUR dream.

WOW! 🤯Sold out of books! Was not expecting such a great turnout and enthusiasm at the Buckeye Book Festival for Valor Wings and The Last Shadow Warrior, but I'm grateful! 🙏

Middle grade reviewers: my World Cup-themed mystery has an e-ARC available on Edelweiss. Check it out. Coming on Feb 3 from @Scholastic #bookposse #bookallies #booktrek #booksquad #booksojourm #bookexcursion

Me: I want to write stories that evoke an emotional response in a reader. Kid reviewer: I threw the book across the room when I got to the cliffhanger ending! Me: Mission accomplished. 😎

We had a great visit with students from Twin Cedars Elementary in Bussey, Iowa! The students were excellent listeners and had fantastic questions. Educators and Librarians! Follow our socials for your chance to win a FREE virtual visit! #mglit #authorvisit #kidlit #giveaway

Honored to be selected for the author crew at next spring's Grand Lake Area Literature Festival! 🤩

Sooo excited to announce my next book for kids due out Fall 2026! Any junior True Crime enthusiasts out there?? 🔍

Who's ready for an opportunity so good it's 👻scary? 👻 #teachers and #librarians! What: FREE virtual class visit with 3 middle grade authors!! How: Follow & repost to enter When: Ends Wed 10/8 Where: US/CAN 🎃Good luck!🎃

Where to find me this fall! If you happen to be in the area, please stop in and say hello! 📚

"this is the gold standard of middle grade horror lit in my opinion. not just because it's genuinely scary, but because it threads that fear through a deeply emotional, thoughtful exploration of grief." I will cry forever #BrokenDolls

Come read aloud with me from Where Only Storms Grow! The video includes a brief historical context about the Dust Bowl. I had fun making this! Hope you enjoy it too! #firstchapter #readaloud https://t.co/fDGMYrvSp6

⭐️⭐️⭐️That’s three starred reviews for Finn, Rabbit, Thorn, and their adventures in escaping wildfires, staying true to each other and the land they love, and finding hope again! Thanks SLJ! So grateful for all the support for SPARK!

Book Trailer for SPARK! Thanks to everyone for reading & Sharing SPARK! This trailer is great for a book talk and I’ve been meaning say that I have availability for school visits live and virtual! You can reach me here or through my website! @mackidsbooks

⭐️VIRTUAL VISIT GIVEAWAY⭐️ 📢 #teachersoftwitter and #librarians! What: FREE virtual class visit with 3 middle grade authors!! How: Follow & RT to enter When: Ends Wed 9/10 Where: US🇺🇸/CAN🇨🇦 3 winners! Good luck!

Tossed my daughter the conversational tennis ball on the drive home from school, and she rolled down the window and tossed it out. 🤦

WHERE ONLY STORMS GROW is now available! Set during the 1930’s Dust Bowl, this book is perfect for fans graduating from the I SURVIVED series, who are ready for a little more emotional depth in their stories, a la THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE. https://t.co/JOCcOJYehF

15 BOOK GIVEAWAY for teacher & librarian friends! Celebrate back2school with Middle Grade Authorcade! You could win 15 books for your library including 2 out this month! Enter at https://t.co/B4H46khWpV by subscribing to our newsletter. Boost for more entries! US only. Ends 8/24

Author goals…

Just a few short weeks of lake reading left before school starts. I’m looking forward to reading this Histtoical Fiction. @alyssabcolman @fsgbooks #bookposse. This one publishes very soon!

LOVE seeing Valor Wings on the list of Surrey Schools Top 10 Books of the Year! 😍🙏

We're sooo excited to see Authorcade's own @victorpineiro with his new book: THE ISLAND OF FORGOTTEN GODS on Amazon's Best Books of August in time for its launch TODAY!!