Monthly Archives: May 2011

When Brent from Naughty Book Kitties asked me to guest post about French boys, this is what I had to say:

Oh man. Where do I start?

Okay, first of all, it would be easy to throw a lot of stereotypes out there. But if I did the reverse—explained American boys to the French by talking about “jocks” or “nerds” or those Williamsburg hipster types with beards, glasses and tight jeans—that wouldn’t even start to cover half of the American guys I know. So…I decided to give you some stories instead. READ MORE…

As part of my blog tour, I did this guest post for The Serpentine Library on Parisian cafes. Maria’s question was: Certain cities make me think of food: Rome, Florence, Paris, even Athens. I have this picture in my head of Paris – maybe I’ve read too many books or seen too many movies set there – of sitting at an outdoor cafe drinking coffee and eating a decadent dessert. For someone who has never been to Paris where would be the best places to this and do some people watching too?

And here is my answer: READ MORE…

The month-long DIE FOR ME blog tour is over, and for those of you who didn’t get the chance to follow along, I thought I would post some of the highlights on my own blog. One favorite guest post that I did was for YA Bliss. You can see the original article here, where I explained how I came up with the characters’ names in DIE FOR ME. READ MORE…

How romantic is Paris? Up to you to decide. My friend Etienne sent me these photos today, claiming to have spotted Kate and Vincent around town.  READ MORE…

Today—May 10—DIE FOR ME is being officially released by HarperTeen.

I can’t even tell you how excited I am. READ MORE…