Book launch party time! (teen novel Stowaway)

Book launch party time! (teen novel Stowaway)

Come help me launch my 18th young-adult novel Stowaway (Dundurn Press) on Sunday, October 14 from 3-4:30 pm in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Christianne’s Lyceum, 3696 W 8th Ave.). I’ll be doing readings, revealing how the ideas came to me, and sharing humorous...
Proud of my husband

Proud of my husband

All the past week, my husband has been interviewed by media across the world for his latest scientific accomplishment, improving the efficiency of potentially turning blood types A, B, and AB into the universal donor type, O. This could save billions of lives, though...
Launching my new novel Stowaway

Launching my new novel Stowaway

This past Sunday was the first launch of my new young adult novel Stowaway, because it is only just off the press. I held the launch near my summer hideaway on Mayne Island, British Columbia, Canada (which also happens to be the island where the story is set!). Some...
Stowaway – Inside story on writing Stowaway

Stowaway – Inside story on writing Stowaway

We’d just bought a cabin on a small island off the west coast of Vancouver, British Columbia, and it had a dock. The contract concerning the dock had this line: “Section 6.1c, Moorage Law Covenants: You must provide without compensation temporary accommodation to any...
School Library Journal reviews my new teen novel Stowaway

School Library Journal reviews my new teen novel Stowaway

Stowaway review in a forthcoming July 2018 issue of School Library Journal “Fast-paced and suspenseful plot” WITHERS, Pam. Stowaway. 200p. Dundurn. Aug. 2018. pap. $12.99. ISBN 9781459741911. Grade 7 and up–Owen and his parents have recently moved to an...