by Pam | Nov 16, 2016 | Blog
I’m looking forward to speaking to 325 teacher candidates on Monday, Nov. 21 at Authorfest 2016 (a University of British Columbia Education Library and Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable event). I’m privileged to share the stage with...
by Pam | Nov 9, 2016 | Blog
To my mind, Roald Dahl (1916 – 1990) was a genius with words; he’s definitely one of my heroes. I’m far from the only one: His books, which have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide, include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,...
by Pam | Nov 2, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized
And as with all my books*, I present the inside story of how Bungee Jump came to be and how I researched/wrote it. The inside story of writing Bungee Jump The haunted island in Bungee Jump was inspired by a real “haunted” island that used to be a...
by Pam | Nov 2, 2016 | Blog
We met through a teacher librarian when my former teen editor turned eighteen. (I fire my teen editors when they turn eighteen :). Vansh had a trial by fire: I had two young-adult adventure manuscripts for him to go through the minute he agreed to the position. (One...
by Pam | Oct 26, 2016 | Blog
It’s official: I have a new young-adult adventure novel scheduled to come off the press the summer of 2017. It was only just accepted by Dundurn Press. I love the cover, which my teen editor helped select. You can pre-order Tracker’s Canyon already on...
