Articles
Blogs for Change Places with Me:
Interview, February 19, 2017, Snow and Books
Interview, November 16, 2016, 80 Books Blog
Interview, November 10, 2016, Reading Lark
Why Becoming a Writer is One of the Best Books for Writers, August 3, 2016, Cultured Vultures
Interview, August 2, 2016, Cultured Vultures
Telling the Story, July 22, 2016, Adventures in YA Publishing
An Interview with Rose, July 4, 2016, Carefully Reckless
Working in a Vet’s Office, July 4, 2016, The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club
Interview, July 2, 2016, A Book Addict’s Bookshelves
Interview, July 1, 2016, Bibliobibuli YA
Top Ten Favorite Titles, June 30, 2016, Susan Heim on Writing
Interview, June 29, 2016, Curling Up with a Good Book
Deleted Scene, June 28, 2016, Reading Addict
Fantastic Flying Book Club Interview, June 28, 2016
Top Ten Inspirations for Change Places with Me, June 24, 2016, Storybook Slayers
About Belle Heights, Queens, June 22, 2016, Red House Books
Interview, June 20, 2016, Brittany’s Book Rambles
The Title and What it Means, June 16, 2016, Here’s to Happy Endings
My Definition of Crazy, June 13, 2016, Teen Librarian Toolbox, School Library Journal
Barnes & Noble Open Mic, June 2, 2016
For The Huffington Post:
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Ray Harryhausen: An Appreciation, May 2, 2014
Anorexia: You Are Not the Person You Were (And the Holidays Only Make It Worse), November 25, 2013
Lulu: The Cat The New Yorker Left Behind, October 2, 2013
What I’ve Learned About Eating Disorders and Teenage Boys, September 6, 2013
7 Books That Will Inspire You to be a Better Writer, August 12, 2013
For The New York Times Sunday Book Review:
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My Brother’s Keeper, by Patricia McCormick
The Same Stuff as Stars, by Katherine Paterson
Big Mouth & Ugly Girl, by Joyce Carol Oates
Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis, and Dave at Night, by Gail Carson Levine
The Facts Speak for Themselves, by Brock Cole
The Watcher, by James Howe
Bad Girls, by Cynthia Voigt
In the Middle of the Night, by Robert Cormier, and From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun, by Jacqueline Woodson
Deliver Us From Evie, by M.E. Kerr
For The New Yorker:
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“Toys,” a “Talk of the Town” story about children in the South Bronx.
“Cat Therapist,” a “Talk of the Town” story about a woman who tries to get inside the heads of cats; later reprinted in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Dutch magazine Avenue, and in The Big New Yorker Book of Cats (Random House).
“Notes and Comment,” about seeing a butterfly in a subway car. There’s a short scene in the movie You’ve Got Mail that reenacts this moment.
“Corned Beef to Go,” a “Talk of the Town” story about the Democratic National Convention.
For the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) web site:
The Voice in Your Head, January 7, 2014
Other Publications:
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“A Boy With a Girl’s Disease,” blog post for Printasia, November 2014
“The Story of Anne Frank,” Storyworks Magazine, Scholastic
“Young Adult Books,” an appreciation, Wigwam
“Dear Mili: Reflections on a Fairy Tale,” The Nation
“How to Divorce Your Roommate,” Harper’s Bazaar
“A Wealth of Options: Profile of Brooke Astor,” Harper’s Bazaar
“First-Job First Aid,” Harper’s Bazaar, about helping college graduates find work.
Interview with Hugh Kenner, The New Boston Review, co-authored with Ellen Sussman
