Et voilà!

Extraordinary is out the door! Nancy just mailed the page proofs back to Penguin, and before you know it, it will be September 7, and you'll be pulling it off the shelf at your favorite bookstore.

She's been at it for well over two years, all the while holding down a day job and being a terrific wife. She's given it a good deal of blood, sweat, and tears (only metaphorically, as far as I'm aware), and now she'd be able to relax, if only she hadn't already started on the next one.

She now has seven books out, an eighth in the pipeline, and a ninth on the way, and has given no sign of slowing down. I'm taking her on vacation soon, but I'm not for a moment naive enough to suppose that Nancy won't be writing even then...

So so so so so so so so *so* good

You can find an enthusiastic video review of Impossible here on YA Fiction Freaks, delivered by a YAFF named Jessica. You can also find Jessica's subsequent interview with Nancy on the same site, over here. Enjoy the review and the interview, and take a spin around the site while you're there.

Nancy in Peabody tomorrow night

Nancy returns to her roots tomorrow night (Monday, March 22) as she appears at the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, at 7 p.m. She'll be leading an informal conversation with readers of Impossible. Swing by if you get a chance, whether you've read it or not...

Cover tease for Extraordinary

Run, Phoebe, run!

Over there on the left is the cover for Nancy's new novel Extraordinary, which will be released in September.

It's already generating a bit of chatter out there...

Wait, there's more...

Imitation might be the sincerest form of flattery, but adaptation is right up there with it. Our previous post was about Impossible fan fiction, and this is about a creative trailer by Robin Henry that's available for download on a site where educators can share book trailers.

Thanks to Teresa Schauer, a South Texas librarian, who put the site together and alerted us to the trailer. If you go to the main site and look at the right pane, you can navigate to various trailers categorized by grade level (Impossible is in Upper Grades), and you can find details on every trailer in the spreadsheet in the Documents folder.

Impossible fan fic

Fan fiction is the finest form of flattery: Nancy happened across this take on Impossible the other day.

Nancy at Barnes & Noble in Saugus this Thursday

This Thursday, February 18, Nancy will be making the short drive to appear at the Barnes & Noble on Route 1 in Saugus, Massachusetts.

Things get started at 7:30 p.m., so synchronize your watches. She'll be reading, signing books, and talking about her new novel, Extraordinary, which is due out this fall. It's a great opportunity to get the inside info in advance...