Malinda Lo

Today I’m happy to announce the winners of the Ash poster contest. As you may recall, I asked folks to send in interesting questions about Ash for a chance to win a beautiful poster. Well, I got some awesome questions, and these five people asked particularly thought-provoking questions: Sarah Susan Aimée Kirsty Charlotte I’ve emailed ... More→

As many of you know, I got my start as a writer by working at AfterEllen.com, an entertainment news site for lesbians and bisexual women. I am pretty darn sure that had it not been for AfterEllen, Ash would not be getting published. Why? Because AfterEllen paid me to work part-time, which allowed me to ... More→

On Monday night I did my first “official” Ash event at the Kid Lit Salon, a monthly meeting of kid lit readers and writers at Book Passage, a wonderful bookstore in Corte Madera, CA. I was in the company of several other 2009 debut YA authors: Cheryl Renee Herbsman, C. Lee McKenzie, Sarah Quigley, and ... More→

One of the first things I did when I began writing Ash was sketch out a map of Ash’s world. This was mostly because I like drawing maps of fantasy worlds (another thing I did during my super-geeky teen years), not because I was trying to be geographically accurate. (When you read Ash you’ll realize ... More→

I realize I’m posting this Photo Friday on a Saturday, but hey, “Photo Friday” is a concept, not a deadline! Plus I wanted to share these photos from our honeymoon, when Amy and I rented a house in Guerneville on the Russian River in Sonoma County. We didn’t realize we were going to be there ... More→

By now, I thought the controversy over the cover for Justine Larbalestier’s novel Liar would have died down, but to my surprise, the discussion is still going strong. (This is good!) If you’re not familiar with what happened, here’s the short version: Liar is a YA novel about a liar. The main character happens to ... More→