Malinda Lo

About a zillion Ash-related things happened this week — including Ash‘s virtual European tour! — so I’m just going to get right to business. I was interviewed by SLJ Teen, the School Library Journal e-newsletter focusing on YA books. Author Melissa Walker asked me a few questions about the cover of Ash for her Cover ... More→

Monday marks the official beginning of fall, which means it’s harvest time. We’re really lucky here in Northern California because we get a lot of amazing fresh produce all year round, but this time of year in particular I feel like I’ve died and gone to farm-fresh heaven. One of my favorite places to get ... More→

I have updates on where I will be this fall! Go here to check out the latest. I’m hoping to add a few more on the East Coast, and I’ll let you know when they are finalized. This Saturday I’ll be at the Sonoma County Book Festival in Santa Rosa, CA. I’ll be signing books ... More→

Last Thursday was the official Ash Book Launch at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center, and I am happy to say that it was a success. People came! (Even people I didn’t know!) Books were signed! Cookies were eaten! (Note: The fabulous Books Inc. came to sell copies of Ash, and I just wanted to ... More→

Several thrilling Ash-related things have been going on recently, so I thought I’d share some of them with you. First up, Dana Rudolph’s wonderful column about my book in Bay Windows, New England’s main LGBT newspaper. I love this paper! I read it all the time when I lived in the Boston area. I was ... More→

On Labor Day, Amy and I made a feast out of the end-of-summer bounty we picked up at the farmer’s market last Sunday. We started off with grilling some shrimp (OK, they weren’t from the farmer’s market). Amy cleaned them, added salt and pepper, and then — in a stroke of genius — dipped them ... More→