Malinda Lo

I’m preparing a blog post about YA books that include room for queerness, and in thinking about that, I began to think about the word queer itself. I know that for some people, queer is still an epithet, a put-down. For me, it is not. It is part of the LGBTQ acronym — lesbian, gay, ... More→

This year’s pie was made with organic fuji and gala apples, and mixed with Penzeys Chinese cassia cinnamon, a bit of lemon juice, and half a cup of sugar (most recipes call for more). The crust is the crust out of Joy of Cooking, using half butter and half shortening. Enjoy! Happy day-after-Thanksgiving pie eating! More→

This is part 2 of my recap of my East Coast tour. Go here to read part 1. After stops in Boston and New York, I headed on down to Philadelphia. As evidence, here I am in front of the Liberty Bell, recreating the Dalai Lama’s visit. Of course, I did not go to Philly ... More→

I’m back from almost 2.5 weeks of travel/book promotion on the East Coast. It was quite an experience! Everybody kept calling it a book tour, but it didn’t start out that way — initially it was just a trip to Philadelphia for NCTE, and then I decided it would be convenient to visit family in ... More→

Yes, I’m still on the East Coast! Today I was at NCTE in Philadelphia. Tomorrow night I’ll be at Giovanni’s Room, Philadelphia’s LGBT bookstore, participating in a fundraiser/read-a-thon for the Lambda Literary Foundation and Giovanni’s Room. Twenty LGBT authors will be reading from their books, answering questions and signing books, and you can see the ... More→

Back in August, I went down to Los Angeles for a photo shoot. I couldn’t tell you about it then, but now I can reveal that I’m in Out magazine’s 2009 Out 100! It is such an honor to be on a list with Sarah Waters (although why did they put her in a janitor’s ... More→