Much delayed, but this works out well because it’ll give you something to read while we’re away in Mexico on a family vacation. Here’s what I wrote for Forbes in the merry month of May: — In Science, Probability Is More Certain Than You Think:...

Okay, let’s get this straight. The mainstream media is hot. And that goes for their allies in the corporate global community and friends buried in the deep state. They are steaming. Because YOU and I voted for the wrong person and elected Donald...

I don’t count words. I do at the end. Sometimes I even forget to put page numbers down. I’m intrigued when writers post things like :’Phew! 10,000 words done! Here we go!’ and so on. This may be a trivial post; just something to bounce readers of...

Very excited for ALA this weekend!!! I'll be in Chicago at the American Library Association Annual Conference on both Saturday and Sunday.

On Sat 6/24:
1pm Signing JOURNEY ACROSS THE HIDDEN ISLANDS at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt booth #3111
2pm Signing...

The United States has flatlined when it comes to electing women: At the local, state and federal level, women hold fewer than 1 in every 4 elected offices, and the ratio hasn’t budged much lately. The U.S. ranks 101st, below China, Iraq and...

"Look with kindness and you will always find wonder."

R.J. Palacio has brought the content of her bestselling middle grade novel to a picture book format. Writing and illustrating We're All Wonders, she illustrates how one child formed differently...

AUTHORBUZZ: Click here to discover new books, "meet" the authors and enter to win. Dear Reader, My follow through on discipline is not what it used to be when my kids were growing up. Because lately when I say, "No"...

Hey photo peeps and friends who may have noticed me testing the Leica SL over recent months – it’s official, I’m now shooting all Leica all the time – a Leica photographer! I’m so in love with this SL and have been really thrilled with how it’s...

So tonight, when we pick up my fifth grader from a friend’s house, she’s already eaten dinner and is on to ice cream. “It’s not fair!” says my third grader. “Why does she get ice cream and I don’t?” The answer that comes from my mouth is one I’ve...

I had one of those annoyingly cheerful childhoods, for the most part. We weren’t particularly poor or rich, and my brother and I were allowed to wallow in our imaginations as much as we liked. We were fed and clothed...
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