Posts Tagged ‘ Emeralds Included ’

Yesterday, I got a packet of books from Allison Adler, my new editor at Henry Holt and Company. Hooray! It was some author’s copies of my new book. The book comes out July 8, but you can pre-order now just about anywhere. Of course, I started playing with the books so that the parrot would show up in his entirety. The bird is an Indian ring-necked parakeet, a popular pet the world around. It seems that Alexander the …Read More

The title of my book Emeralds Included contains a play on words. An “inclusion” in a gemstone is a flaw, and emeralds are particularly likely to have them. I guess I was saying that the inclusions of life are always included, even in the most valuable things. (You may be comforted to know that even my editor had to have this explained.) Hey, a jeweler I was talking to really liked the pun. There’s a jeweler in the …Read More

Jana Bibi book 3 is coming soon–July 8, to be precise. You can pre-order it now from your usual sources. Here’s the summary and an excerpt to download. I love the art department at my publisher, Henry Holt and Company, Inc.–they keep coming up with wonderful new depictions of Jana’s parrot, Mr. Ganguly, for the book covers. This time, you may wonder where Mr. G is heading. Just look at the spine of the book… And then turn …Read More