Oh-em-GEE! Sir Fig's a nominee!
SIR FIG NEWTON AND THE SCIENCE OF PERSISTENCE is a 2023 Oregon Book Awards finalist!!! I'm SO excited to be recognized alongside so many pawesome Oregon authors. Thank you Literary Arts!
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It's a BIG Deal!
I'm SO excited to be working again with my amazing editor, Aly Heller, on my next middle grade novel. YAY!
Image: "Author of SIR FIG NEWTON AND THE SCIENCE OF PERSISTENCE and GOODNIGHT STORIES FOR REBEL GIRLS contributor Sonja Thomas's untitled #ownvoices story, about a 12-year-old aspiring filmmaker in Portland, Oregon who bands together with an unlikely friend group to protect their beloved state animal--the beaver-- while trying to get into a competitive summer film camp, to Alyson Heller at Aladdin, in a nice deal, for publication in spring/summer 2024, Ronald Gerber at Lowenstein Associates (world)."
GUESS WHAT? I MADE A THING!
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