MARCH: BOOK ONE is a Top Ten YALSA pick!

March: Book One has been selected as one of YALSA's Top Ten Graphic Novels for Teens, alongside great books by other comics friends (particularly the ingenious MIND MGMT by Matt Kindt)!

MARCH is a Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book and GEM Award Winner!

I'm honored to hear that March: Book One is a Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book! In addition, it's been picked as Diamond's GEM Award winner for Best Indie Graphic Novel of 2013!

ALA Annual Conference in Chicago this weekend!

 
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and I will be in Chicago this Saturday and Sunday (June 29-30) at the American Library Association's Annual Conference, gearing up for the big release of March: Book One next month. We'll be signing free preview excerpts of March, and I'll have copies of Any Empire and Swallow Me Whole for sale as well!

Come see us at the following events:

Sat. 6/29-- Andrew Aydin presentation, 12:00-1:00 pm at the Graphic Novel stage

Sat. 6/29-- Signing with John Lewis & Nate Powell
     1:00-2:30 pm, Top Shelf Booth (#2646)

Sat. 6/29-- Keynote Presentation with John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell-- 3:30-4:30 pm, Grand Center Ballroom (S100)

Sat. 6/29-- Signing with John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
     4:30-5:30 pm, Lobby outside Ballroom (S100)

Sun. 6/30-- John Lewis, special guest at the Coretta Scott King Awards Breakfast-- 7:00-9:30 am, Radisson Blu Atlantic Ballroom

Sun. 6/30-- Signing with John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
     10:00-11:00 am, Top Shelf Booth (#2646)

Sun. 6/30-- Nate Powell presentation (covering all my work), 11:00 am-12:00 pm at the Graphic Novel stage

Sun. 6/30-- John Lewis keynote address at the Spectrum Scholarship luncheon-- 12:00- 1:00 pm, Sheraton Chicago Superior A/B Room

Sun. 6/30-- Signing with John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell
     1:30-3:00 pm, Top Shelf Booth (#2646)

* In addition to this, I'll be at the Top Shelf booth most other times to sign/sell books.

See you there!

ALA Great Graphic Novels For Teens!

I'm excited to announce that the American Library Association just announced Swallow Me Whole as one of its Great Graphic Novels For Teens selections! Check out the news story here from the Top Shelf site.