Pinkorama #4: “Valley Peep Celebration”
Last but never least, for our final Pinkorama of 2026, returning champions Candace and Cassandra and new team member Cara bring us the Valley Peep Celebration from the Epilogue of the most recent Team W book, The Peeps’ Guide to Murder! And now I’ll turn you over to Candace and Cassandra to set the scene….…
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For our third Pinkorama of 2026, Debbi transports us to occupied Paris in World War II with a scene from the third Team W book, All the Ways We Said Goodpeep! In this charming domestic moment, our heroine, Daisy, and her children, Madeleine and Olivier, are in hiding in the tiny quarters of “bookseller” Kit, waiting…
Read MorePinkorama #2: “Lady Charlotte and the Charlatans”
It is with great delight that I welcome back returning champions Laura and Carrie to the Pinkorama! For the second Pinkorama of 2026, Laura and Carrie bring you “Lady Charlotte and the Charlatons,” or, Damsel Among the Damned from Pink Carnation V, The Temptation of the Night Jasmine. And now, I’ll turn it over to Laura and…
Read MorePinkorama #1: “Is This the Peep?”
They’re heeeeeere!!! Some people see April showers or bluebirds as harbingers of spring. For me? It’s the Pinkorama. I look forward every year to seeing which scenes you’ll chose, what incredible literary confections you’ll create. This year did not disappoint. It is with great pleasure that I bring you the first of this year’s Pinkoramae!…
Read MorePinkorama Extension
Due to some edits that have to get done pronto, I’m extending the deadline of this year’s Pinkorama! I’m not sure why programming my website always takes me so long (I mean, you’re the ones doing all the real work putting together the gorgeous Peep creations!), but for whatever reason it does. And, for whatever…
Read MoreSee you this Saturday in Annapolis!
Maryland folks, I’m heading your way! Join me at the always marvelous Annapolis Book Festival where you can find me in the Main Barn at 2pm, talking Hamilton, historical fiction, and true crime with super moderator Jennifer Klepper. Books will be available for sale and signing after the event. The event is free and open…
Read MoreSee you this Friday in Weymouth!
Calling my Massachusetts friends! Come join me this Friday in Weymouth, MA at Weymouth’s Tufts Library for a lively discussion of The Girl from Greenwich Street! The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited, so please register before room runs out! Next up? Maryland on May 2nd, the Hudson Valley…
Read MoreSunday in New Jersey!
This Sunday, April 12th, join me at Aaron’s Burr’s home, the Hermitage, in HoHoKus, New Jersey for a discussion of his courtroom antics with Alexander Hamilton in the infamous Manhattan Well Murder trial! Do you think the shade of Burr will show up to cast shade? Come and find out at 2pm on April 12th…
Read MoreReady… Set… Peep!
Welcome the to 16th Annual Pinkorama! It’s the Pinkorama’s Sweet Sixteen! Can you believe that we’ve been making these Peep creations for sixteen years now (a bona fide teenager!) or that the Pink Carnation series turned twenty-one last month? It’s a sobering thing when a series you wrote what feels like a couple of years…
Read MoreSpring Book Events!
Confession: I’ve been terrible about keeping up with the website and social media while I’ve been in the writing cave all winter. Unfortunately, I’m still in the writing cave, thanks to an epic respiratory infection given to me by my second grader (thanks, kid) that knocked me back a month, but I’m popping my head…
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