Like a reading, but with adventure and ice cream! – Whether in Portland or abroad, join Julie starting today for a book-themed scavenger hunt, fun, and prizes in celebration of her new YA novel, Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index!

Online (open internationally): June 3 - June 11
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Play from anywhere in the world by sharing a photo of any item from the list above (a printable 8.5 x 11 inches) on social media with the hashtag #JuniperIRL. Raffle prizes including copies of the book, $20 USD worth of books from the Book Depository and a Juniper-themed prize pack featuring bath bombs, sweets, and beyond are up for grabs, and winners will be randomly selected on June 12!

Note: If sharing a #JuniperIRL photo on Twitter, you are entered for prizes automatically. If sharing on another social platform, the link to your post must be copied and pasted in via this widget to count as an entry:

PORTLAND ONLY EVENT: Sunday, June 4th

From 2:00 – 4:00pm on Sunday, June 4, Julie will be celebrating at the Brewery Blocks Starbucks downtown (1039 NW Couch; at the corner of 11th and Couch, across from Powell’s bookstore).
 
Show her photos of any five items from the Juniper hunt list for a small prize, which may or may not involve ice cream (there is a Ben & Jerry’s three blocks away. It may). Or just come say hi, color a postcard, and get a book signed!
 
Hope to see you there!

​Like a reading, but with adventure and ice cream! – Whether in Portland or abroad, join Julie next week (starting June 3 and 4) for a book-themed scavenger hunt, fun, and prizes in celebration of her new YA novel, Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index!

Online (open internationally): June 3 - June 11
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Play from anywhere in the world by sharing a photo of any item from the book-themed hunt list (to be posted here June 3) online with the hashtag #JuniperIRL. Raffle prizes including copies of the book, $20 USD worth of books from the Book Depository and a Juniper-themed prize pack featuring bath bombs, sweets, and beyond are up for grabs, and winners will be randomly selected on June 12!
 
Note: If sharing a #JuniperIRL photo on Twitter, you are entered for prizes automatically. If sharing on another social platform, the link to your post must be copied and pasted in via this widget:
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PORTLAND ONLY: Sunday, June 4th

From 2:00 – 4:00pm on Sunday, June 4, Julie will be celebrating at the Brewery Blocks Starbucks downtown (1039 NW Couch; at the corner of 11th and Couch, across from Powell’s bookstore).
 
Show her photos of any five items from the Juniper hunt list (again, to be posted here June 3) for a small prize, which may or may not involve ice cream (there is a Ben & Jerry’s three blocks away. It may). Or just come say hi, color a postcard, and get a book signed!
 
Rev your hunting engines now -- the list goes live on June 3!

Hello, friends! I'm excited to announce that I am giving away an advance reading copy of Juniper Lemon's Happiness Index-- along with a prize! The winner of the raffle will receive the book and his or her choice of either:

1. A $50 Amazon gift card, or
2. A Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 Instant Camera (with one pack of film), color of choice.

Enter using the widget below!
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It's a real book, you guys! I'm holding it in my own two hands!!!

As you may be aware, ARCs (Advance Reading Copies-- also called galleys and uncorrected proofs) come out in the months preceding a book's release in order to start generating buzz for it. And while the date on the spine above suggests that Juniper will be published in June, its release day actually just jumped up about a month, so now the book is due to hit stores on May 30th!! (Ahhhhhhhhh!!)

Of course, JLHI is already available for pre-order from numerous vendors: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and even Target among them. Now is as good a time as any to reserve your copy-- or to add it on Goodreads or request it at your local library. :) 

Run up the banners! Write it in the skies! Shout your feelings and favorite Hamilton song from the rooftops!!!

I am thrilled to at last announce the sale of my debut novel to Kathy Dawson of Kathy Dawson Books, an imprint at Penguin Random House!

Here’s the official announcement in Publishers Weekly:

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE. See if you can spot the other reasons I’m dancing in this brief from Publishers Marketplace:

That’s right, amigos: TWO books. After JUNIPER, I’ll be writing a second young adult novel with Kathy Dawson Books!
 
Additionally, rights have already sold for a French translation of JUNIPER. I’ll get to read (okay, more like try to read) my first book in one of my favorite languages in the world!
 
JUNIPER is set for publication next summer, 2017. If you’d like updates or to be notified about upcoming giveaways and other exciting events, you can subscribe to this page’s RSS feed or follow me on social media by clicking the appropriate icon above. Alternatively, you can let me know here and I’ll add you to a newsletter list.
 
In the meantime, thanks for reading and helping me celebrate. Now back to dancing!