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I designed this site myself so don’t laugh. What it lacks in graphic artistry, it makes up for in content—let’s hope. On my site you'll find more than you ever wanted to know about me and my books. Friend me on MySpace where I write my blah, blah, blog Follow me on Facebook Tweet me on Twitter Site Bytes By the Time You Read This, I’ll be Dead will be published in early January of 2010, but you can order it now. As in T-O-D-A-Y. Rage: A Love Story, my new young adult novel, is out now. Get it while it’s HOT. How Beautiful the Ordinary, edited by Michael Cart, is now OUT. I’m so honored to have a story in this exquisite anthology about love and identity. My favorite YA authors are featured, and my story, First Time, goes all the way with two girls who are in love J. Link to reissues of my middle grade novels with very cool (and funny) new covers. ►Everyone is welcome to join my fan club, the JAP Mafia. We use our muscle to change minds J. ►Luna was chosen by the American Library Association for their 2009 Great Stories CLUB. The Great Stories CLUB (Connecting Libraries, Underserved teens and Books) is a reading and discussion program designed to reach underserved and at-risk youth through books that are relevant to their lives. THANK YOU, ALA! ►Between Mom and Jo is now available in paperback. Whoo hoo. I’m jazzed about the new cover. Click HERE to check it out and read “the story behind the story” of Between Mom and Jo. ►grl2grl: short fictions , Between Mom and Jo and Far from Xanadu were chosen as Rainbow Reads by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Round Table of the American Library Association. This is a best-of-the-best list, so it’s doubly cool for my work to be honored. Thank you, GLBTRT. ►Check out grl2grl: short fictions. Read reviews and/or listen to an excerpt. ►Between Mom and Jo was named an Honor Book for the first ever James Cook Teen Book Award given by the Ohio Library Council. The award recognizes books that promote and celebrate cultural, ethnic and social diversity; demonstrate excellence in writing; and have a wide appeal to a teen audience. What an honor!

To the utter amazement and absolute shock of everyone I know – including me – I became an author…

An author? I never wanted to be an author. I thought authors were just a bunch of dead people. Okay, sometimes I'm brain-dead (does that count?). As a child I wasn't a reader. You’ve heard of reluctant readers? I was a recalcitrant reader. You couldn’t make me read. Reading was boring and torturous. I never read a book for fun until seventh grade when I discovered the Beany Malone books by Lenora Mattingly Weber. I loved them. Beany was real; she was alive, and she even had freckles. Every week I would rush to the Clear Lake Junior High library to check out the next book in the Beany Malone series, and if somebody else already had it I would reread one of the Beany books I'd already read—over and over again. When you discover the joy of reading, your mind opens to a world of wondrous discoveries and infinite possibilities. My greatest joy would be to write a book that would expand the world for you.

MY BOOKS

Books for Readers 12 and up
Books for Readers 8 – 12
Books for Readers 6 – 9

YA Novels Coming Soon:

By the Time You Read This, I’ll Be Dead (Hyperion, January 5, 2010)

She Loves You, She Loves You Not… (Little, Brown, Spring 2011)

Books for Older Readers Ages 12 and up
		Rage: A Love Story September 2009 Knopf Books for Young Readers		By the Time You Read This, I’ll Be Dead January 2010 Hyperion Books for Young Readers
	grl2grl: short fictions Fall 2007 Paperback Original Megan Tingley Books Little, Brown and Co.		Between Mom & Jo Spring 2006 Now in Paperback Megan Tingley Books Little, Brown and Co.		Far from Xanadu Spring 2005 Now in Paperback Megan Tingley Books Little, Brown and Co.
	Luna Spring 2004 Now in Paperback Megan Tingley Books Little, Brown and Co..		Keeping You a Secret Spring 2003 Now in Paperback Megan Tingley Books Little, Brown and Co		Define "Normal" Megan Tingley Books Little, Brown and Co.

Books for Middle Readers Ages 9 and up
	A Snitch in the Snob Squad Megan Tingley Books Little, Brown and Co.		Romance of the Snob Squad Little, Brown and Co.		Revenge of the Snob Squad Little, Brown and Co.
	How Do You Spell GEEK? Little, Brown and Co.		Love Me, Love My Broccoli HarperCollinslAvon		Risky Friends Willowisp Press

Books for Younger Readers Ages 6 and up
	B.J.'s Billion-Dollar Bet Joy Street Books Little, Brown and Co.		The Stinky Sneakers Contest Joy Street Books Little, Brown and Co.

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