YA contemporary writer
Welcome to the 14th annual SummySeries, my totally made-up summer reading challenge that helps me make it through the awfulness of heat and humidity. I try to pick a theme each year, to keep it fun, and this year, it’s: Spring Cleaning! My TBR-list is sooo ridiculously long and needs to be weeded. When I…
Couldn’t resist the rhyme! My title is self-explanatory – I’m back in the query trenches! I sent out a handful of queries about two years ago, although I was feeling iffy about a major plot point. I reached out for feedback and decided to do a major rewrite and I’m so much happier. It’s a…
Book banners make me furious. And scared. It’s never about the books – it’s about suppression and control. In my county, the library was almost forced to shut down earlier this fall after a group of about 50 started screaming about “pornography” in the children’s section and the board of supervisors (minus one member) voted…
My final SummySeries review! See Part 1 here. Part 2 here. Part 3 here. All descriptions/images copied from Goodreads. THE HANDMAID’S TALE by Margaret Atwood (Adult Fiction) This seemed a fitting end to my summer of banned books. I’d already read Fahrenheit 451 (literal book burnings) and 1984 (suppressing free speech/thought), so THE HANDMAID’S TALE…
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I write small-town YA contemporary filled with romance, angst, and family drama. I live in Virginia, near Washington, D.C., with my husband and small army of cats. I read a lot, watch just as much TV, and enjoy planning trips I’ll never take. My favorite food is snacks.
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Jennifer Pickrell