This many...

A friend once remarked that it's difficult to keep track of my books. I can hardly argue with that when I regularly have to double-check details myself. This explains the confused look you'll see on my face if you ever happen to ask me how many books I've written. Which, of course, is not the same as how many have been published (also an incomplete figure as it doesn't take into account those that are under contract but not yet released). And the tally never includes the wretched efforts that have been abandoned (not deleted, mind you) at some stage of writing, or, if completed, stories which good sense has kept me from sending out.

I am aware, of course, that a general figure is more than enough to satisfy the innocent curiosity of anyone who happens to venture that dreadful question. Sadly for them, that rarely prevents me from offering (much) more information than their polite interest warrants. 

All the same, it seems the responsible thing to do -- to have a list of publications readily available. So here it is!   

Picture Books

Down Here (2015)
Isabelle Malenfant, Illustrator

Miss Wondergem's Dreadfully Dreadful Pie (2011)
Wendy J. Whittingham, Illustrator

There's a GOLDFISH In My Shoe! (2009)
David Jardine, Illustrator

There's a COW Under My Bed! (2008)
David Jardine, Illustrator

 

Early Chapter Book

Cooper Clark and the Dragon Lady (2019)

Cover art and drawings by

David Jardine

Middle Grade Novels

A Bend in the Breeze (2022)

Birdspell (2021)

The Rise and Fall of Derek Cowell (2020)

Random Acts (2015)
Rain Shadow (2014)
Driftwood (2013)
The Glory Wind (2010)

Tumbleweed Skies (2009)

Speechless (2007)

Young Adult Novels

Standing on Neptune (2023)

Finding Avalon (2020) collaboration with Pamela MacDonald
Counting Back from Nine (2012)
Testify (August 2011)

(Testify has been translated into French and Korean)

Accomplice (2011)

Watcher (2009)

Three Million Acres of Flame (2007)

Sarah's Legacy (2006)

Sam's Light (2004)

KATE (2003)

Shelby Belgarden Mystery Series

Searching for Yesterday (2008)

Eyes of a Stalker (2006)

Hiding in Plain Sight (2005)

Chasing Shadows (2004)

In Too Deep (2003)

Out of the Ashes (2002)

Non-Fiction

More than Words: Navigating the Complex World of Communication (2023)

with co-creators Natalie Hyde and David Jardine

Vanessa Hudgens: Superstars Series (2010)