I can’t believe this is actually happening! I’ve been in talks with the lovely people at Blake Snyder Enterprises for over TWO years about writing an installment in the Save the Cat! series geared exclusively toward novelists, and now it’s FINALLY real! Last month, we sold SAVE THE CAT! WRITES A NOVEL to the amazing  … Read more

YOU GUYS! I’m so so so excited to announce that I’m writing a brand new original series for Disney Press based on the hit Disney Channel movie, DESCENDANTS! If you know me, you know I’m a HUGE Disney fan (see photo evidence below). So this opportunity was literally a dream come true. The series will  … Read more

My new book, A WEEK OF MONDAYS, hits stores on August 2 (WOOT!) and to celebrate, every Monday leading up to release week, I’ll be unveiling one of Ellie’s 7 different “looks” from the story! When Ellie Sparks realizes she’s reliving the same horrible Monday over and over again (in which her boyfriend breaks up with her), she decides  … Read more

For years, I’ve been dreaming of writing a middle grade (tween) novel and last year, that dream finally came true. I sold my first middle grade novel, ADDIE BELL’S SHORTCUT TO GROWING UP, to the lovely people at Delacorte/Random House. And now I’m thrilled to share the first ever peek at the amazing cover (plus  … Read more

Ohmigosh! I’m so excited to announce that I’ve sold my very first middle grade (ages 8-12) to the fantastic Wendy Loggia at Delacorte/Random House! Here’s the official announcement from the Publisher’s Weekly Rights Report:   Wendy Loggia at Delacorte has bought Jessica Brody’s Addie Bell’s Shortcut to Growing Up, about a 12-year-old girl, tired of her  … Read more

I’ve been waiting SO LONG for this day and now it’s here! I finally have permission to share with you the super amazing awesome-sauce cover for A WEEK OF MONDAYS, designed by the insanely talented Elizabeth Clark! I honestly think this cover absolutely nails the spirit, voice, and humor of the book while also telling you a little bit  … Read more

Three boys… One hot summer. Who will you fall in love with?   You’ve met the Boys of Summer, now it’s time to see the cover in all of its glory! So without further ado, I give you BOYS OF SUMMER (Read the full description of the book below!)   Welcome to Winlock Harbor… Best friends since  … Read more

Hey audiobook fans! I have HUGE news! UNREMEMBERED is now available on Audible.com as a downloadable audiobook! I’m a huge audiobook fan so this is really exciting to me. AND the audiobook is narrated by one of my favorite narrators, Julia Whelan. Julia is best known for her narration of Gone Girl, I’ll Give You the  … Read more

January 27, 2117 Undisclosed Location in the Nevada Desert CONFIDENTIAL BRIEF: A team of highly-trained, covert operatives have infiltrated Diotech headquarters and stolen the secret blueprint map for the entire Diotech compound. This security breach comes just in time for the release of UNCHANGED, the third and final book in the Unremembered Trilogy, which hits  … Read more

Have you been following the Unremembered Movie on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter? Well you should! Because every day the film gets closer and closer to the big screen and the producers have been posting actual real official updates on the movie! And the latest update was a big one! Here’s what they had to say:    … Read more

It’s finally here! The cover for the final book in the Unremembered Trilogy! Behold the cover for UNCHANGED (Releasing 2/24/15)   Isn’t it gorgeous! It’s by-far my favorite cover so far! Kudos to the amazing Elizabeth Clark at Macmillan for designing yet another stunning cover for this series! I can’t believe the trilogy is almost  … Read more

I’m so incredibly excited to announce I’ve sold my TENTH novel! WAHOOOOO! Wow, I can hardly believe it. I remember when I was struggling to sell the first (and yes, like many authors, my first book didn’t even sell!) I’ll tell you, though. My first sale was surreal and my tenth sale is just as  … Read more

As I finish up my revisions on the third and final book in the UNREMEMBERED trilogy, I’m so excited to finally be able to announce the title! This book has had MANY titles, the most popular, of course being UNTITLED. But it is UNtitled no more! The title for the third book in the trilogy  … Read more

For the past NINE months I’ve had to keep this big news a secret and now I’m elated that I can finally shout it from the rooftops!!! UNREMEMBERED IS HEADED TO THE BIG SCREEN! The wonderful producers of the Vampire Academy movie as well as the producer of Zero Dark Thirty, Life of Pi, and  … Read more

HOORAH! After a year-long wait, I’m so excited to say that UNFORGOTTEN, the second book in the Unremembered Trilogy, is now in stores! Some memories are better left forgotten… After a daring escape from the scientists at Diotech who created her, Seraphina believes she is finally safe from the horrors of her past. But new  … Read more

Last month I revealed that I had written a very exciting ebook novella set in the Unremembered world. (Here’s the post.) It’s called UNDISCOVERED and it’s the story of when Sera and Zen first met and fell in love, told from Zen’s point of view!!! Is this ringing any bells? I hope so! It comes  … Read more

So, you may have heard me mention over the past month or so that I was working on a very TOP SECRET, soon-to-be-revealed project for my publisher, Macmillan Children’s. Well, I’m thrilled that I’ve finally been given permission to announce it! I’ve written an UNREMEMBERED prequel novella! UNDISCOVERED will be released in eBook only on  … Read more

I have been waiting for MONTHS to be able to show you all the GORGEOUS new covers that have been designed for the UK editions of UNREMEMBERED and UNFORGOTTEN! And now the time is finally here! So I won’t make you wait any longer! HERE THEY ARE!!!      I just can’t tell you how  … Read more

Hey all! October is almost over, but I promised you a giveaway a month so here it is! But don’t worry. This giveaway will run for three weeks, so you’ll have plenty of time to enter! Okay, here it is! Post Your Favorite Quote(s) from Unremembered!   Let’s paper the town with Unremembered quotes and  … Read more

We did it! Season 2 is complete! Did you miss any of the episodes? All of them? Well, fear not, I’ve got links to them all RIGHT HERE! So you can follow the story all at once! But first, here’s a bit about the The Traveling Story: What is the Traveling Story? 5 Authors. 5  … Read more