This post is not exactly timely, but that’s what happens when you take the summer off
to kick around in the sand.

The piles you come home to grow arms and legs.
The plans you made grow fungus.
The lists you made grow long. er. and longer.

So, forgive my tardiness in congratulating editor Allyn Johnston on the official launch of her new imprint:
Beach Lane Books!

Some of you might remember that Allyn went through quite the professional upheaval last winter,
only to land herself firmly on her feet. Of course.

Since then, she’s been busy setting up shop — in a lovely, sun-filled space in La Jolla, with another former-Harcourt editor, Andrea Welch. Setting up shop, in this case, included the business of packing and unpacking a number of manuscripts she’d brought with her from Harcourt, including mine.

So, this serves as official notice that my books World and Wind will both be published by Beach Lane Books, a Simon & Schuster imprint.

The former, illustrated by Marla Frazee, is done, spit and polished and will hit the shelves next summer. Squee!!!!!