Spear wins the Ray Bradbury Prize
Last night at the Los Angeles Times Book Prize awards, SPEAR won the Ray Bradbury Prize. Here’s why I was genuinely surprised.
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Signed personalised books for the holidays—including my memoir!
I’m teaming up again with Phinney Books, on Greenwood Avenue, Seattle, to bring you signed, personalised books for the holidays.
And, this year only, you can BUY A COPY OF MY SIGNED, NUMBERED MEMOIR-IN-A-BOX.
I can’t wait for you to read it!
Read moreMy MS resume
If you’re here because of my recent interview for theMSGuide.com, hello and welcome. I’m a novelist—this website and blog is mostly about my life and work; MS is often peripheral to my interests. If you’d rather just focus on MS then here’s a short resume of me, my interests in and thoughts on MS and disability.
Read moreThings disabled people do
For Disability Pride Month a post about what disabled do—or, rather, about one crip’s fabulous life. Flaunt it, baby!
Read moreNew interview just up
A new interview just went up on The Fantasy Hive, in which I talk like a machine gun to Jonathan Thornton about my entire fiction career.
Read moreSO LUCKY is 2: Some thoughts on publishing
Now that So Lucky has been out for two years, I’m revisiting the publishing process, and industry and reader response—and asking for your opinion.
Read moreWordgathering interview
A new interview with me is up at Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature. Lots of stuff about So Lucky and disability, of course, but also much about my work in general.
Read moreA writing update: Hild, Aud, Ammonite and more
New of Hild, Aud, Ammonite and more
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So Lucky wins the WA State Book Award!
So Lucky just won the WA State Book Award for Fiction! I’m happy—and surprised. What I want to talk about here is my surprise.
Read moreSaturday 12th October: Washington State Book Awards
Saturday 12th October, 7-9pm, Central Library downtown Seattle: Come and party at the Washington State Book Awards!
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Neither Dying Nor Being Cured
This is the essay version of the Ethel Louise Armstrong Lecture I gave last year at Ohio State University. It was first…
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New Interview up at Disability Arts Online
In Disability Arts Online I discuss So Lucky and all things #CripLit.
Read moreSo Lucky shortlisted for Washington State Book Award in Fiction
So Lucky is a finalist for this year’s Washington State Book Award
Read moreMy new favourite interview
“…the role of women in the so-called Dark Ages could not remotely resemble the bullshit we’ve been fed in which we were merely rape toys and/or brood mares and/or warty old wise women of the wood” A new interivew up at Moss.
Read moreGreat Grinning Thing
In CascadiaM/i> Sharma Shields has written a beautiful review essay about So Lucky. She really gets it. A nondisabled critic could not have written this.
Read moreSo Lucky and the 2019 Tournament of Books
So Lucky is on the shortlist of the 2019 Tournament of Books.
Read moreDecember Book of the Month
So Lucky is Diva Magazine’s Book of the Month.
Read moreRewriting the Old Disability Script
Today I have an Op-Ed in the New York Times about the rewriting the familiar disability script and changing the world.
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Four bits of So Lucky info including award news, academic criticism, and a new UK edition.
Read moreUK edition of So Lucky available for pre-order!
The UK edition of So Lucky now available for preorder! It will be published by Handheld Press on 22 November.
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More So Lucky reviews
A busy weekend for reviews of So Lucky: New York Times Book Review, Chicago Review of Books, and the Seattle Times. And they are all great reviews!
Read moreNew York Times Book Review on So Lucky
“So Lucky is a compact, brutal story … fast-paced as a punch in the face… beautifully written, with a flexible, efficient precision that embodies the protagonist’s voice and character.”
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Book Bingo 2018 and ableism
Seattle Arts & Lectures, in concert with the Seattle Public Library, has once again put together a book-related bingo card. In terms of disability, it’s problematic.
Read moreFor the love of God, Montresor!
How a plastic disposable camera turned my office window into an instant metaphor. A day-in-the-life photo story.
Read moreSo Lucky video
Gathered in one place for your amusement, here are a few bits of So Lucky-related video and animation.
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