Looks like I'm going to the BEA: Thanks so much to everyone who voted for Small Damages as the Best Young Adult Novel of 2012, in the Armchair BEA Awards

Truly, truly unbelievable. Truly impossible, without all of you. Thank you!!!!! to those who nominated Small Damages for this first annual award. Thank you to those who nudged it toward the win against two truly special artists, John Green and CJ Redwine. Thank you to those who make the Armchair BEA possible each year. I can't even imagine how much time and effort you Armchair BEA creators and coordinators put into this program. You have full-time jobs and responsibilities. We are lucky to have them in our lives. I am especially lucky.

Looks like I'll be going to the BEA after all, to accept the honor.

Wow.

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Please Vote: Small Damages named to Best Young Adult in Armchair BEA List!

This is sort of amazing to me (sort of! who am I kidding?) but Small Damages has just been named to the Armchair BEA Central Best of 2012 list, along with The Fault in our Stars and Defiance. I'm pretty darned sure this is the first time my book has ever been mentioned in the same breath as the work of John Green or CJ Redwine, and, well, yes, of course I'm the gonzo underdog here, but...> It would be so cool if you voted. It just would be so cool.

You can vote for this category and many others here. Voting ends May 13. 

I am so, well, grateful! Truly grateful. Is there another word?

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