Hey everyone! I recently read, and loved, Christina Schwarz's breathtaking new novel, The Edge of the Earth, which just came out from Atria Books. It's a story that begins in 1897, when two newlyweds are assigned to a lighthouse on the coast of Northern California,

Isn't the cover gorgeous?! Plume did a fantastic job with this one. It truly captures the feel of my beloved houseboat community in Seattle (the fictional and real one!). What is this story about, you ask? It's entirely inspired by the time I spent renting a

Last night (yes, on Easter!), I went on my very first hot air balloon ride! It was amazing, exhilarating, and so incredibly peaceful and cathartic for me on many personal levels. I'm writing an essay about this momentous balloon ride in the July issue of