Deborah Halverson

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No Plans for Sunday?

April 30, 2008

The San Diego Children’s Book Festival is this Sunday, May 4, 10:00-4:30. It’s a free event for families and teens. I’ll be on the teen panel at 3:00 in the Library Community Room and signing HONK IF YOU HATE ME afterward. Other authors and illustrators there will include David Shannon, Gerald McDermott, Janell Cannon, Bruce […]

Filed Under: Adventures in Writing

Viva Las Vegas

April 27, 2008

It’s true that writers must suffer for their art. Take me, for instance. Since I’ve become a writer, I’ve had to see how many hot dogs I could eat in an hour and then write about how I felt (nauseous), eat as much of the world’s biggest Cold Stone hot fudge sundae as I could […]

Filed Under: Adventures in Writing, Especially for Teen Readers

Down with the New, Up with the Old

April 25, 2008

Update: The “new” www.DeborahHalverson.com website is back in the shop for repairs. The old one is up and running as before.

Filed Under: Adventures in Writing

DeborahHalverson.com Gets a Facelift

April 25, 2008

My website just got a new look! After a few months of tinkering in my “spare time” (and desperately thumbing through a 900-page “Dreamweaver for Dummies” book), I have revamped and now relaunched my main website, www.DeborahHalverson.com. Check it out and let me know what you think. Do keep in mind, though,

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Shout Out to Bishop Gorman High School

April 22, 2008

Hello to the gang at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas! We just spent a day together, with another ahead of us tomorrow, and I’m totally jazzed. Your questions and enthusiasm about HONK IF YOU HATE ME and BIG MOUTH have been nothing short of super. And your input so far for Novel #3 […]

Filed Under: Especially for Teen Readers

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