Last week I came home and found my very first actual copy of the UK version of CHARM AND STRANGE. What a surreal moment! The cover art for the book is absolutely stunning and it was done by the amazing Jim Kay. He illustrated A MONSTER CALLS, which is a book my son and I read together last year, and which broke both our hearts. When my editor at Egmont UK wrote to tell me they were asking Mr. Kay to provide artwork for CHARM AND STRANGE, I was both humbled and honored–but also terrified that my words wouldn’t … read the rest
I am so very happy to get to announce that my second YA novel has sold to St. Martin’s Press. From Publisher’s Marketplace:
Author of the forthcoming CHARM & STRANGE, Stephanie Kuehn’s second YA novel, COMPLICIT, about a young man who is forced to deal with the murky memories of his childhood and confront his dark past when his sister comes back to town; memories that may or may not be real, again to Sara Goodman at St. Martin’s, by Michael Bourret at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (NA).
And wow, not only am I excited for COMPLICIT because … read the rest
I’m not one to celebrate a lot of bookish milestones. In fact, I’m not one to celebrate milestones, period. I’m pretty happy to let birthdays slide by without notice. Holiday traditions I can take or leave. That’s a shame, really, if I think about it. Growth comes from reflection. Meaning-making does too.
December 11th is a memorable day in my family’s history. For sad reasons, not good. But it’s a day of undeniable reflection and of much-needed meaning. So this year, on December 11th, when I received both sets of first pass pages (from the US and the UK) for … read the rest
The picture on the left is from my wedding day, taken back in 1999. Prior to June 12, 1967, if my husband and I had tried to get married, our union would have been considered illegal in over sixteen states. We might have been arrested: just like Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving, a black and Native American woman and a white man, who were arrested and sentenced to jail time in Virginia after their 1958 marriage.
You can read more about the Lovings here and how they took their case all the way to the Supreme Court. And won. It … read the rest