Stellar X 2

Until today, Yvonne and I have pretty much been stars only in our own minds. But now we’ve discovered that we’re nominated for The Stellar Book Award — British Columbia’s Teen Readers Choice Award.

And the really great news is that TWO of our books have been nominated – The Black Sheep and The New and Improved Vivien Leigh Reid: Diva in Control.

From now till April, teens throughout B.C. can read, rank, review, and discuss favourite nominees. We hope lots of west coast teens will discuss us, and when they’re done with that, they can discuss the fabulous Susan Juby, who’s also nominated. If we have to lose (but how could we, with TWO books in the running?), we want to lose to Susan.

I’m not trying to influence anyone here, but I love Vancouver and visit often. You guys have the mountains and the ocean, whereas in Toronto, we’ve got… snow. Soon, anyway. The only thing Yvonne and I hate more than winter is… Well, nothing, actually. But now we can look forward to spring and perhaps winning a Stellar.

Enjoy a long winter’s reading B.C. teens — and thanks for making this bleak, late November day starry.