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I'm excited to announce that Groundwood Books has acquired my novel in verse AD SEG!

Ad seg is short for administrative segregation, which is a euphemism for solitary confinement in juvenile detention centers. In the story, Finn and Clem are placed in ad seg. They are allowed to meet up for one hour each day for yard, and Clem tries to help Finn hold onto his sanity, especially when Finn tells him he has a time-travel portal in his cell.

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Since 2003, the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature has been awarded every other year to a living writer or author-illustrator with significant achievement in children's or young-adult literature. Made possible through the generosity of Nancy Barcelo, Susan Neustadt Schwartz, and Kathy Neustadt and sponsored by World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma's award-winning magazine of international literature, the NSK Prize celebrates literature that contributes to the quality of children's lives. Candidates for the award are nominated by a jury of children's and young adult literature writers, illustrators, or scholars, and the jury also selects the winner of each biennial prize.

I was deeply honoured to be one of the nominees.