A STAR for Wicked Nix!
In just over a month, WICKED NIX will arrive on the shelves. It’s a nail-biting time for an author because reviews are starting to come in. I’m so delighted that NIX has just received its first star from Booklist! It’s also going to be a Junior Library Guild selection! October 9th, here we come! – ★ “Nix, “the foulest of the fairies,” lives in the forest near a village, subsisting on fairy gifts from townspeople or anything he can scrounge up (“it’s not stealing if you’re a fairy”), all while waiting for the return of the fairy queen, who abandoned him last...
Read MoreA blurb from Jonathan Auxier!
Really thrilled with some of the advanced praise that Wicked Nix is getting. Check out my latest blurb from Jonathan Auxier. The best fairy story he’s read in years!!...
Read MoreA blurb from Kelly Barnhill!
I am utterly delighted to share this blurb for my upcoming MG novel, WICKED NIX, from Newbery Award winner (!!) Kelly Barnhill!!!! “Wicked Nix is like any other fairy food – it is delightful; it will cut you to the core. With humor and heartbreak, devastating loss and the hope of connection, Wicked Nix is a meditation on the lies we tell ourselves to protect ourselves, and the unexpected ways we might build a family. A sharp, startling, wondrous story.” Kelly Barnhill...
Read MoreAnnouncing WICKED NIX!
I’m delighted to announce that my first middle-grade novel, WICKED NIX, will be coming out in October from Amulet in the states and HarperCollins Canada in Canada. Jaime Zollars is the cover artist and has done the most gorgeous interior illustrations–including a map! I am over the moon! ISBN 978-1-4197-2869-3...
Read MoreStarred Selection!
The verdict is in! Worlds of Ink and Shadow is a starred selection in the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids and Teens.
Read MoreMy Readercon Schedule
Tomorrow I head off to Boston for my first Readercon! I’ll be getting both my panels out of the way on Friday, so then I can sit back and enjoy the rest of the conference. (Whew!) I’m so excited to speak about a hero of mine, Diana Wynne Jones, who is a memorial guest of honor. Here’s where I’ll be: FRIDAY, JULY 8th 11:00 AM BH The Works of Diana Wynne Jones. Lena Coakley, Alena McNamara, Sharyn November (leader), Bethany Powell, Sonya Taaffe. Diana Wynne Jones (1934-2011) is renowned as one of the twentieth century’s best writers of children’s...
Read MoreAbout Me
Hi! I'm Lena, a young adult fantasy author from Toronto.