Wendy Mass

Picture me jumping up and down and screaming when my editor called to tell me. I’m still jumping (just on the inside now.) Thank you everyone who found this book in the bookstore and took it home, and to the bookstores who have been so supportive of it, and to all the people at Little…

MOVIE UPDATE: Jeremy Fink is now available ONLINE on Walmart.com! Saves ya a trip to the store! (which is out of them!) This is the only place you can get the movie until its nationwide release in March. And check out the newest movie trailer! Ok, I just read the youtube comments, and seriously guys,…

If anyone is near Westport, CT, the Bow Tie Cinema will be showing the Jeremy Fink movie at 7 pm, this Thursday, the 27th. Before that, at 4:30, the Westport Library is doing a panel on Book to Script to Film. Hope to see you there! (also a showing saturday morn at 10 but I…

Well, this is a first for me. I’m blogging to you from 40,000 feet on my way to California. Why is it that any time you fly and they show sitcoms it’s the ONE EPISODE of that sitcom that you’ve already seen? And why does time move so slowly on an airplane? Back on earth,…

HI everyone! Happy to announce that 13 GIFTS, the next book in the series that began with 11 BIRTHDAYS and FINALLY, has hit the stores!! You’ll find all your favorite characters from the other two books, along with a lot of new ones. Enjoy!! Here’s a video about it from the Scholastic Book Fair. We…

Okay, so I can finally tell you guys when the movie version of Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life is coming out…well, sort of. It might still be hitting a big screen here and there in the next few months, but if you don’t happen to live near “here” or “there”, you can still…

We have a winning title…Finally!! (no Finally’s not the title, that was a different book! Ok, a bad pun. Haven’t gotten much sleep lately!) So in a previous blog entry titled: From A to Z, so many of you offered up amazing titles for the book about the boy who has to rebuild the universe…

I just want to thank all the kids and teachers and librarians and committee members who came from all over the state yesterday to celebrate your love of books and reading. It was amazing to meet all of you, and I was really honored to receive the award for 11 Birthdays. Plus, I got to…

Why do I promise such things as updating this in a certain time? Whenever I say that, just add a month. Oy! Got lots to talk about but also lots of pages to write, so just a few quick things… Thank you to everyone who voted for FINALLY for the Children’s Choice Book Awards!! There…

Just popping in with two quick things before writing a proper blog next week. First, THANK YOU to all the people who suggested titles for my work-in-progress!! I love them!! My editor and I are in the process of narrowing it down and I’ll let you know the outcome. Also…I’m happy to announce that FINALLY,…