Portrait of the Author

I got my first two copies of A Bottle of Light last week, and immediately handed them off to my nephews (to whom the book is dedicated). About half an hour ago, the postman delivered a (small) box full—w00t! It’s only available through a special reading program that Scholastic is running in schools, rather than regular and online bookstores, but I’m still happy enough to see it to grin a cheesy grin:

Update: thanks to everyone for the congratulations. Unfortunately, “Bottle of Light” is part of what Scholastic calls a directed reading program, which means it’s only available in schools—not even the kids can buy copies to take home to read themselves. The program’s web site doesn’t say much about the pedagogical theory behind this; if I can find out more about their reasoning, I’ll let you know.