I'm Ashley Hope Pérez, author of the young-adult novels, What Can't Wait (available in March 2011 from Carolrhoda LAB) and The Knife and the Butterfly (scheduled for release in 2012 from Carolrhoda LAB). You can get the scoop on my novels here. If you are a teacher, librarian, reviewer, or other advocate of books for teens, please contact me to find out about a review copy of What Can't Wait.

The book review section contains book suggestions and will be updated with reviews of new books and with entries on old favorites. Because I write young adult fiction myself, I'm focusing on YA reviews first.

My blog will (someday...) serve as a place to share cool links and information on writing, movies, and culture in general. I'm a regular reader of a number of authors, agents, and publishers' blogs, so I'll try to link to the most useful and interesting material I find in my daily reading.

Eventually I plan to add sections on movies, writing advice I've gleaned from various conferences, sentences worthy of emulation, and much more.

I welcome you to contact me regarding any of the site's content. You can also read a bit more about me if you like.

Best wishes,

Ashley Hope Pérez