My trans femme friend: I’m like the Jane Goodall of the straights

Here it is: the UK cover for my upcoming book, THE INCANDESCENT - a school story about teaching magic, about power and privilege and history, and also about being thirty-eight and career obsessed and chronically bad at identifying when someone is into you.

Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community.

Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.