Cordelia Jensen

Best book mail! Lilac and the Switchback is my first book to receive a Junior Library Guild gold star selection and I’m so happy to now have the physical award!

Amber McBride Talks with Roger The Leaving Roomdoesn’t start with much — a girl in a room talking to herself. But I knew, from interviewingAmber McBrideaboutGone Wolf, to trust that nothing was necessarily as it seemed.

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: @ambsmcbride.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger about THE LEAVING ROOM www.hbook.com/story/amber-... #BlackHistoryMonth @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

Best book mail! Lilac and the Switchback is my first book to receive a Junior Library Guild gold star selection and I’m so happy to now have the physical award!

Thursday (2/12) on Hoot and Holler (4-5 pm, wesufm.org, 88.1 FM) I interview Ned Hickson about his crime novel Harbinger of Truth, and I talk to Cordelia Jensen about her novel Lilac and the Switchback. @nedhickson-author.bsky.social @cordeliajenkins.bsky.social

Such an honor to be interviewed for this book! It’s a must for anyone studying/interested in the novel in verse craft!

Thanks for reposting! This is a resource I wish more people knew about !

Such an honor to be interviewed for this book! It’s a must for anyone studying/interested in the novel in verse craft!

Thanks for reading Lilac!!

Thanks so much for including Lilac and the Switchback!

@baronchrisbaron.bsky.social @katefussner.bsky.social @cordeliajensen.bsky.social @elockhartbooks.bsky.social

Orange graphic with white flowers and the text "New to You Pennsylvania Authors." The black version of the Pennsylvania Center for the Book's logo is included in the bottom right-hand corner.

Orange graphic with white flowers and two book covers, Lilac and the Switchback by Cordelia Jensen and Mendel the Mess-Up by Terry LaBan. The name of each author is listed under their book cover.

Orange graphic with white flowers and two book covers, Street Cats & Where to Find Them by Jeff Bogle and The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes by Xio Axelrod. The name of each author is listed under their book cover.

🎉 Celebrate the start of 2026 with a book from one of these (potentially) new to you Pennsylvania authors:

📙 Cordelia Allen Jensen ( @cordeliajensen.bsky.social )
📙 Terry LaBan
📙 Jeff Bogle
📙 Xio Axelrod ( @xioaxelrod.bsky.social )

Yay Becky can’t wait!

Hooray! Hoping to see you in Frederick—Love Curious Iguana!

#kidlit crowd! Please join me for this mini tour in Maryland January events with @laurashovan.bsky.social and guest Naomi Milliner. We will be first in Frederick and then on Columbia! Details below! #versenovels #mglit #authorevents

#kidlit crowd! Please join me for this mini tour in Maryland January events with @laurashovan.bsky.social and guest Naomi Milliner. We will be first in Frederick and then on Columbia! Details below! #versenovels #mglit #authorevents

Thanks Melissa !!

If there are any 4th-7th grade teachers here for #kidlit chat @melissadassori.bsky.social and I are running a friendship themed #giveaway on instagram for a copy of four of our books and a free author zoom check out our insta posts to enter!

#MG #VerseNovel enthusiasts, award-winning #author @cordeliajensen.bsky.social has a new book out in the world! LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK. Heads up @doucette515.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social #kidlit #writingcommunity #librarian #MGBookChat

Thank you so much Jen!!

And my favorite novels in verse I read this year! #kidlitchat

Thanks Linda!! All #versenovel enthusiasts should also check out #DiVERSE, 28 verse novelists interviewed!! Best craft resource out there for NIVs!

Thanks Linda!! All #versenovel enthusiasts should also check out #DiVERSE, 28 verse novelists interviewed!! Best craft resource out there for NIVs!

Take Five: Top 5 Books at My School This Fall I'm curious what's moving the most at your libraries, especially if you're in Minnesota.

Take Five: Top 5 Books at My School This Fall

I'm curious what's moving the most at your libraries, especially if you're in Minnesota.

teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/11/21/t... @tltkaren.bsky.social

STEERING the CRAFT A 21ST-CENTURY GUIDE SAILING THE SEA STORY URSULA K LE GUIN Jane Alison Meander Spiral Explode Design and Pattern in Narrative JOHN GARD THE ART OF FICTION NOTES ON CRAFT FOR TERS Refuse to Be Done How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts MATT BELL CRON STOR STORY GENIUS BOW TO USE BRAIN SCIENCE TO GO BEYOND OUTLINING AND WRITE A RIVETING NOVEL (•Before Too Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Ge Newt LISA CRON AUTHOR OF WIRED FOR STORY SAVE THE CAT! The Last Book On Screenwriting That Youll Ever Need BLAKE SNYDER

Starting to go through writing craft books for a novel story/structure/strategy MFA course I’m creating.
#academicsky

The Most Dangerous AI Tool for Libraries Yet How Class-Shelf Plus v3 quietly turns censorship into an automated workflow and why every librarian should be alarmed.

AI is now being used to “flag” school library books.
The new CLCD tool, Class-Shelf Plus v3, may speed up censorship under the guise of efficiency.

This development should alarm every librarian and educator. #TLSky #EduSkyAi #libraries #censorship open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

Excited for the Granby Children’s Book Festival this weekend!! #middlegrade #kidlit #freeevent #mgbooks

Excited for the Granby Children’s Book Festival this weekend!! #middlegrade #kidlit #freeevent #mgbooks

#kidlit crowd! Need a good read for a 9-13 year old? Called a “winning tale” by School Library Journal, a “tender story” in a starred review from Booklist and “well paced” by Horn Book. Check out this #versenovel today!

#kidlit crowd! Need a good read for a 9-13 year old? Called a “winning tale” by School Library Journal, a “tender story” in a starred review from Booklist and “well paced” by Horn Book. Check out this #versenovel today!

So glad you enjoyed Lilac, Linda!!! 💜