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Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah

The New York Times Bestselling duo behind Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist and The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily return with twins out to throw the party of a lifetime–or at least the best party of high school! Siblings…

EVERY DAY is coming to theaters FEBRUARY 23rd!

The trailer is now up!  There’s the regular trailer and then one with an intro from me. I am so excited about the movie (which is so true to the book) and so excited that you can now see a bit…

The Realm of Possibility

I never expected to write a novel in verse, and in fact it took me a while to admit (to others, to myself) that the stories in The Realm of Possibility were poems and not just “stories with linebreaks” (although…

On Photography and Physicality

1. For the past sixteen years and three months, I’ve taken at least one photograph every day. It started as a new year’s resolution, and for about a decade, it existed on film. Then I dropped my film camera, a…

Boy Meets Boy

Our book-of-the-month continues with the one that started it all, Boy Meets Boy, which is discounted this month to $1.99 on all e-tailers (Amazon, bn.com, iBooks, et al.) and is of course available in an anniversary edition in print, at…

January is for . . . WIDE AWAKE

Since I don’t have a new book coming out in 2017, I’ve decided to rewind a little, and discuss/spotlight a different novel of mine every month. I’ll write a little bit about each, answer questions about each on my Facebook…

The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily

New York Times bestselling authors Rachel Cohn and David Levithan are back with a life-affirming Christmas romance starring Dash and Lily. Dash and Lily have had a tough year since readers first watched the couple fall in love synapses withwomen are…

Acceptance Speech: Margaret A. Edwards Award

Many friends who couldn’t be there have asked me to post my Edwards Award speech. This is my transcription of sorts — I’ve smoothed out a few of the clunkier lines, and there are bound to be typos. I also did…

You Know Me Well

Who knows you well? Your best friend? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? A stranger you meet on a crazy night? No one, really? Mark and Kate have sat next to each other for an entire year, but have never spoken. For whatever…

Another Day

The eagerly anticipated companion to David Levithan’s New York Times bestseller Every Day In this enthralling companion to his New York Times bestseller Every Day, David Levithan (co-author  of Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green) tells Rhiannon’s side of the story as she seeks to discover the truth about…