Lucky for me, the Fond-du-lac Reporter, their local newspaper, has a strangely active online group of readers.

This year, my novel GET WELL SOON (a pretty funny book about a girl in a mental hospital) was challenged in an over the top effort by an individual parent in a middle school in Fond-du-lac, Wisconsin. Writing zines turned into me writing books! Here’s a (sorry, a little long) post about being an author during Banned Books Week:Īs an author of young adult books, one of the coolest things that can happen to you is to have your book challenged by an angry parent or concerned member of the community. Thanks so much for having me on the Quimby’s blog! My career as an author really started at Quimby’s, when Liz Mason (then Saidel) and I used to sell our zine, cul-de-sac.

feature our first guest blogger, Julie Halpern, the writer behind the books Get Well Soon (which was originally a zine sold here at Quimby’s!) and Into The Wild Nerd Yonder. This annual event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.For more info about challenged and banned books, click here. Challenges have occurred in every state and in hundreds of communities, and all manner of titles, everything from classics to contemporary. This week Quimby’s Bookstore is honoring Banned Books Week.

Get well soon by julie halpern