About Peta
I’m a young adult writer & work-at-Starbucks mom juggling life with a 2 year old, and I love it. When I’m not writing, I’m scraping avocado off my jeans, chasing a soccer ball, or getting reacquainted with Thomas the Tank Engine and The Velveteen Rabbit.
A Few Favorite Reads
I love books. I’m addicted to the page, the sort of reader who’d willingly run a word-filled IV anytime. It’s hard to pin down absolute favorites for me (with anything) but here’s a selection of what I have loved, and am loving now.
I Write…
About families, mostly. My stories are about geeks–often half-Indian like me–struggling with all the usual teen drama. Except with flair, verve, and fun.
Book Lists
I love book lists and I try to put them together as often as I can. Often, lists are made up with help from other readers and writers, and I haven’t read every title on the list. But I’m working on it…
" 'Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear..."
Recent Blog Posts
Recent Posts
Gorgeous Paper Sculptures Pop Up Around Edinburgh
@Edencityoflit’s gorgeous paper sculpture, via Anna @ Anna-Not-Karenina For...
B&N Doesn’t Carry Catcher in the Rye? Not All The Time
While pulling covers for another post on Friday night, I tried to grab a cover for the...
Mummy, Interrupted (9.10.11)
Being a mother is making me existential. A few weeks ago, I ran into a friend at a coffee...
