Year of the Sssnake 🐍 Happy Lunar New Year!

Friends, the news is finally out! 🏊‍♀️ 💦 I’m very (VERY) happy to share that my second graphic novel (can you freakin believe it?!) is officially in the works with Simon Teen. Get ready for FLIPTURNS, a queer YA romance, coming to a shelf near you in summer 2028.

You’ll meet my girls soon enough, and I hope you love them as much as I do… This story is very sweet and nostalgic for me. I’m excited to bring my hometown into the spotlight and give some love to swimming—a sport I personally loathed for nearly a decade. Shoutout to all the lane sixers, catholic schoolers, and confused, stressed-out teenagers. This one’s for you!

Thank you to Nat Morris for helping me shape this second pitch, and thank you to Feather Flores for taking on this story and giving my sweet girls a chance to shine ✨👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Can’t say it enough—I love my Simon Teen team! Let’s knock it outta the gd park!

PS. If I cancel any plans, just know I’ll be drawing ✍️

Fave BOTY goes to The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue 📖

Here’s to Kacey Musgraves, yet again, for taking the top slot for my most listened to artist of 2024 🌱 Deeper Well was a much needed album this year—a pocket of pure, dreamy calm. Put me in a basket and take me straight to the bottom ! 🧺

It’s museum season 🖊️📖🍂

Fun at the Princeton Children’s Book Fair!

Only heart-eyes for Nico Hernandez

Still life of us watching True Blood 📺 Gouache on paper!