Cristina Rouvalis

Thrilled to announce that our MG mystery, Snoopers & Sneakers, won a gold medal Moonbeam award.

Pittsburgh readers and cat lovers: Stop by Stories Like Me in Greenfield at 2 pm. this Sunday the 27th to hear Lydia and me read from our new middle grade novel, Snoopers & Sneakers. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/author-eve...
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Thrilled to be part of the @kellyclarksonshow on this Autism Acceptance Day to discuss our new MG book, Snoopers & Sneakers.
Find out where/when to watch in your area here:www.kellyclarksonshow/wheretowatch
Also will be featured WTAE TV in Pittsburgh. @autismthreads

Excited to share that Lydia and I will be interviewed on The Kelly Clarkson Show about our new book, Snoopers & Sneakers, on April 2, Autism Acceptance Day. Check your local listings, but in Pittsburgh, that's 3 p.m. on WTAE Channel 4. #autismthreads

Pittsburgh cat and book lovers, please stop by Creative Citizens Studio in Millvale from 6 to 8 p.m. to hear Lydia and me talk about our MG mystery, Snoopers & Sneakers. First hour sensory-friendly. Create your own bookmark. #neurodiverse

Pittsburgh book and cat lovers. Say hi to Lydia and me at Peters Township Library from 4 to 5 p.m. on March 5 for author visit for our middle grade mystery, Snoopers & Sneakers. #neurodiversity

Looking for a book to read with your tween child? Jed Doherty interviewed me and my co-author about our middle grade mystery, Snoopers & Sneakers, for his Reading With Your Kids. podcast. Unleashing Inner Superpowers, Navigating Middle School Friendships and Autism episode.

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Staffing was ‘not normal’ at airport tower, according to a preliminary F.A.A. report. Staffing at the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,” according to an internal preliminary Federal Aviation Administration safety report about the collision that was reviewed by The New York Times. The controller who was handling helicopters in the airport’s vicinity Wednesday night was also instructing planes that were landing and departing from its runways. Those jobs typically are assigned to two controllers, rather than one.

Trump, Vance, Hegseth, and Combs all said they were briefed on the collision, so they all knew about this internal FAA report when they went on TV to blame minorities for the crash.

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Many thanks, Debbie.

Books by JL DuRona: The Berge Sisters Tour the Neitherswarth, The Ghosts of Warble Hall, and The Stone Hollow Circle

Struggling a bit this winter. Would be amazing if y'all share this post, or take a gander yourself.

I wrote these! If you like Goosebumps, Beetlejuice, Gremlins, and snarky female leads, check 'em out! #kidlit #mg

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I see authors sheepishly announcing books, or apologizing for good news.

Friends: we’re enduring an onslaught of censorship and bigotry. I am PROUD that you wrote anything. Please yell about what you're doing. Art is a fuel to keeps many of us going.

Thanks for doing this, Debbie. I tried it again. Let me know if that did the trick!

Cristina Rouvalis and Lydia Wayman Jane is a wiz at facts and numbers, but she’s clueless when it comes to other kids. Her autism and all-consuming love of cats make her a target for bullies. She’s nothing like Ashley. Ashley is bub…

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Excited for January 21 launch of our debut MG novel, Snoopers & Sneakers. Kirkus called it "a delightful cozy mystery with sprightly young investigators at the reins." lydiaandcristina.wordpress.com/about/

Through 'Snoopers & Sneakers,' Local Authors Are Shining a Light on Autism Written by local authors Cristina Rouvalis and Lydia Wayman, "Snoopers & Sneakers" is set in Pittsburgh and shines a light on autism.

Big thank you to Kristy Graver for this lovely and heartfelt story on our middle grade novel, Snoopers & Sneakers, which comes out today.
www.pittsburghmagazine.com/snoopers-and...

Excited for January 21 launch of our debut MG novel, Snoopers & Sneakers. Kirkus called it "a delightful cozy mystery with sprightly young investigators at the reins." lydiaandcristina.wordpress.com/about/

New children's novel 'Snoopers & Sneakers,' set in Pittsburgh, explores autism and friendship The chance collaboration of two authors with distinctly different writing backgrounds produced “Snoopers & Sneakers" — in bookstores Jan. 21

Fellow cat-obsessed writers out there -- This article from NextPittsburgh captures me and my wonderful co-author Lydia Wayman, chin-deep in cat fur ,as we describe our collaboration on our soon-to-be-released middle grade novel, Snoopers & Sneakers.
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Pittsburgh friends, cat lovers and middle grade books fans. Lydia and I would love to see you Saturday, January 25 at the book launch for Snooopers & Sneakers at Spark Books in charming Aspinwall. Kids welcome!

Elon Musk: Doing to congress what he does to tesla drivers: trapping us inside and setting us on fire.

President Musk

Trump picks threaten more lawsuits over critical coverage

This is why you don’t settle defamation lawsuits by public figures.

Me pretending to pay attention during Zoom meetings:

Reached for comment, the author of the letter said, “If you print that, I will deny I wrote it.” When he was reminded that it had been sent from the same personal e-mail account that he still uses, he said, “I don’t care. I’ll just say it never happened

actual lol

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We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation a book by Eric Garcia "This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It's also my love letter to autistic people. For too ...

If you are looking for books to buy this #BlackFriday, you can buy my book We're Not Broken from your local bookshop via Bookshop.org. They're doing a sale and you can support local bookstores at the same time.
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yes, yes, yes to my favorite spy!

ICYMI 🖤

Honestly I find so much freedom in writing #middlegrade. It’s a chance to connect with my inner child, that voracious reader who needed worlds to escape into.

Alanna, Queen’s Thief, The Squire’s Tales. So many stories that I still carry with me #kidlitchat

Harriet the Spy -- still adore that book, even though I wince when they find Harriet's nasty notebook and they turn on her. I wanted to be a spy too but I was too much of a chicken.
As an adult, I fell in love with The Great Gilly Hopkins.

We're Not Broken “This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It’s also my love letter to autistic people. For too ...

Apropos of nothing, I wrote a whole book explaining how the autism anti-vaccine panic was rooted in a fear of autism. That allowed cranks like RFK Jr. to thrive and prey off of parents of #ActuallyAutistic children's fears.
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loved that book!