Join me for this celebration at Old Haunts Bookstore in Granite Bay!

Hey, NorCal friends! If you’re in the neighborhood, I’d love for you to stop by and see me at the Sacramento Book Festival. 📚 It’s always such a fun, book-filled day, and I’m excited to be part of it this year. I’ll be joining a middle grade panel with some wonderful friends—Lisa Riddiough, Lisa Moore Ramée, Laura Atkins, and Stan Yogi. It’s sure to be a lively conversation about writing, storytelling, and all things kidlit. Immediately following the panel, we’ll be signing

I had the pleasure of visiting the Pink Pearl Writing Blog to chat about the importance of humor in middle grade books. My host Dr. Kimberly Biddle asked some wonderful questions about my writing process and why humor plays such a central role in my stories. Check it out for your chance to win a copy of OLLIE OXLEY AND THE GHOST or HART & SOULS. Read More.

Lisa Schmid will be at the Sacramento Book Festival on April 19, 2026 from 10 AM to 5 PM. Come visit at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center. Finding Your Place: Middle Grade Fiction with. Moderator Crystel Patterson Panel Includes: 1. Laura Atkins & Stan Yogi & Bringing the Beach Home 2. Lisa Moor Ramée, A Good Kind of Trouble and more 3. Lisa Frenkel Riddiough, Elvis and the World As It Stands 4. Lisa Schmid, Ollie Oxley and Hart & Souls

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Take a peek at my interview with Melissa Roske over at FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MIDDLE GRADE AUTHORS blog. Interview with Lisa Schmid...

And don't miss Writers With Wrinkles, a new podcast from me and Beth McMullen, where we iron out the wrinkles in publishing, one podcast...