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

Anxious sixth-grader Stix Hart wants to survive middle school unnoticed—but when he stumbles upon three ghostly classmates trapped for...

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...

Be still my heart . . . I have a book deal! Thank you so much to my AMAZING agent Leslie Zampetti. I am thrilled to be working with...

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...

This week, I sat with spooky crew member Ira Marcks to discuss his graphic novel, Shark Summer. In addition, I wanted to learn about his...

Wow! I recieved this lovely gift from FReadomUSA and it made my day! Please take a moment to learn about this awesome company,...

I am super excited to be the Ruby's Books, Junior Book Club selection for October. Fun fact: I wrote OLLIE OXLEY AND THE GHOST while I...

I am honored and thrilled Ally Malinenko asked me to help launch her fabulous debut novel, GHOST GIRL into the world! Join us for a fun...

I'm excited to announce that I'm hosting Ruby's Books new Junior Book Club. Every month I will choose a fabulous middle-grade book for...

1. Tell us about Rewritten. Rewritten is the sequel to Unwritten, which follows Gracie, a twelve-year-old girl who is actually a...

I recently participated in World Read Aloud Day. It was a blast! But the day only got better when I discovered that one of the librarians...

World Read Aloud Day was an absolute blast! I Skyped with six different classes around the country. The kids asked the best questions and...

Many of you have asked if Ollie Oxley and The Ghost is an AR book. All you need to do is click here and request for it to be added to...

Today was my first radio interview as an author. I got to talk about OLLIE OXLEY AND THE GHOST. It was also a huge shout out to the...

I had so much fun participating in my first ever, nErD Camp! It was a joy to speak with students and educators. I also loved spending...