Dana Simpson's Blog

Woo, so I neglect this blog, don’t I? I mostly figure news about what I’m doing is available elsewhere. …mostly I’m just bad at keeping up with details.

But this is worth sharing: we’re close to a movie/TV thing with Nickelodeon!

So the Phoebe and Her Unicorn Amazon storefront, with apparel, backpacks, bags, and cushions, is open!

We still have shirts on Topatoco, too.

So I’ve illustrated a picture book!

Its co-author is young Maddox Lyons, a 12-year-old trans boy, and it’s about a little trans boy trying to be understood by his parents and the world. I think this is a wonderful project and I hope it opens some minds!

It’s available to preorder now.

So there’s a shirt on Topatoco now!

If you’ve gotten fan mail back, it’s my fault.

I failed to keep my PO box paid up, and I know some people got mail back. I’m really sorry!

Feel free to send stuff along to the new address:

Dana Simpson

PO Box 6347

Santa Barbara, CA

93160-6347

Again, I’m really sorry for the inconvenience!

So the Today Show had Amazon.com list some summer reading books for young reluctant readers.

I’m #8!

I’m almost more excited that Breaking Cat News, by my friend Georgia Dunn, is #2. Go Georgia! Go kitties!

It had been a little while since I actually won an award, though I’ve been nominated a few times.

This time, kids did the voting! Phoebe was voted “Bravest Hero” (For The Magic Storm) at the Kids’ Comics Awards, at the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival.

(Which, by the way, I should attend some time. I lived in Ann Arbor for a while and have family in Michigan.)

At Auntie’s Bookstore, this Friday (the 13th) at 6.

Washington, I wish I knew how to quit you.

I’ll be returning to C&P Coffee Co. in West Seattle, for Words West Literary’s kids’ night.

I’ll be reading some selections from various “Phoebe and Her Unicorn” books.

It’ll be me and Suzanne Selfors. Last time it was fun! Starts at 6.

One child, anyway. A little girl named Katy, in Massachussetts. She wrote a letter to her local paper, the Daily Hampshire Gazette, asking them to please pick up ‘Phoebe and Her Unicorn.’

Not only did they, but they let her ask me some interview questions. And she really nailed it.

Read about it here!