Stuff
January 23, 2012
It’s been snowing this week in typically rainy Seattle—big, juicy white flakes you can catch on your tongue. Here in the...
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My life in 8 words: "Above the clouds but still learning to fly"
November 26, 2011
I love what I do for a living. Most of the time. Like any job, though, it has its challenges. Sometimes, the words don’t come...
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September 6, 2011
Not long ago, I found myself with 36,644 of my closest soccer compadres at Century Link Field in Seattle, cheering like mad as...
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June 16, 2011
For 37 years, my dad worked for Boeing as a computer programmer, before retiring some years back. He did some pretty amazing...
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April 19, 2011
As the third book in my Secrets of a Lab Rat series goes out into the world, I am thinking about the people who are, as...
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March 18, 2011
I know writers are supposed to say we are romantic souls, inspired by the finest in music, poetry, art, nature, and humanity....
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December 29, 2010
Some of my greatest joys and some of my greatest sorrows have occurred around the holidays. Or maybe it’s that I am more aware...
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September 21, 2010
I adore crisp autumn days, the roar of a football crowd, leaves crunching under my feet, and, most importantly, the start of a...
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July 28, 2010
I tracked the falcon across the Sun as it banked sharply left, then swooped in low between the fir trees. He was...
June 22, 2010
I am happiest when it rains. Maybe it’s because I’ve lived most of my life in the soggy Pacific Northwest, but I...
May 4, 2010
You know how writers are supposed to tap into their inner angst for inspiration and authenticity? I...
April 7, 2010
I've written sixty fiction and nonfiction titles for children, covering fascinating and complex...
March 10, 2010
I’d much rather listen to a speech than give one. Nerves may have something to do with it, but I...
February 9, 2010
It’s launch day for Secrets of a Lab Rat #2: Mom, There’s a Dinosaur in Beeson’s Lake. Scab McNally, the main character in...
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January 19, 2010
Haiti. There is only one word I can think to describe it: heartbreaking. If you’re like me, you want desperately to reach...
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December 10, 2009
We’ve lived in our home for three and a half years and for three and a half years I have contemplated re-painting the light...
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October 27, 2009
In the early years of my marriage, I was working 50+ hours a week as a television news reporter in a little town in Eastern...
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August 24, 2009
“There’s a pileated and her baby at the suet!”
Faster than you can say, “procrastinating writer,” I am skidding...
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June 8, 2009
I admit it. I am a weather-a-holic. I love anything that has to do with the weather, from cloud watching to storm chasing to...
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Stealing Popular will be released on September 04, 2012 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Jan 28, 2012
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Snows of InspirationJan 24, 2012
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Live Your DreamNov 27, 2011
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Gooooooaaaaaaaal!Sep 07, 2011
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A Father's LoveJun 17, 2011
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Chapter 1 from Scab for Treasurer?Apr 20, 2011
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Lift Your Glass!Apr 20, 2011
Scab for Treasurer? is now available in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 19, 2011
Scab for Treasurer? will be released on April 19, 2011 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 19, 2011
No Girls Allowed (Dogs Okay) will be released on March 22, 2011 in eBook
Mar 22, 2011
No Girls Allowed (Dogs Okay) is now available in eBook
Mar 22, 2011
Mom, There's a Dinosaur in Beeson's Lake will be released on March 22, 2011 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Mar 22, 2011
Mom, There's a Dinosaur in Beeson's Lake is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Mar 22, 2011
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The Achoo! EffectMar 20, 2011
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Love is Our GiftDec 30, 2010
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The Promise of FallSep 22, 2010
Trudi Trueit's Books
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Scab for Treasurer?Wacky middle-grade hijinks in Trudi Trueit's third title in the well reviewed Secrets of a Lab Rat series.Read More
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Mom, There's a Dinosaur in Beeson's LakeWacky middle-grade hijinks in Trudi Trueit's Mom, There's a Dinosaur in Beeson's Lake, second title in the well reviewed Secrets of a Lab Rat series.Read More
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No Girls Allowed (Dogs Okay)Wacky middle-grade hijinks in Trudi Trueit's No Girls Allowed, Dogs Okay, first title in the well reviewed Secrets of a Lab Rat series.Read More
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Stealing PopularOne girl decides to take back the popularity--and the power--from the queen bees at her middle school.Read More
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Trudi Trueit Revealed
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Anything worth having takes everything you've got
Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
A. Amelia Earhart
Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
A. I am not adventurous enough (even the automatic doors at the grocery store scare me)
Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
A. Integrity, Compassion, Mercy
Q. Which living person do you most admire?
A. Billy Graham
Learn more about Trudi Trueit
Authors on the Web
Bildungsroman, September 10, 2011
...Lee Carey, Mary Casanova, Lorie Ann Grover, Joan Holub, Deb Lund, Claire Rudolf Murphy, Lisa L. Owens, and Trudi Trueit have launched Skype Authors, an author-visit-booking site that will aid schools, book clubs, and educational charities. Additionally,...
readergirlz, September 10, 2011
...Shout out to Cynthia Leitich Smith for sharing about Skype Authors on Cynsations. You can read the full article here. I'm happy to be a part of this esteemed group making a difference to CAMFED and literacy in schools. Feel free to spread the news to all...
Madigan Reads, May 29, 2011
...Clone Wars: Boba Fett Jedi Hunter - Clare Hibbert Secrets of a Lab Rat: Scab for Treasurer? - Trudi Trueit, illustrated by Jim Paillot Dear America: The Diary of Amelia Martin, A Light in the Storm - Karen Hesse Boxcar Children #127: Monkey Trouble -...
