I’m happy to share the news that Cross Fire is a finalist for the 2019 Oregon Book Award in the YA category, alongside The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw, Books Smarts & Tender Hearts by Shelley Pearson, and This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada. Congratulations to all the finalists! This is my third Oregon Book Award nomination (Zeroboxer and Exo were nominees in 2016 and 2018 respectively). The full announcement and more details can be found on the Literary Arts website.