Cordelia Jensen
@cordeliajensen.bsky.social
MG/YA verse novelist, author of LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK, EVERY SHINY THING, SKYSCRAPING, THE WAY THE LIGHT BENDS. Creative writing teacher, freelance editor and certified book coach.
Excited for the Granby Children’s Book Festival this weekend!! #middlegrade #kidlit #freeevent #mgbooks
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Excited for the Granby Children’s Book Festival this weekend!! #middlegrade #kidlit #freeevent #mgbooks
#kidlit crowd! Need a good read for a 9-13 year old? Called a “winning tale” by School Library Journal, a “tender story” in a starred review from Booklist and “well paced” by Horn Book. Check out this #versenovel today!
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#kidlit crowd! Need a good read for a 9-13 year old? Called a “winning tale” by School Library Journal, a “tender story” in a starred review from Booklist and “well paced” by Horn Book. Check out this #versenovel today!
Behind every great cat character there’s a real cat?? Certainly true with Lilac and the Switchback! This is Lyle, the inspiration behind Lilac’s cat London. Want to read more about London? Interested in coming of age middle grade NIV? Check out Lilac and the Switchback!
October 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Behind every great cat character there’s a real cat?? Certainly true with Lilac and the Switchback! This is Lyle, the inspiration behind Lilac’s cat London. Want to read more about London? Interested in coming of age middle grade NIV? Check out Lilac and the Switchback!
Some recent praise for Lilac and the Switchback!
October 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Some recent praise for Lilac and the Switchback!
ICYMI, @mitumalhotra.bsky.social provided me with such a special opportunity on the Cynsations blog. Read her interview of me here: cynthialeitichsmith.com/2025/09/auth... #kidlit #versenovels
October 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
ICYMI, @mitumalhotra.bsky.social provided me with such a special opportunity on the Cynsations blog. Read her interview of me here: cynthialeitichsmith.com/2025/09/auth... #kidlit #versenovels
Grateful for this lovely review of Lilac and the Switchback in @thehornbook.bsky.social! Review is not final or published yet and will be excited to share all soon but here’s a glimpse! #kidlit #versenovels #middlegrade @holiday-house.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Grateful for this lovely review of Lilac and the Switchback in @thehornbook.bsky.social! Review is not final or published yet and will be excited to share all soon but here’s a glimpse! #kidlit #versenovels #middlegrade @holiday-house.bsky.social
ICYMI, #LilacandtheSwitchback is a poetry.org 2025 Featured Fall Book for Young Readers!! #kidlit #middlegrade #poetry #versenovels
October 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
ICYMI, #LilacandtheSwitchback is a poetry.org 2025 Featured Fall Book for Young Readers!! #kidlit #middlegrade #poetry #versenovels
Calling all 4th-7th grade educators! I’m so pleased to share this Discussion Guide of Lilac and the Switchback. Here are 4/16 pages of this truly amazing guide. You can find the rest on my website: www.cordeliajensen.com/classes #kidlit #middlegrade #versenovels #discussionguides #teachersofbluesky
October 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Calling all 4th-7th grade educators! I’m so pleased to share this Discussion Guide of Lilac and the Switchback. Here are 4/16 pages of this truly amazing guide. You can find the rest on my website: www.cordeliajensen.com/classes #kidlit #middlegrade #versenovels #discussionguides #teachersofbluesky
Fall events! Excited to participate in these!
September 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Fall events! Excited to participate in these!
#Kidlit crowd! Revising a novel in verse? Join us! Only three spaces left: www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/rev...
September 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#Kidlit crowd! Revising a novel in verse? Join us! Only three spaces left: www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/rev...
So grateful for this new review of Lilac and the Switchback on the Can We Read? Substack! #kidlit #versenovels #middlegradereaders #middlegrade
September 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
So grateful for this new review of Lilac and the Switchback on the Can We Read? Substack! #kidlit #versenovels #middlegradereaders #middlegrade
I wanted to share some recent praise for my newest novel in verse Lilac and the Switchback! #kidlit #novelsinverse #middlegradebooks
September 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I wanted to share some recent praise for my newest novel in verse Lilac and the Switchback! #kidlit #novelsinverse #middlegradebooks
#kidlit crowd! It’s one week until pub day giveaway! Thanks so much to @lauriemorrison.bsky.social for this lovely blurb for Lilac. Pls like and comment for a chance to win both #middlegrade books!
August 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
#kidlit crowd! It’s one week until pub day giveaway! Thanks so much to @lauriemorrison.bsky.social for this lovely blurb for Lilac. Pls like and comment for a chance to win both #middlegrade books!
#Kidlit crowd!! It’s #giveaway Tuesday! I’m so honored to share this blurb from the talented @melaniecrowder.bsky.social !! Please like and comment for a chance to win both Audacity and Lilac and the Switchback! #YA #versenovels #YA #MG #teachersofbluesky #librarians @holiday-house.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
#Kidlit crowd!! It’s #giveaway Tuesday! I’m so honored to share this blurb from the talented @melaniecrowder.bsky.social !! Please like and comment for a chance to win both Audacity and Lilac and the Switchback! #YA #versenovels #YA #MG #teachersofbluesky #librarians @holiday-house.bsky.social
#kidlit crowd it’s another #giveaway Tuesday! Honored this week to share @laurashovan.bsky.social’s blurb for Lilac! Please like and comment to enter to win a copy of these #middlegrade #versenovels The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary and Lilac and the Switchback! @holiday-house.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
#kidlit crowd it’s another #giveaway Tuesday! Honored this week to share @laurashovan.bsky.social’s blurb for Lilac! Please like and comment to enter to win a copy of these #middlegrade #versenovels The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary and Lilac and the Switchback! @holiday-house.bsky.social
It’s Tuesday! Which means another book blurb #giveaway! I’m so honored by @jessicavitalis.bsky.social’s blurb for Lilac and the Switchback. Please like and comment for a chance to win both #middlegrade #versenovels Unsinkable Cayenne and Lilac and the Switchback! #teachers #librarians
July 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
It’s Tuesday! Which means another book blurb #giveaway! I’m so honored by @jessicavitalis.bsky.social’s blurb for Lilac and the Switchback. Please like and comment for a chance to win both #middlegrade #versenovels Unsinkable Cayenne and Lilac and the Switchback! #teachers #librarians
Philly! Please join me in conversation with @lauriemorrison.bsky.social at Children’s Book World at 7pm 8/19 to celebrate the release of Lilac and the Switchback. Pls consider pre-ordering from CBW for signed copies plus swag! @holiday-house.bsky.social #versenovels #middlegrade
July 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Philly! Please join me in conversation with @lauriemorrison.bsky.social at Children’s Book World at 7pm 8/19 to celebrate the release of Lilac and the Switchback. Pls consider pre-ordering from CBW for signed copies plus swag! @holiday-house.bsky.social #versenovels #middlegrade