I’m so honored that my book LAST OF THE NAME was chosen as a finalist for the New York History Book Prize. It’s in the company of books and authors I admire very much. There is a public voting component to this prize. You don’t have to be from New York to vote, any fan of history books can cast a vote here. Voting is open until the end of the day April 30th. Historical fiction is sometime overshadowed by other books but it was my favorite genre when I was a kid which is why I write it as often as I can. Thanks to the New York Historical Society for sponsoring this prize and to teachers and librarians and booksellers everywhere who keep putting historical books in kids’ hands.