Author, Poet, Educator

Learn more about new middle grade novel in verse, SPARK coming July 15th from Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends!

Where this extraordinary human being made me a little emotional! From E-Train My Interview With Award-Winning Middle-Grade Author &...

Macmillan and Tantor Audio have done an incredible job bringing THE GRAY to life as an audio book. Caleb Summers is an incredible...

On the Radio! I had the opportunity to be on NPR/KPBS San Diego "Midday Edition" to talk about my new book THE GRAY & the topic of...

My next book, co-authored with Rajani LaRocca, THE SECRET OF THE DRAGON GEMS comes out 8/29-but you can get it early--come and hang out...

Incredible art inspired by The Magical Imperfect from one of Kimberly Gabriel's (author of Every Stolen Breath) amazing students-Reese M.

August 27, 2023 3pm Diesel, A Book Store 12843 E Camino Real Suite 104 San Diego, CA 92130 More Information

August 3, 2023 6 pm The Book Catapult 3010-B Juniper Street San Diego, CA 92104 More Information

My newest book, The Secret of the Dragon Gems, comes out on August 29th! My co-author, Rajani Larocca, and I are so excited to share this...

The Gray tells the story of some unique kids, Ivy, Eli, and especially Sasha—he’s been bullied at his middle school and his anxiety,...

You are invited to the in-person book launch for THE GRAY! It's at the one and only Warwick's! I'll be there with Matt de la Pena,...

Huge thanks to Betsy Bird & @sljournal for sharing this excerpt from my next middle grade novel, THE GRAY coming out 6/13. You can learn...

Hopeful Farmer. Let me tell you where it started. Everything changed when Ella and I left our beach place and moved twenty minutes inland...

Ask the Author: A Conversation with Author Chris Baron This blog post is part of our National Reading Month series focused on how reading...