Garret Weyr.

Welcome to my quiet corner where we drink tea, read, and talk about magic. Rescue pets welcome.

Explore the Books.

  • Harvey and the Collection of Impossible Things

    One stray cat’s search for shelter, acceptance, and courage.

  • The Language of Spells

    Grisha is a dragon in a world that’s forgotten how to see him. Maggie is an odd girl who thinks she’s perfectly ordinary.

  • After the Moment

    Maia Morland is pretty, only not pretty-pretty. She’s smart. She’s brave. She’s also a self-proclaimed train wreck.

  • Stay With Me

    Sixteen-year-old Leila Abranel was born some twenty years after her sisters. When Rebecca kills herself, Leila wants to know why.

  • My Heartbeat

    Ellen loves Link and James. Her older brother and his best friend are the only company she ever wants.

  • French Ducks in Venice

    Siblings George and Cecile live in Venice, California, but think of themselves as French ducks.

  • The Kings Are Already There

    Phebe and Nikola travel across Europe with Phebe’s father, hunting for Stas in all the places where chess’s elegant patterns live.

The Language of Spells, Winner of the California Book Award 2018

“If you’ve never believed in magic, this spellbinding adventure may change your mind.”

— The Mercury News

Explore the Resources.

Featured
Dispatches from my Cat Life
Dispatches from my Cat Life

He’s gone, but always here

Who rescues whom
Who rescues whom

If you love animals and/or want to help them, you will immediately learn several phrases that sound like slogans but offer certain guidelines:

Welcome.
Welcome.

I have been a working writer (and teacher) for over 20 years, and in that time, I’ve come to believe that a writing life is uniquely structured to transform the soul. It will not give you the glib and easy surface of #blessed on Instagram but, if you clear space for it, writing (and its Siamese twin reading) will keep you forever curious and interested.  And if that’s not the recipe for a good life then what is?

Stay With Me

“Elegant and sophisticated. . . . this novel pushes the market of YA fiction onward and upward.”

— Booklist, Starred Review

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Today would have been my Mum’s 85th birthday. She loved opera, ice cream, my sisters and me. She was a working mother when that was rare. She taught me how to eat a banana with a knife and fork, but also geometry. And how to love. Happy birt
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As I read with my #546plan peeps, I’m thrilled that Harvey and the Collection of Impossible Things is part of 2022’s Summer Stride reading program at the San Francisco Library. And the great Minnie Phan is the program’s artist. Join
Most of the kids I meet during school visits refuse to believe that reading is a pleasure. And why should they, when they have to write essays or learn history lessons from every novel they read in school?  So, I challenge kids to read 10 minute
The pack and I have left California. We will miss the dry air, strangely beautiful plants, and our friends. But we will get rain, tulips, and old friends. It’s already rained more here in the past 72 hours than during my final year in Californi
The talented actor and animal advocate, Tricia Helfer, didn’t just read Harvey and give a blurb. When a homeless cat who followed me home needed his forever home (my cat hates cats), Tricia didn’t hesitate. Morris, who turned out to hav
He looks funny, but itchy skin is no fun. Fergus chewed himself raw before I could get him into the vet. You think a pug makes a lot of noise snoring? Nothing compared to a pug in a cone snoring. #rescuepug #itchypugproblems #funnyface #noisypug