Samurai Shortstop named to NYPL Books for the Teen Age 2007

I've known for a couple of weeks, but I've held off announcing until after the award ceremony - Samurai Shortstop was named to the New York Public Library "Books for the Teen Age 2007" list! The official reception was yesterday in New York, and I regret that I couldn't make it. Many authors I know from cyberspace were going to be in attendance, and I'm eagerly awaiting word on how things went. (Although I'm not expecting a Futoshi-style food riot or anything.)

I don't have a link to prove the veracity of this claim (the NYPL web site still has last year's list featured) but I'll add a link when I find one. In the meantime, you'll have to take my word for it.

Hey, have I ever lied to you before?