I’ve spent a lifetime cracking what I like to call parental puns, starting far before I was a parent. This was exacerbated by 15 years of teaching high school English, every one of which included me enthusiastically telling kids we were going to get lit…erature. Anyone who has met me would not be surprised to learn that I infused my debut novel with puns, starting with the title. As I head back into an English language arts classroom — this time a middle school with a crab mascot — well, it’s safe to say I won’t be shellfish. I predict crabbulous opportunities for in-person punning on top of the authorial quips brewed into Hopelessly Teavoted .

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The thing about word play is that it’s a sort of magic in itsel

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