The Authorial Voice in Today’s Discourse: The Page, Podium, Platform, Persona (And Nurturing Your Writer’s Heart) by VCFA WCYA inaugural Katherine Paterson chair, Cynthia Leitich Smith, May 1, 2022.
By Cynthia
“Writing As Activism: A Collaborative Conversation,” The ALAN Review, Fall 2022. An in-depth interview by Cynthia Leitich Smith,
Kid-friendly Bio
Cynthia Leitich Smith grew up in the Kansas City area. She has been a poet and a journalist since elementary school. As a teenager, she was the editor of her school newspaper. She went on to become the first person in her immediate family to earn a four-year college degree when she graduated from The University of Kansas.
(Or… Why’d You Go to Law School Anyway?)
It’s not a bad question.
I’ve wondered once or twice myself.
After all, the experience did result in a decent amount of stress, lost sleep, and about seventy thousand dollars in student debt (though I did meet some of my best friends and learned I could compete academically on a national level).
for Cynthia Leitich Smith
for JINGLE DANCER
At the Illumine Award Banquet
Cynthia Leitich Smith is a bestselling, award-winning children’s-YA writer, writing teacher, and the author-curator of the Native-centered Heartdrum imprint at HarperCollins Children’s Books. She also is the 2021 NSK Neustadt Laureate.
Her 2023 release is HARVEST HOUSE, an Indigenous YA ghost mystery.
Reading Group Guide for Blessed
BLESSED (Candlewick, 2011).
→ Reading Group Guide: Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith: features introduction; excerpt; discussion questions; author biography; author interview; and acclaim. Quick-print format.
Reading Group Guide for Eternal
ETERNAL (Candlewick, 2008, 2010).
→ Reading Group Guide: Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith: features introduction;
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