Author Interview: Kari Lavelle on Personal Connections to Nonfiction, Organizing Research & Community Support

Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!

By Gayleen Rabakukk

Spotlight image: Author Kari Lavelle signing copies of Ode to Grapefruit at the NCTE conference.

I’m very excited to welcome fellow Austin author Kari Lavelle to Cynsations.

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Author Interview: Jenna Lee-Yun on the Intersection of her Work as a Clinical Psychologist & her Writing Life

Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!

By Suma Subramaniam

I’m thrilled to welcome MG author Jenna Lee-Yun to Cynsations! I met Jenna at several SCBWI events in the Seattle area a few years ago,

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Throwback Thursday: Author Tirzah Price Retells Jane Austen with Murderous Intent

Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!

Congratulations to Tirzah Price on the publication of In Want of a Suspect (HarperTeen, November 12, 2024). From the publisher’s website:

A USA Today bestseller!

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Poet/Author Interview: Janet Wong On Poetry & Her Long Writing Career

Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!

By Suma Subramaniam

The first time I met Janet Wong was a couple of years ago in her house for a summer party. I was smitten and blown away by her humility and generosity despite being a senior,

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Cynsations Fall Hiatus

Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!

By Gayleen Rabakukk

Thank you for being a Cynsations reader!

Effective immediately, the Cynsations digital magazine is on hiatus. We’ll return in December with more inspiration,

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Author-Illustrator Interview: Azadeh Westergaard Reveals Her Creative Process

Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!

By Mitu Malhotra

Today we welcome Azadeh Westergaard to Cynsations to talk about her second picture book biography The One and Only Googoosh (Viking Books for Young Readers,

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Author Interview: Danielle Burbank On Sharing Family Legacies

Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!

By AJ Eversole

Today on the blog we get to talk to Diné author and librarian Danielle Burbank about her debut early reader, Navajo Code Talkers (DK,

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Throwback Thursday: Author Byron Graves Talks About the Importance of Connection

Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!

Congratulations to Byron Graves on the paperback release of Rez Ball (Heartdrum 2023), winner of the American Indian Youth Literature Award, the William C. Morris Award and Reading the West Award Winner.

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Reflections on Craft: Using Specific Details to Draw Readers into a Story

Cynsations is celebrating its 20th anniversary by switching to a quarterly publishing schedule, featuring in-depth interviews and articles. Thank you for your ongoing support and enthusiasm!

By Gayleen Rabakukk

Earlier this year I had an experience that made me reflect deeply on perspective and details. My husband and I attended a Jon Batiste concert.

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