Enter to win one of four ARCs of Dead Is a State of Mind by Marlene Perez (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jan. 2009)(author interview). From the promotional copy:
Welcome to Nightshade, California—a small town full of secrets. It’s home to the psychic Giordano sisters, who have a way of getting mixed up in mysteries.
Anita Silvey on Anita Silvey: “In a unique career, Anita Silvey has spent half of her time as a reviewer and editor of The Horn Book Magazine and half of her time in publishing (publisher of children’s books at Houghton Mifflin). Currently, she is teaching and writing full time.”
Could you briefly update us on your back-list titles,
In celebration of the ten-year anniversary of www.cynthialeitichsmith.com, I asked some first-time authors the following question:
As a debut author, what are the most important lessons you’ve learned about your craft, the writing life, and/or publishing, and why?
Here’s the latest reply, this one from author Monica Roe:
Andrew Karre on Andrew Karre: “I am the editorial director of Carolrhoda Books, the trade children’s book imprint of Lerner Publishing Group. The title is a little fancy, but ‘editor’ is the operative word. Carolrhoda publishes a small, select list of fiction and nonfiction for children of all ages, picture books through YA. I’m also the main blogger at carolrhoda.blogspot.com.”
Continue Reading Editor Interview: Andrew Karre on Carolrhoda »
In celebration of the ten-year anniversary of www.cynthialeitichsmith.com, I asked some first-time authors the following question:
As a debut author, what are the most important lessons you’ve learned about your craft, the writing life, and/or publishing, and why?
Here’s the latest reply, this one from author Jody Feldman:
When the movie,
In celebration of the ten-year anniversary of www.cynthialeitichsmith.com, I asked some
first-time authors the following question:
As a debut author, what are the most important lessons you’ve learned about your craft, the writing life, and/or publishing, and why?
Here’s the latest reply, this one from author Barrie Summy:
I learned a very,
Enter to win a copy of Through the Wardrobe: Your Favorite Authors on C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia edited by Herbie Brennan (BenBella, 2008)(PDF excerpt)! Read an interview with Herbie.
To enter the giveaway, email me (scroll and click on the envelope) with your name and snail/street mail address by 10 p.m.
We last spoke in 2007 about Beyond the Great Mountains (Chronicle, 2005). Congratulations on your new much-buzzed release, Wabi Sabi, written by Mark Reibstein (Little Brown, 2008)! Could you tell us how the book came to be?
I was introduced to author Mark Reibstein by a mutual friend,
Continue Reading Author-Illustrator Interview: Ed Young on Wabi Sabi »
Cathie Mercier has been at Simmons College since 1985, when she began teaching at the Center for the Study of Children’s Literature; she is currently Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
In her work as associate director and then as director of the Children’s Literature program,
Continue Reading Interview: Cathie Mercier on the Simmons MFA program in Writing for Children »
Visit Tracie Vaughn Zimmer! Read a previous Cynsations interview with Tracie.
Congratulations on the release of The Floating Circus (Bloomsbury, 2008)(recommendation)! Could you tell us a little about this new title?
It’s an adventure novel at its heart, set on a circus barge before the Civil War.
Continue Reading Author Interview: Tracie Vaughn Zimmer on The Floating Circus »
