Mary E. Pearson on Mary E. Pearson: “I’ve been writing full time for about ten years now. I just sent my fifth novel off to my editor, and my fourth comes out this month.
“On a personal level, I have been married to the man of my dreams since I was a tot and have two beautiful daughters who both tower over me.
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Winners of the 2008 Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards were announced April 28 by the Jane Addams Peace Association.
The Escape of Oney Judge: Martha Washington’s Slave Finds Freedom, the winner in the Books for Younger Children Category, is written and illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully and published by Farrar Strauss Giroux.
Audrey Maynard on Audrey Maynard: “I was a ‘lifer’ at an all-girls school in New York City. I learned to love discussing ideas there, and books were usually at the heart of those discussions. In fact, Blue Balliett (author of Chasing Vermeer) and I were classmates.
“The first word I can remember sounding out as I was learning to read was the word ‘surprise.’
Continue Reading Editor Interview: Audrey Maynard on Tilbury House »
Enter to win one of three autographed copies of A Growling Place by Thomas Aquinas Maguire (Simply Read, 2007)(author-illustrator interview)! To enter, email me with your name and snail/street mail address by 10 p.m. CST April 29! Please also type “A Growling Place” in the subject line. Note: one copy will be awarded to a teacher/librarian (please identify yourself accordingly in your entry),
Thomas Aquinas Maguire on Thomas Aquinas Maguire: “Thomas Aquinas Maguire is the author and illustrator of A Growling Place (Simply Read, 2007). He was born, raised and educated in Rochester, New York; and currently lives in Milwaukee. His first book was conceived of and produced in Denmark where he also worked for The LEGO Company as a toy designer.
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We last spoke to Jennifer Ziegler in October 2006 about the release of her debut single-title novel, Alpha Dog (Delacorte, 2006)(author interview). Visit Jennifer’s LiveJournal and MySpace page!
Congratulations on the publication of How Not to Be Popular (Delacorte, 2008)! Could you fill us in on the story?
Continue Reading Author Interview: Jennifer Ziegler on How Not To Be Popular »
Margaret Peterson Haddix on Margaret Peterson Haddix: “I grew up on a farm near Washington Court House, Ohio. As a kid, I completely took it for granted that my brothers and sister and I had our own pony; that, if we went outside to play, we had hundreds of acres to roam around on;
Continue Reading Author Interview: Margaret Peterson Haddix on Found (The Missing: Book 1) »
Authors and illustrators write about and illustrate hot topics on website for teachers, parents, librarians and students.
LOS ANGELES—Published children’s book authors and illustrators–including Gail Carson Levine (author of Ella Enchanted, now a major motion picture (author interview)), author/poet Jane Yolen (dubbed the “Hans Christian Anderson of America”
Continue Reading Celebrated Children’s Authors and Artists Share Their Dreams in New Campaign »
Judye Groner on Judye Groner: “I was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1942, earned a B.A. in Jewish Studies at Brandeis University and an M.S.W. in Community Organization from the University of Maryland. My early career was in the field of Jewish communal relations.
“In 1974, I wrote My Very Own Haggadah: A Children’s Passover Service,
Continue Reading Editor Interview: Judye Groner on Kar-Ben Publishing »
“Interview with Maureen Johnson, author of Suite Scarlette and many other books” from Julie Prince at YA and Kids Books Central. Peek: “So if I have any philosophy at all, it’s that you should attack and dismantle your own fears and prejudices and hang-ups. I think you have the power to rewrite your own personality any way you like,
