Could you tell us about your path to publication? Any sprints or stumbles along the way?
It was definitely not a sprint. I began writing for young readers in earnest in 1998 while I was working in the Joseph-Beth Booksellers art department as an ad copy writer and designer.
The first kids’
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Author Brian Yansky interviews Sherman Alexie in conjunction with their recent appearances at the Texas Book Festival. Scroll to listen.
Candie Moonshower on Dealing with Rejection from Alice’s CWIM blog.
Spicy Reads: Ed Spicer’s Teen Book Reviews has been updated.
Holidays Around the World from CBC Magazine.
Shelley Mosley on Shelley Mosley: “I was born in Baxter Springs, Kansas, a small town in the far southeast corner of the state. My dad, Billy, dropped out of high school to join the Navy during World War II, and worked in the mines when the war was over. My mom, Jennie, stayed at home and took care of me and my younger sister,
Steven Chudney founded The Chudney Agency of Briarcliff Manor, New York in 2002.
What inspired you to become a literary agent?
Well, I’ve always loved books, of course, and I had long enjoyed working in children’s book marketing. For me, it was also a timing issue. I had committed the cardinal sin of resigning from a job without another one already lined up.
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We last spoke in October 2006 about the release of One Kingdom: Our Lives with Animals (Houghton Mifflin, 2006)(author site). Do you have any updates for us on the book?
One Kingdom’s an oddity in so many ways: it’s a book of nonfiction that dwells on myth, story,
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Donna Jo Napoli’s unlikely journey to literary success: interview by Linda M. Castellitto from BookPage. Here’s a sneak peek: “I so enjoy giving my readers something to taste and hear and feel,” Napoli says. “I pay a lot of attention to the senses.”
WOW! Talks to Tracy Grand of JacketFlap.com by Angela Mackintosh from WOW!
Austin SCBWI offers a great line-up for its April 26th conference. Speakers include: author and editor Deborah Noyes Wayshak from Candlewick Press (author-editor interview); Alvina Ling from Little Brown (personal blog); agent Erin Murphy (interview from Olswanger.com)(interview by Pam Mingle from Kite Tales,
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Kimberly Swan at Darque Reviews writes of my YA Gothic fantasy, Tantalize (Candlewick, 2007): “With an intriguing murder mystery to capture the reader’s attention, Ms. Leitich Smith fuels her captivating tale with a heavy paranormal influence and a sweet first time love.” Read the whole review.
In a new interview with me she inquires: “Quincie has some very unique friends and acquaintances in Tantalize.
See Pooja Makhijani on Pooja Makhijani.
Congratulations on the publication of Mama’s Saris (Little Brown, 2007)! What was your initial inspiration for writing this book?
As I write in my author’s note, the colors, patterns, and fabrics of my mother’s saris fascinated me. I wrote Mama’s Saris after realizing that my own obsession with my mother’s fancy clothes was not unique.
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Author Interview: Marta Acosta on Happy Hour at Casa Dracula and Midnight Brunch from my Gothic-fantasy-and-writing-life blog, Spookycyn.
Here’s a sneak peek: “I love screwball comedies, comedies of manners, comic romances, all that stuff. So I wanted to write a story with an impoverished, independent young woman trying to make her way in the world.
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