Check out the book trailer for Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh (HarperChildren’s, 2017). From the promotional copy:
We Need Diverse Books founder Ellen Oh returns with Spirit Hunters, a high-stakes middle grade mystery series about Harper Raine, the new seventh grader in town who must face down the dangerous ghosts haunting her younger brother.
By Cynthia Leitich Smith & Gayleen Rabakukk
Author Interviews
Questions & Answers by Supriya Kelkar from Nerdy Book Club. Peek: “…in all the books that filled my library, there was not one book featuring anyone who looked even remotely like me. I had dozens of books starring a diverse range of bears,
By Sanne Dufft
Note: SCBWI Germany/Austria‘s Illustrator Coordinator Sanne Dufft interviewed Ana Larrañaga, a winner of the portfolio contest that took place at the SCBWI Europolitan Con in Belgium earlier this year. This is the second of two articles.
Ana Larrañaga was born in San Sebastian, Continue Reading 2017 Europolitan Con Portfolio Winner Interview: Ana Larrañaga »
Note: Cynsations reporter Angela Cerrito interviewed Simona M. Ceccarelli, winner of the portfolio contest that took place at the SCBWI Europolitan Con in Belgium earlier this year. This is the first of two articles.
Simona M. Ceccarelli is a freshly hatched children’s writer and illustrator.
Continue Reading 2017 Eurpolitan Con Portfolio Winner: Simona M. Ceccarelli »
Shelley Ann Jackson, Chris Barton, Jennifer Ziegler, Cyn & P.J. Hoover
Writers put so much emphasis on that first children’s-YA book sale, the debut launch—but maintaining an active publishing career is arguably a much bigger challenge than breaking into the business.
Happy 10th birthday, Sanguini’s!
The Tantalize series features YA Gothic fantasy novels in both prose and graphic formats. These stories, set in the Tantalize-Feral universe, are suspenseful with high action and include romantic elements as well as some humor.
The first novel was released in 2007.
Continue Reading Tantalize-Feral Verse 10-Year Anniversary »
Compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The Publishing for Puerto Rico charity auction will feature more than 250 book- and writing-related items that may be bid upon to benefit hurricane relief efforts.
These include an Author Website and Social Media Evaluation from me, author Cynthia Leitich Smith. The package includes a one-page evaluation of current status,
Author Dianne de Las Casas died Aug. 21 while Cynsations was on summer hiatus.
A ‘Magnetic Personality’: Author, Storyteller Killed in Harvey House Fire by Jonathan Bullington from The Times-Picayune. Peek: “An award-winning author, Casas published more than two dozen books. She founded Picture Book Month,
By Cynthia Leitich Smith & Gayleen Rabakukk
Author Interviews
Five Questions for Liz Garton Scanlon, Author of Caldecott-honored Book from the Writers’ League of Texas. Peek: “I think in my transition from poet to children’s author, the biggest leap was, ‘Why does something always have to happen?’
The endings of so many wonderful stories – our own and others’ – are different than what protagonists imagine they might be.
And our lives hand us some of the same twists and turns.
As writers and illustrators, there are times we must move through more than the usual vicissitudes.
