Kimberly Willis Holt blasted onto the children’s book scene with the middle grade novel MY LOUISIANA SKY (Holt, 1998), which won the Boston Globe-Hornbook Award for fiction (among other awards). She then published MISTER AND ME (Putnam, 1998), a chapter book for younger readers, followed by National Book Award children’s novel winner WHEN ZACHARY BEAVER CAME TO TOWN (Henry Holt,
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Author-illustrator Katie Davis has created fabulous picture books, including WHO HOPS? (Harcourt, 1998); I HATE TO GO TO BED! (Harcourt, 1999); and WHO HOOTS? (Harcourt, 2000). This interview was conducted via email in September 2000.
Your work has a delightful, playful, little-kid perspective to it. How do you get in touch with the point of view of very young children?
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Kathi Appelt is the author of teen titles such as KISSING TENNESSEE AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE STARDUST DANCE and JUST PEOPLE & PAPER/PEN/POEM: A YOUNG WRITER’S WAY TO BEGIN as well as numerous picture books including: OH MY BABY, LITTLE ONE; BAT JAMBOREE and COWBOY DREAMS. Visit her online at www.kathiappelt.com. This interview was conducted via email in January 2001.
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Judy Blume is the author of numerous books for readers of all ages, from picture books to middle grade and teen novels, to fiction for adults. Her titles include: ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARARET (Atheneum, 2001)(reprint edition); BLUBBER (Bradbury, 1974); the FUDGE series; FOREVER (Atheneum, 2002)(reprint edition); and SUMMER SISTERS (Delacorte, 1998). This interview was conducted via email in August-September 2002.
Jane Kurtz is the author of fiction for young readers and professional books for teachers and librarians. When Jane was age two, her parents left the U.S. to work for the Presbyterian Church in Ethiopia, where they stayed for twenty three years with occasional visits back to the U.S.
That Ethiopian childhood became the background for many of Jane’s books,
Jackie French Koller writes contemporary and historical picture books, chapter books, and novels. Her picture books include ONE MONKEY TOO MANY, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger (Harcourt, 1999), NICKOMMOH!: A THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION, illustrated by Marcia Sewall (Atheneum, 1999), and BOUNCING ON THE BED, illustrated by Anna Grossnickle Hines (Orchard, 1999).
She is also the author of THE DRAGONLING SERIES and the MOLE AND SHREW SERIES,
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Cornelius Van Wright, a native New Yorker, and Ying-Hwa Hu, who was born in Taiwan, are a husband-wife children’s book illustration team living in New York City. Cynthia Leitich Smith, the site author, is especially pleased to bring readers this interview from the illustration team of her picture book, JINGLE DANCER (Morrow, 2000). This interview was conducted via email in December 2001.
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Haemi Balgassi is the author of two award-winning books: PEACEBOUND TRAINS, illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet (Clarion, 1996), a picture chapter book, and TAE’S SONATA (Clarion, 1997), a novel for young adults. This interview was conducted via email in June 2000.
Your first book, PEACEBOUND TRAINS, is centered around Korean characters caught in the turmoil of the Korean war.
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Graham Salisbury is a well known author whose work concentrates on Hawaii as a setting, and his novels include: JUNGLE DOGS (Sagebush, 2001)(rebound edition), SHARK BAIT (Laurel Leaf, 1999), UNDER THE BLOOD-RED SUN (Sagebush, 1999)(rebound edition), and BLUE SKIN OF THE SEA (Delacorte, 1992). This interview was conducted via email in September 2000. Visit: Graham Salisbury’s Page .
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Newbery Honor winner Gail Carson Levine has delighted fans with her award-winning first novel ELLA ENCHANTED (HarperCollins, 1997), as well as DAVE AT NIGHT (HarperCollins, 1999), THE PRINCESS TALES, THE WISH (HarperCollins, 2000). This interview was conducted via email in December 2000.
What role did books play in your childhood? What were your favorites?
I had to share a room with my sister,
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