The third of a four-installment dialogue with Ambelin and Cynthia.
Our focus is on the creative life and process, speculative fiction, diversity, privilege, indigenous literature, and books for young readers.
Don’t miss Ambelin on Ethics, the Writing Process & Own Voices or an Interview with Ambelin on Justice,
Scholastic Book Club will soon be offering my debut tween novel, Rain Is Not My Indian Name, as a diversity selection through book clubs.
Rain Is Not My Indian Name (HarperCollins and Listening Library, 2001)(ages 10-up). Available as an unabridged audio download.
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By Cynsations Readers
Over the past couple of weeks, children’s-YA author Cynthia Leitich Smith put out a call for questions from readers on Cynsations and Twitter. Here are those she elected to tackle and her responses. A few questions were condensed for space and/or clarity.
See also a previous Cynsations reader-interview post from November 2010.
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2016 Holiday
Happy New Year!
Cynsations will officially return from winter hiatus in late January.
In the meantime, consider this an invitation to query me about potential future interviews, guest posts, giveaways, book trailers, and more.
Cynsations was launched in 2004 and is considered one of the flagship blogs of the children’s-YA literature industry and community.
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Today’s release of Feral Pride means all of my Tantalize–Feral universe novels are available from Candlewick Press.
While all the books can stand alone, there’s likely best appreciated in concert.
This finale unites protagonists of the two series and brings back a number of other fan-fave characters.
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Happy (Almost) New Year, and many blessings to y’all in 2015!
Cynsations will be on hiatus until sometime after the ALA Midwinter Conference in Chicago–hope to see many of you there.
Thank you for your support and enthusiasm over the course of the year.
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My children’s books Jingle Dancer (Morrow, 2000), Rain Is Not My Indian Name (HarperCollins, 2001) and Indian Shoes (HarperCollins, 2002) join Joseph Bruchac‘s The Heart of a Chief (Dial, 1998) as companion books to Louise Erdrich’s The Round House (Harper,
Alma Fullerton offers new interviews with authors Karleen Bradford, Dianne Ochiltree, Katy Duffield, and Robin Friedman. She also offers a new interview with agent Scott Treimel.
Here’s a peek at Scott’s: “Editors, once authors’ in-house protectors, are themselves often treading water,
“Presenting…Cynthia Leitich Smith:” a Girlfriends Cyber Circuit interview by Lara M. Zeises of Girl Uninterrupted: the rambling confessions of a not-so dangerous mind. Lara’s books include Anyone But You (Delacorte, 2005), which was a A Pennsylvania School Library Association Fiction Selection for 2005-06 and A Teen People Top 10 Pick.
Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Candlewick, 2007) has been chosen as a Borders Original Voices Title for March.
The other children’s/YA books honored for March are Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard (Scholastic, 2007) and Jacob’s Ladder by Brian Keaney (Candlewick, 2007).
In other news,
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