By Mary Losure
I happen to think we all (at least a little, deep down inside) long to be wild and free, howl at the moon, run barefoot through the woods and not have to pick up our socks.
I do, anyway. That’s why I’ve always been attracted to the story of the Wild Boy of Aveyron.
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Long before Chris Crutcher or Charlie Price were award-winning, YA novelists, they were hippie teachers, wrangling kids at a “last chance” alternative school in Oakland, California.
To celebrate their shady history and their new book releases, Chris and Charlie are asking three bloggers to help them give away a few books —
Continue Reading Giveaway: Period 8 by Chris Crutcher & Dead Girl Moon by Charlie Price »
From PaperTigers.org: “Artist and authoress Demi has produced a staggering number of illustrated books….
“In recent years, as well as continuing to publish her retellings of folktales from around the world, she has focused on creating beautiful picture-book biographies of iconic spiritual leaders.”
Tell us about your earliest influences.
Continue Reading Author-Illustrator Interview & Giveaway: Demi »
Enter to win a signed copy of Unraveled by S.X. Bradley (Evernight, 2013). From the promotional copy:
Sixteen year old math whiz, Autumn, spends her days reading about serial killers and dreaming of becoming an FBI Profiler. She never dreams her first case will be so personal.
Enter to win an author-signed copy of Greenhorn by Anna Olswanger, illustrated by Miram Nerlove (New South, 2012). From the promotional copy:
In Anna Olswanger’s middle-grade novel Greenhorn, a young Holocaust survivor arrives in 1946 at a New York yeshiva where he will study and live.
Continue Reading Giveaway: Greenhorn & Shlemiel Crooks by Anna Olswanger »
Human beings can be hard to satisfy, we writers included. Okay, me especially.
When I decided I wanted to be a children’s author, I worked really hard to learn how to write a manuscript that would be publishable. Once I sold a book, I wanted it to be well received throughout the industry,
Continue Reading Guest Post & Giveaway: Tameka Fryer Brown on Heart Matters »
Enter to win a signed paperback copy of Try Not to Breathe by Jennifer R. Hubbard (Viking, 2013). From the promotional copy:
Learning to live is more than just choosing not to die, as sixteen-year-old Ryan discovers in the year following his suicide attempt.
Continue Reading Giveaway: Try Not to Breathe by Jennifer R. Hubbard »
Welcome back to Cynsations! You last visited Cynsations to talk about your path to publication, Nacho the Party Puppy (Random House) and your love of children’s literature.
What’s new in your creative life?
My focus lately has been twofold, illustration, both for kid lit and editorial publication,
Continue Reading Interview: Author-Illustrator-Designer Emma J. Virján »
Hooray! My latest books, Feral Nights (Book 1 in the Feral series), Eternal: Zachary’s Story (a graphic novel illustrated by Ming Doyle) and the paperback edition of Diabolical (Book 4 in the Tantalize series), are now available from Candlewick Press.
Enter to win Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made and a signed doodle by Stephan Pastis (Candlewick, 2013)(sample chapter)(activity kit). Publisher sponsored. Eligibility: North America.
From the promotional copy:
Meet “detective” Timmy Failure,
Continue Reading Book Trailer & Giveaway: Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made »
