Tiffany D. Jackson: Giving Brave Readers Thrills and Chills
Tiffany D. Jackson is a New York Times–bestselling author and a 2026 Edgar Award recipient for Blood in the Water, as well as several young adult novels and two picture books. A [...]
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Gordon Korman: One Gripping Story, 5 Different Points of View
Sleepless is a little different from your most recent novels in that there’s a light science fiction touch. How did you decide that you wanted to go in a slightly fantastical direction to tell [...]
Behind the Bookshelves- Featured Librarian Terry Maguire
This month, we Feature Terry Maguire, Secondary School Librarian at The American International School of Mozambique. She has been in Maputo for the past five years. She is passionate about [...]
Varsha Bajaj: Introducing Readers to New Worlds
Books hold many powers, as author Varsha Bajaj can attest. She credits books for helping her make the cultural transition to the United States after growing up in Mumbai, India. In turn, several [...]
Jason Reynolds: What Is the Glue in Our Lives?
There are a lot of ways to describe Jason Reynolds’ books: Groundbreaking. Relatable. Gripping. Or as School Library Journal said recently in their starred review of Soundtrack: A [...]
Alicia D. Williams: Tales Live Inside Us to Be Retold
Alicia D. Williams traces her love of storytelling back to her childhood when she listened to tales told by family elders and read books she borrowed from a bookmobile. Now the award-winning [...]
Holly Goldberg Sloan: Reading Can Change Lives
“I like to write characters who manage to find silver linings,” says Holly Goldberg Sloan. Her newest middle grade novel, Finding Lost (Rocky Pond Books, 2025), features another of these [...]
Jeff Kinney: Everyone Has a Story to Tell
If a new Wimpy Kid book isn’t enough reason for a celebration, then how about the release of the twentieth title in this phenomenally popular series? Partypooper (Amulet Books, 2025) [...]
Katherine Paterson: I Write to Find Answers
Katherine Paterson has been named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress in acknowledgment of her two Newbery Medals, her two National Book Awards, and the profound impact her books have had [...]
