Author Interviews

It only takes a quick glance at Kate Messner’s website to grasp that she’s a prolific, award-winning writer with a wide array of books to her credit. Digging deeper reveals something more: No [...]

Christian Robinson received a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor for his art in Last Stop on Market Street (by Matt de la Peña), as well as many other awards and honors [...]

Varian Johnson’s middle-grade novel, The Parker Inheritance, was awarded a 2019 Coretta Scott King Honor as well as received numerous other accolades. The title is notable for the way it deftly [...]

Bill Konigsberg at NCTE in Houston in November 2018, right after his Papa Bear speech Young adult author Bill Konigsberg is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Stonewall [...]

Rex Ogle’s debut Free Lunch won the 2020 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award and received several starred reviews. In the book, Ogle uses his remarkable storytelling skills to chronicle his [...]

Nic Stone’s 2017 debut novel, Dear Martin, was a New York Times Bestseller, a William C. Morris Award Finalist, an ALAN / Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Finalist—and according to Tia, the educator [...]

Newbery Medal-winning author Paul Fleischman and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Melissa Sweet have collaborated on a unique tribute to language and those who lovingly and imaginatively [...]

Maribeth Boelts is a well-known name to teachers and librarians who work with young children. They use her gentle, tender stories to teach children important life lessons, as well as to enhance [...]