author interview
Book Birthday AND a Feature on Middle Grade Author Jess Redman
HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY! Today Jess Redman’s second novel, Quintessence, is out in the world! This is a perfect book to escape into and devour. You can purchase here. Shall we get to know the author now? All About Jess 3 Little Known or Interesting Things About You Right now, I’m…
Lindsay Leslie. A Slytherpuff Ravenclaw Who Writes Books
Introduction: About You 3 Little Known or Interesting Things About You I’ve finished an Olympic-distance triathlon.I became a certified scuba diver at the young age of 10. I used to co-own a pie company. Hogwarts House I’m a Ravenclaw. Although my sister likes to call me a Slytherpuff. If you or…
Karen. Romano. Young. She can write. She is a Gryffindor. She can sing the alphabet backwards. She loves pelicans. Want to know more???
Introduction: About You 3 Little Known or Interesting Things About You I’ve dived in a submarine to a hydrothermal vent 2 miles below the surface of the Pacific OceanI can sing the alphabet backwards.My favorite bird is the pelican. Hogwarts House Gryffindor What is your writing Kryptonite? Worrying too much…
Kaela Noel-A Glimpse into the Life of the Writer
3 Little Known or Interesting Things About You My mother followed a guru and I was born on an ashram in San Francisco. There was a lot of incense and the color orange.I am double-jointed and can bend my fingers back against my hand in a way some people find…
Nora Shalaway Carpenter and Her New Book, The Edge of Anything
3 Little Known or Interesting Things About You I play the violin.I have traveled to eight countries thanks to a college scholarship I earned.I once got escorted off a train to Prague by yelling armed guards. (My roommate had a Canadian passport, which wasn’t accepted in the Czech Republic. It…
KidLit Author: Brooke Carter (A fellow Slytherin)
My name is Brooke Carter and I write young adult fiction. My first four novels are contemporary hi-lo books (high interest, low reading level), but now I’m writing a YA Fantasy series called Runecaster, and the first book, The Stone of Sorrow, comes out April 7! 3 Little Known or…
All About Colleen Nelson
3 Little Known or Interesting Things About You I have lived in Japan, New York City and Winnipeg.My dog Rosie (a West Highland Terrier) comes to school with me a few days a week. She is our unofficial ‘comfort dog’.My dream for a long time was to go to visit…
Celebrate Multicultural Book Day and Chat with Erin Yun!
Today is a really important day that I had not previously been made aware of, Multicultural Children’s Book Day! Follow the #ReadYourWorld today and join the conversation on how to get more multicultural books in the hands of our young readers. You might also make new connections and grow your…