If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a painting by Sean Qualls is surely worth one-hundred-times more. Sean Qualls is a freelance illustrator and artist, who burst onto the children’s literature scene about three years ago, his art adorning a book written by Karen English, The Baby on the Way (Farrar, Straus and [ Read the full article… ]
28 Days
G. Neri
Writer’s can be an odd bunch. We hear voices in our head and see incredible stories in the ordinary. When asked to explain the writing process, some of us are eloquently complex, others simplistically matter-of-fact. G. Neri is among the latter. He calls himself “a reluctant writer, writing for reluctant readers,” and has said writing [ Read the full article… ]
Rita Williams-Garcia
When I was a first year teacher, I was introduced to Vanguard author Rita Williams-Garcia by a fellow teacher through her young adult novel Like Sisters on the Homefront in 1998. I never imagined then that one day I would be able to have dialogue with her about her writing and career as an author. [ Read the full article… ]
Dana Davidson
Dana Davidson is the author of two novels for young adults, Jason and Kyra (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun 2004) and Played (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun 2005). Booklist calls Jason and Kyra a book that “teens won’t be able to stop reading….” About Played, School Library Journal says, “Davidson’s understanding of teen motivations and language is [ Read the full article… ]
Michelle Meadows
One night as a thunderstorm raged outside, Michelle Meadows rocked her son Chase to sleep and the words for a poem sprang to life: “pitter pitter / plam, plam / on my window pane . . .” So began her children’s book journey. In 2003, Michelle’s debut, The Way the Storm Stops, illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger (Henry Holt & Company, [ Read the full article… ]
Christopher Paul Curtis
Christopher Paul Curtis is no stranger to award committees. His first novel, The Watson’s Go To Birmingham–1963, was awarded the Newbery Honor and the Coretta Scott King Honor. His next novel, Bud, Not Buddy, was awarded the Newbery Award and the Coretta Scott King Author Award. And just this past January, his latest novel, Elijah [ Read the full article… ]