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… ]
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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… ]