Meet YA Author Kiersi Burkhart
Author Kiersi Burkhart stops by the blog to talk about her debut YA novel, Honor Code.Read more "Meet YA Author Kiersi Burkhart"
Meet Economic Inequality Author Coral Celeste Frazer
By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director of Twenty-First Century Books I invited one of Twenty-First Century Book’s newest writers–Coral Celeste Frazer–to talk about her new YA title for the imprint. Economic Inequality: The American Dream under Siege is out this spring.Read more "Meet Economic Inequality Author Coral Celeste Frazer"
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Nonfiction Books and the Creative Process [Part 2]
By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books Earlier this month, I shared the creative process behind two nonfiction picture books. You can read that post here. Today I asked three authors to give a peek inside how they created their photo-driven nonfiction books. Read more "Nonfiction Books and the Creative Process [Part 2]"
Can I Touch Your Hair? Webcast + Q&A with Selina Alko, Charles Waters, and Irene Latham
Last week, three of the four creators of Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship took part in a special Horn Book live webcast. Charles Waters, Irene Latham, and Selina Alko discussed how their new picture book came to be with The Horn Book‘s Roger Sutton. You can listen to the webcast here. They also answered […]Read more "Can I Touch Your Hair? Webcast + Q&A with Selina Alko, Charles Waters, and Irene Latham"
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Nonfiction Books and the Creative Process [Part 1]
By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books When we think about the creative process, fiction often comes to mind. After all, what’s more creative than making up stuff?! Yet as nonfiction authors and illustrators can tell you, the process of making a nonfiction picture book incorporates a good measure of creativity as well. […]Read more "Nonfiction Books and the Creative Process [Part 1]"
Author Melissa Koch on Writing STEM Nonfiction for Teens
3D Printing author Melissa Koch on writing nonfiction for teens, finding trustworthy sources, and why she’s always loved STEM topics.Read more "Author Melissa Koch on Writing STEM Nonfiction for Teens"
On the Free Author Coert Voorhees on an Unforgettable Hike
Author Coert Voorhees shares a challenging hiking experience that partially inspired his YA wilderness survival novel On the Free. I’ve had some rough outings in my day, but I think my most intense experience came in the Grand Canyon when I was 19 years old. So intense was it, in fact, that I’ve incorporated some elements […]Read more "On the Free Author Coert Voorhees on an Unforgettable Hike"
The Civil Rights Movement and the Power of Teen Girl Activists
By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books I was fascinated from the moment author Heather E. Schwartz first mentioned a group of black teen girls protesting for their civil rights in Georgia in 1963. These teen girl activists were locked up in a Civil War-era stockade in Leesburg, Georgia. What stood […]Read more "The Civil Rights Movement and the Power of Teen Girl Activists"
Meet YA Author and Avid Hiker Coert Voorhees
On the Free, the new YA wilderness survival novel by Coert Voorhees, takes readers on an intense, sometimes frightening trek through the Colorado wilderness. Voorhees tells his story from three different perspectives—and with a level of detail that reveals his own experience outdoors. We caught up with Coert to find out more about that last […]Read more "Meet YA Author and Avid Hiker Coert Voorhees"
