Author and Illustrator Spotlight – Page 31

5 Questions for Dazzle Ships Illustrator Victo Ngai

Recently back from Helsinki, Finland, where she attended the Hugo Awards ceremony as a finalist in the “Best Professional Artist” category, Victo Ngai found the time to answer a few questions about Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion, which comes out on September 1.Read more

Illustrator Q&A: Scott Roberts on Creating Wordless Graphic Novels

By Graphic Universe Associate Editorial Director Greg Hunter Belinda the Unbeatable, the second volume of the Game for Adventure series of wordless graphic novels for early readers, tells the story of an outrageous game of musical chairs and a friendship between competitors (or, if you prefer, a competition between friends). The book, by two-time Eisner […]Read more

Addressing Charlottesville with kids—New York Times recommends THE WHISPERING TOWN

In a recent piece, “How to Talk to Your Kids About Charlottesville,” New York Times children’s book editor Maria Russo featured Jennifer Elvgren’s The Whispering Town among “children’s books about people — including kids — who helped in the fight against Nazis and against racism here in the U.S.” Based on a true story, The Whispering Town tells the story […]Read more

Author Interviews

New Archaeology Book for Kids Uncovers How Children Once Lived [Interview]

By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press We recently released a new archaeology book for kids with Lois Miner Huey, author of Ick! Yuck! Eew! Our Gross American History, Forgotten Bones: Uncovering a Slave Cemetery, and Floodwaters and Flames: The 1913 Disaster in Dayton, Ohio. This title, Children of the Past, looks at what we know […]Read more

Exploring the Mysteries of the Universe with Sara Latta and Jeff Weigel of ‘Smash!’

In the eye-popping graphic novel Smash!, arriving this April, two cousins, Nick and Sophie, take a tour of the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest machine. Researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research use the collider to accelerate particles and smash them together. They study the results to find the hidden building blocks of […]Read more

Meet Kirstin Cronn-Mills and Alex Jackson Nelson

By Domenica Di Piazza, editorial director of Twenty-First Century Books Domenica says: I’m beyond thrilled that LGBTQ+ Athletes Claim the Field: Striving for Equality (TFCB, Fall 2016) is a finalist in this year’s Young Adult Literature category for the Minnesota Book Awards. The book’s brilliant author, Kirstin Cronn-Mills, will be at the award ceremony along with Alex […]Read more

Q&A with Pointe, Claw Author Amber J. Keyser

By Alix Reid, editorial director of Carolrhoda Lab On April 1, Carolrhoda Lab will publish Pointe, Claw, a brilliant new novel by Amber Keyser, author of The Way Back from Broken. The story is a tale of magical realism in which two best friends—Jessie, who wants to be a professional ballerina no matter what […]Read more

Writing on a Dare: Guest Post by YA Author Mary McCoy

Author Mary McCoy shares the story behind Camp So-and-So, her second YA novel. As perhaps befits a book set at summer camp, I wrote Camp So-and-So on a dare. My first novel, Dead to Me, is a crime novel, a mystery set in 1948 Los Angeles, and once I’d finished writing it, I was itching […]Read more

Q&A with YA Author Sasha Dawn

Author Sasha Dawn stops by the blog to talk about writing thrillers, home improvement projects, and Harrison Ford. 1. First, tell us a little about yourself. I live in northern Illinois, where I’ve lived my entire life, and where most of my works take place. I have an amazing husband and two teenage daughters, who […]Read more

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