The Lerner Blog

By Elizabeth Dingmann, Publicist Sally M. Walker (pictured at right on an archaeological site where she researched her book Written in Bone) is the author of many books, including the Sibert Medal-winning Secrets of a Civil War Submarine. Her research for the forthcoming Frozen Secrets (coming Fall 2010) brought her into contact with explorer and […]Read more "Ada Lovelace Day: Guest Blogger Sally M. Walker"

Well, actually, Lerner author Sandra Markle never met nineteenth-century computer programming pioneer Ada Lovelace—though I suspect she’d have loved to. I’ve got Sandy’s permission to profile her in my blog entry for Ada Lovelace Day, which honors pioneering women in science and technology. Sandra Markle (below right, surrounded by some of her books with Lerner) […]Read more "When Sandra Met Ada…"

By Peg Goldstein, TFCB editor and author I play online Scrabble constantly. The only problem is finding suitable partners. People are so responsible. They say things like, “I’m too busy;” “I have to do my job;” “I have to take my son to the emergency room.” Where are their priorities? If you have a Scrabble […]Read more "Just Busy Enough"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press Joanne Lew-Vriethoff is the illustrator of The Punctuation Station. She loves vampires and werewolves, though neither appear in the illustrations for this book. She lives in Amsterdam with her husband and two children. Q: How did you decide to make the main characters in this book a family of […]Read more "The Punctuation Station Q&A with Joanne Lew-Vriethoff"

By Sara HoffmannSenior Editor I’m a big music fan—and I like all kinds of music. To say the selections on my iPod are eclectic would be an understatement. So when I found out I’d be editing Lerner’s bio on Michael Jackson (cover pictured), I was over the moon. I mean, who’s a bigger figure in […]Read more "MJ"

Broken business models. Deleted buy buttons. The Agency Four. The death of reading. Blah blah. Don’t pity book people. We still know how to have a good time and get some stuff done while we’re at it. Perhaps the best example in my experience of this phenomenon is the Bologna Book Fair, for which I […]Read more "Bologna"

by Erin Finnegan, NY editorial intern This week we have a glimpse into the future . . . so to speak. Graphic novels often take so long to write, illustrate, color, lay out, letter, and (finally) print, artists might be drawing a year or two in advance of publication. We’re excited to be working on one of […]Read more "GU Comics Day: Shining a spotlight on: Dylan Meconis"

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB Lately my colleagues (authors and editors alike), independently of one another, have been sending me links from a collection of science blogs on the Discover magazine website. The photo above is from an entry about scientists and their tattoos in a Discover blog called The Loom, by Discover […]Read more "Tattooing Science"