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They Thought They Buried Us: An Interview with Author NoNieqa Ramos

In They Thought They Buried Us Yuiza knows every horror movie trope and plotline. But when they receive a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school they must uncover the school’s sinister secrets and try to get out alive. Today author NoNieqa Ramos joins us to discuss the first spark of this story, genre fiction, and […]Read more

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Hair Story: An Interview with NoNieqa Ramos

The new celebratory picture book, Hair Story, follows Preciosa and Rudine as they play hair salon and take inspiration from their moms, their neighbors, their ancestors, and cultural icons. They soon discover that their hair holds roots of the past and threads of the future. With rhythmic, rhyming verse and vibrant collage art, author NoNieqa […]Read more

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HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY: NEW Picture Books, Middle Grade, YA, AND NONFICTION

By Megan Ciskowski, Associate Publicist Check out September new releases from Lerner Publishing Group!Read more

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HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY: NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS, YA, AND NONFICTION

By Megan Ciskowski, Associate Publicist Check out August new releases from Lerner Publishing Group!Read more

NoNieqa Ramos on Coming Out in YA Literature

by Amy Fitzgerald, Editorial Director, Carolrhoda Books In honor of National Coming Out Day on October 11, I talked to author NoNieqa Ramos about LGBTQA+ advocacy and representation in YA literature.Read more

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Happy Book Birthday: New Picture Books, Middle Grade, and YA

By Libby Stille, Publicist Check out September new releases from Lerner Publishing Group!Read more

NoNieqa Ramos on Writing Diverse Characters and Resisting the Status Quo

Last month at an ALA Annual librarian dinner, author NoNieqa Ramos talked about her YA novels, diversity, and resisting the status quo. Here she shares a version of her speech. Read more

“Like Getting Punched in the Face”: Discovering Debut YA The Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary

By Amy Fitzgerald, Senior Editor In early March of 2017, my boss sent me a YA novel manuscript to read. She had been kind enough to share a lot of her incoming submissions with me as I worked on building up my own contacts with literary agents, so there wasn’t anything unusual about this forwarded […]Read more

The Art of Cover Design: The Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary

I asked designer Lindsey Owens if she had things to say about the cover design for our novel The Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary that she’d like to discuss on the blog, and yes, yes she did. Today’s Dispatch from the Design Department—and a look into life in publishing—is courtesy of Lindsey. Also, I don’t make a […]Read more

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