When I read MUSLIM GIRLS RISE, I couldn’t wait to ask Saira Mir about her book and her writing journey. The book features 19 inspiring
Category: Interviews
Kim Chaffee on Surviving and Thriving in Your Debut Year
Kim Chaffee has been an invigorating presence in our Writers’ Rumpus group since she joined in 2016. Her debut year has included two picture books:
Making the Modern Spooky Middle Grade Novel: An Interview with author Josh Roberts
As Halloween approaches, author Josh Roberts talks with us about what makes for a great spooky middle grade novel.
Interview of Scott Lauder and David Ross, authors of THE JADE DRAGONBALL
THE JADE DRAGONBALL beautifully blends fantasy, various points of view and different times in history. Fast paced, entertaining, and well written, it’s kind of adventure
Inspirational #Kidlit Author Interview with Dawn Babb Prochovnic
CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Dawn, it is so lovely that you are a Writers’ Rumpus reader and reached out about your new books. You are such
Josh Funk Codes a Rollercoaster & Spends a Night at the Bookstore
For most of us writers, civilizations could rise and fall in the time between book launches. But with back-to-back book launches this week and next,
Ripple Grove Press: Our Story
GUEST POST by Rob Broder, Ripple Grove Press Ripple Grove Press turns five years old this fall. Writers’ Rumpus is honored to host Rob Broder
8 Books That Broke the Rules Brilliantly
Before you bend or break the rules of writing for children, the generally accepted strategy is to learn the established rules first. But however these authors and illustrators dreamed up these groundbreaking book ideas, they executed them brilliantly.
Interview with #kidlit author, Tina Cho
CAROL GORDON EKSTER: I “met” Tina Cho through social media. Someone connected us on Instagram when I posted a page from my YOU KNOW WHAT?
Interview of Lori Alexander, Author of the FUTURE BABY series
Lori Alexander writes children’s books filled with humor and heart. I first interviewed her about her use of mentor texts several years ago on ReFoReMo,
Meet #kidlit debut picture book author, Hayley Barrett.
CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Your debut picture book, Babymoon with Candlewick Press came out on April 2, 2019. This beautiful rhyming text, filled with emotion and
Interview: Susan Kaplan Carlton, author of IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF TRUE
This is more than an interview with a young adult author about her newest book. Recent events in the news reveal that antisemitism has not
