Chelsea Lin Wallace and I met rather serendipitously over social media many months ago, and I do feel that fate was somehow at work in
Category: Interviews
Books in the Homeschool: A Quick Guide for Children’s Authors
With the popularity of homeschooling continuing to rise you may wonder, as a children’s author, how to reach this ever-expanding market.
Interview with Valerie Bolling: Together We Ride
Joyce: Valerie, you certainly have been busy since I interviewed you for your first book Let’s Dance! Congratulations on your newest–Together We Ride from Chronicle
Interview with Debut Picture Book Author Debbie Murphy
Marcia Strykowski: Hi Debbie, your debut picture book, Jackie and the Mona Lisa is delightful! Let’s get right to some questions as I’m sure everyone
Author Spotlight: Drew Daywalt
To say Drew Daywalt is an accomplished author is an understatement. He has received 65 awards for his children’s writing, including the coveted E.B. White Read-Aloud Award and the Time Magazine Top 100 Best Children’s Books of All Time.
Interview with Author Doe Boyle
René Bartos: I am so excited to be able to chat with author Doe Boyle today! Welcome to Writers’ Rumpus, Doe! Can you tell me
Interview with Jenny Lacika, debut picture book author
CAROL GORDON EKSTER: I met Jenny Lacika in my picture book critique group in Cambridge, MA, where we met in person pre-Covid. I’ve watched Jenny’s
Grace Lin on Diversity & Inclusion
Part 2 of 2: Grace Lin on Diversity and Inclusion Grace Lin, a NY Times bestselling author/ illustrator and winner of the Children’s Literature Legacy
Interview with Nancy Tandon, debut author of THE WAY I SAY IT
“I can’t say my name. Not because it’s a secret or anything. Honestly I’d shout it into a microphone right now if I could. I’d give up anything to be able to do that. Even my guitar-playing fingertip calluses, which took like a million hours to get. The first half-million hours hurt. A lot.”
Grace Lin on the Craft of Storytelling
Part 1 of 2: Grace Lin on the Craft of Storytelling Grace Lin, a New York Times bestselling author/ illustrator, won the Newbery Honor for
AN INTERVIEW WITH LEAH H. ROGERS, AUTHOR OF THE BARN
THE BARN is a beautifully written lyrical picture book with lovely illustrations that takes us on a journey from morning through evening from the perspective
The 2021 Writers’ Rumpus Review
Before you turn the page on 2021, please join me in reviewing a sample of the wonderful posts that were offered this past year.
Meet debut #kidlit author, Adria Karlsson
Carol Gordon Ekster: Adria, welcome to Writers’ Rumpus! Your debut picture book My Sister, Daisy, illustrated by Linus Curci, Capstone, 2021 came out in September.
Poetry and Pictures: Interview with Matt Forrest Esenwine, author of I AM TODAY
In I AM TODAY, a young girl hears from adults that she is the future. But she doesn’t want to wait, so she starts making
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