WRITERS' RUMPUS

When Narration and Puzzles Intertwine: Creating Storified Puzzle Books

June 5, 2026 Alumni & Guests

Guest Post by Derek Reid I’ve always dealt in the truth and glory of the real universe. When I was five or six years old,

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Picture Book Review: In The World of Whales

June 2, 2026 Genevieve Rossi

In The World of Whales, written by Michelle Cusolito and illustrated by Jessica Lanan, was published by Neal Porter books on June 17, 2025. Upon

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I Wish I Didn’t Have To Tell You This

May 26, 2026 Marti Johnson

I WISH I DIDN’T HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS was written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin, a Russian-born American author and an artist of many

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Dinosaur Picture Books Will Never Go Extinct!!

May 19, 2026 Laura Fineberg Cooper

I received this herd/pack/flock of dinosaur picture books from Chronicle Books and Tundra Books, a division of Penguin Random House Canada. As someone whose first

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Interview with Lois Brandt — Talented Picture Book Author of Maddi’s Fridge

May 12, 2026 Keri Demers

Yes, that’s Jennifer Garner on Storyline Online reading Maddi’s Fridge (Flashlight Press, 2014, 2022) by Award-Winning Author Lois Brandt. And the video (which you should

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Interview of Debut Author, Anna Meriano

February 20, 2018 Kirsti Call

A Dash of Trouble is the kind of book that makes you smile as you read. Eleven year old Leo is impetuous, mischievous, curious and

Describing Characters

February 16, 2018 Alison Potoma

I recently started revising my YA science fiction novel. I have very vivid pictures of each character in my head. When my critique partner read

Book Birthday for THE ART OF THE SWAP

February 13, 2018 Alumni & Guests

By Kristine Carlson Asselin I’m thrilled to be at Writers’ Rumpus on the Book Birthday for THE ART OF THE SWAP, and so happy to

For Your Littlest Valentine

February 9, 2018 Kim Chaffee

For Your Littlest Valentine

Interview with Kim Harrington, YA and MG #kidlit author

February 6, 2018 Carol Gordon Ekster

CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Kim Harrington, a fan of Writers’ Rumpus, is an acclaimed author with Scholastic, Penguin, and Sterling Childrens Books. I interviewed her below.

Not Giving Up on Readers Who Struggle!

February 2, 2018 Joyce Audy Zarins

My first thought after reading an article in the SCBWI Winter 2018 newsletter about accommodations for dyslexic readers was that this significant problem seemed easy