Authors & Illustrators Wild About Kidlit!
Mitali Perkins is the author of nine children’s books. She has received awards from the New York Public Library, American Library Association and the Junior
By Carrie Charley Brown Writers could probably go crazy if they stopped to analyze all of the agent desires that are out there. This one
As the daughter of Jane Yolen, Heidi E. Y. Stemple has big shoes to fill; and she does it wonderfully. I spent 4 days with Heidi
We’ve fielded questions of all varieties about how the heck we write something as personal as a novel alongside someone else. Well, we have answers.
I consider my writing comfort zone to be chapter books in a series. This is not surprising to me. Ever since I was little, I have
by Paul Czajak I just returned from the 2015 NESCBWI conference a couple of weeks ago and like always, it was fantastic! How many times
CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Josh Funk is clever, kind, and funny. He’s in my on-line critique group and part of the New England chapter of SCBWI,
As a kid growing up, I knew that mothers weren’t all the same. But it took me a while to realize how unusual my own
There are two aspects to each story— what it is about and how it is written. Three young adult novels I’ve read over a span
By Carrie Charley Brown As soon as you walk into my house, you get a glimpse of my office. It is not neat. It is
By Kristine Carlson Asselin The query letter. It’s something that strikes fear in the heartiest of us. Asking a stranger if they want to review
Jane Yolen books make my heart sing. So when I heard about her Picture Book Boot Camp, I applied. After four days in Jane’s home,
Inspired by my many hours of listening to audiobooks on my daily commute (see Audiobooks as Leisure Time Part 1 and Part 2), I decided
By Paul Czajak Procrastination, negotiation, dramatically, in-lieu; these are words that you probably would not expect to appear in a picture book. Which, in my
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