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Q & A with Patrick Ness
A two-time Carnegie Medalist, and recently shortlisted for this year’s award, Patrick Ness is just as surprised as readers to be returning to his Chaos Walking series with 'Piper at the Gates of Dusk,' the first in The New World trilogy.
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Author Shifa Saltagi Safadi on the Things AI Could Never Do
National Book Award winner Shifa Saltagi Safadi reflects on the joys and struggles of the writing process, and all that is lost when we surrender our creative acts to AI.
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On Tour for ‘Ripples,’ Katie Yamasaki Wants to Make Waves
Picture book creator and muralist Katie Yamasaki combines storytelling with hands-on collaboration, and her Earth Month book tour for 'Ripples' comes with opportunities to take outdoor environmental action.
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Four Questions for K.L. Walther
As one of many authors who gained massive popularity during the early days of BookTok, K.L. Walther continues her streak of summery YA romances with 'We’re a Bad Idea, Right?,' a gender-swapped take on 'Risky Business.'
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Q & A with Scott Reintgen
Scott Reintgen, author of myriad fantasy survival novels including the Dragonships series and the Waxways trilogy, delivers another YA genre thriller with 'Devious Prey.'
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Randi Pink on the YA Black Renaissance
Author Randi Pink reflects on Walter Dean Myers’s 2014 op-ed calling out the dearth of racial diversity in children’s literature, and its role in sparking what she describes as YA’s Black Renaissance.
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In Conversation: Mia Wenjen and Jolene Gutiérrez
Mia Wenjen and Jolene Gutiérrez both grapple with the cruelty of internment and family separation in their new picture books 'Barbed Wire Between Us' and 'Unbreakable: A Japanese American Family in an American Incarceration Camp.'
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Sarah Beth Durst on Why You Should Open Magical Doors
The author of fantasy novels for teens and adults, Sarah Beth Durst reflects on her new cozy YA fantasy, 'The Faraway Inn,' and the importance of magical worlds that offer safety to readers.
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100 Years of Winnie-the-Pooh: PW Talks with Annette Bay Pimentel and Faith Pray
In their new picture book 'How a Bear Became a Book,' Annette Bay Pimentel and Faith Pray pay homage to the collaboration between author A.A. Milne and illustrator E.H. Shepard that resulted in the beloved classic, 'Winnie-the-Pooh,' which is now celebrating a century in print.
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Q & A with Aaron Starmer
Author of the Riverman trilogy Aaron Starmer delivers a multigenerational speculative novel with 'You Are Now Old Enough to Hear This,' illustrated by Jaime Zollars.
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