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Soapbox: Children's Nonfiction Has an Image Problem
Sibert Medal Honoree Melissa Stewart has written more than 200 science books for children. Here, she argues that many children gravitate towards nonfiction books, but adults may be steering them away because of their own assumptions and biases, to the detriment of young readers.
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On Tour with Kalynn Bayron
Kalynn Bayron went on her first in-person tour for her bestselling YA fantasy 'This Wicked Fate' last month.
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Q & A with Jose Pimienta
We spoke with 'Twin Cities' author-illustrator Jose Pimienta about cultural and gender-based double standards, teenage rebellion, and finding a place to call your own.
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Close-Up on: Mariko Tamaki
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Four Questions for Elizabeth Kilcoyne
We spoke with Elizabeth Kilcoyne about horror, grief, and her YA debut, 'Wake the Bones.'
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Close-Up on: Svetlana Chmakova
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Close-Up on: Ryan T. Higgins
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When Authors Play the TikTok Game
Jen Calonita is the author of 30 books for teens and middle graders; here she writes about diving into the world of TikTok for her latest book, '12 to 22.'
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Q & A with Lora Senf
In 'The Clackity' by debut author Lora Senf, 12-year-old Evie Von Rathe journeys into a terrifying supernatural world populated by ghosts and witches.
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Four Questions for Eileen Grimes
Eileen Grimes, a former high school teacher and the founder of the company Loved as You Are, is sharing her book 'The Us Journal: A Parent-Child Journey of Love and Discovery' with children and caregives in Uvalde, Tex., to help families process the recent school shooting.
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Q & A with JaNay Brown-Wood
PW spoke with JaNay Brown-Wood about how her early school experiences turned her into a writer, and when she discovered her calling to become a teacher.
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Spring 2022 Flying Starts: Chioma Ebinama
The last year has been filled with milestones for Nigerian American illustrator and fine artist Chioma Ebinama.
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Spring 2022 Flying Starts: Andrew Joseph White
Andrew Joseph White has been writing since before he could write; that passion blossomed into a goal to finish a full-length book at an early age, finally leading to the release of his debut novel, 'Hell Followed with Us,' this month.
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Spring 2022 Flying Starts: Julian Randall
Twenty years in the making, 'Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa' marks Julian Randall’s middle grade debut with the first in a series that meshes historical elements of the 1950s Trujillo dictatorship with Dominican mythology.
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Spring 2022 Flying Starts: Judy Lin
Debut author Judy Lin has harbored a love of mythological worlds and magic since she was a child, browsing the aisles in Taiwan bookstores, always gravitating toward Japanese and Celtic folklore.
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Spring 2022 Flying Starts: Carl Joe Williams
According to debut children’s book illustrator Carl Joe Williams ('Mardi Gras Almost Didn’t Come This Year' by Kathy Z. Price), art has been part of his life from the beginning.
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Spring 2022 Flying Starts: Camille Gomera-Tavarez
The inspirations for Camille Gomera-Tavarez’s widely praised debut collection 'High Spirits: Short Stories on Dominican Diaspora'—her far-flung family and its lore, her interest in the art of bookmaking, her admiration for favorite authors’ work—were always on the edge of her mind; she just didn’t know it until she got to college.
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Spring 2022 Children’s Flying Starts
We spotlight the authors of six of the season’s most promising children’s and YA debuts.
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Four Questions for Melanie Crowder
Melanie Crowder is the award-winning author of several young adult and middle grade novels. 'Jumper' is her first contemporary YA novel.
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Four Questions for Juliana Goodman
Juliana Goodman's debut YA novel 'The Black Girls Left Standing' follows 16-year-old Beau investigating the death of her older sister Katia at the hands of the police.
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