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In Conversation: Wade Hudson and Don Tate
We asked author Wade Hudson and illustrator Don Tate to discuss their new picture book, 'The Day Madear Voted,' which traces one Black family’s journey to the polls in 1969.
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Q & A with Tricia Levenseller
An ambitious teenager will stop at nothing to get what she wants in 'The Darkness Within Us,' the companion novel to YA romantasy author Tricia Levenseller's viral BookTok sensation 'The Shadows Between Us.'
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Beyond the Book: Katherine Arden's 'The Strangest Fish'
In her debut picture book, The Strangest Fish (Astra Young Readers, Sept.), award-winning fantasy author Katherine Arden (the Winternight trilogy and the Small Spaces Quartet series) follows a girl who wins a secretly powerful fish at the county fair. PW spoke with Arden about writing for very young readers and how her dog, Moose, inspires her fiction. (Sponsored)
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The Coming Storm: PW Talks with Porter Fox
In ‘Category Five,’ the ‘Nowhere’ magazine editor describes how climate change is making storms more intense.
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Blood in the Water: PW Talks with Hailey Piper
The murder of a trans teen reveals the dark, vampiric underbelly of a quaint beach town in Hailey Piper’s horror novel 'All the Hearts You Eat.'
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Q & A with Jill Baguchinsky
Jill Baguchinsky—the author of contemporary YA novel 'Mammoth'—goes dark and moody in 'So Witches We Became,' a supernatural YA horror novel.
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The Holocaust Doesn’t Come Out of Nowhere: PW Talks with Solomon J. Brager
The author of 'Heavyweight,' which draws lines between the German genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples in South Africa and the Holocaust, hopes that memory and narrative can create a more inclusive culture—one with ample humor and creativity.
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ALA 2024: Q & As with Featured Children's Authors
We spoke with six authors of books for young readers ahead of their appearances at the ALA annual conference in San Diego.
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ALA 2024: Baseball as Metaphor: PW Talks with Kwame Alexander
Newbery Medalist Alexander spoke with us about his second book in the Door of No Return series, sports as metaphor in his writing, and his commitment to foiling book banners.
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ALA 2024: 'Fostering Empathy and Resilience': PW Talks with Maggie Nichols
In advance of her appearance at ALA, NCAA champion gymnast Nichols spoke with us about her memoir 'Unstoppable!,' and how teachers, librarians, and caretakers can use it as a resource to support kids.
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Monsters Under the Bed and in My Head: PW Talks with Max Greenfield
Actor Max Greenfield's fourth picture book, 'Good Night Thoughts,' illustrated by James Serafino, takes on children's nighttime fears and anxieties.
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ALA 2024: 'To Help and Heal Humanity': PW Talks with Taraji P. Henson
Award-winning actor Taraji P. Henson highlights anxiety around fitting in and dealing with bullies in her debut picture book 'You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!),' the first in a series illustrated by Paul Kellam.
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ALA 2024: The Greater Good: PW Talks with Jay Jay Patton
In advance of ALA, PW spoke with Jay Jay Patton about her graphic novel memoir, 'Dear Dad,' how taboos around incarceration don't serve children, and using technology for good.
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San Diego Comic-Con 2024: Strange Fan: PW Talks with Zoe Thorogood
PW talks with the Eisner Award–winning Life Is Strange series artist, a special guest at this year's San Diego Comic-Con—where she’s up for an Eisner yet again.
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How Trump Mines for Shame in Appalachia: PW Talks with Arlie Russell Hochschild
In 'Stolen Pride' (New Press, Sept.), sociologist Hochschild studies conservative politics in a Kentucky town.
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Under the Influence: PW Talks with Caroline Woods
In Caroline Woods’s 'The Mesmerist' (Doubleday, Sept.), three women in a Minneapolis home for unwed mothers join forces to take down a serial killer.
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How Marc Bernardin Adapted Neil Gaiman's 'Anansi Boys' for Comics
The writer tapped to adapt Neil Gaiman’s 2005 novel for comics explains how he and his collaborators transformed the story into the format—even as Amazon Prime adapted it for streaming.
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In Conversation: Leah Johnson, Kyle Lukoff, and Abdi Nazemian Share Their Hopes for Queer Children's Lit
In honor of Pride Month, we asked recent Stonewall Award winners and honorees Leah Johnson ('You Should See Me in a Crown'), Kyle Lukoff ('Too Bright to See'), and Abdi Nazemian ('Only This Beautiful Moment') to discuss how they celebrate queerness in their novels, and their hopes for the future of LGBTQ+ literature for young people.
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A Busload of Joy: PW Talks with Loren Long
In 'The Yellow Bus,' author-illustrator Loren Long traces a school bus's journey in a tale whose changing landscape tells a story of its own.
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PW Close-Up: George M. Johnson on 'Flamboyants'
In Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, Sept.), George M. Johnson celebrates the legacies of Black and queer artists, activists, and writers whose full stories have remained untold. Through biographies of various historical figures, along with personal essays, poetry, and art by illustrator Charly Palmer, Johnson offers a valuable perspective on one of the most creative eras in American history. Johnson, who is also the author of All Boys Aren’t Blue, spoke with PW about why they chose to write this book now and the inspiring subjects who “give us the road map for our future.” (Sponsored)
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