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Questioning 'Reality': A.S. King
The Printz Honor-winner's fifth novel, Reality Boy, looks at the unwitting stars of unscripted television – the children whose family lives are broadcast to the world.
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Gobsmacked!
I was Roald Dahl's editor from about 1981 to 1987: at the time I was president and publisher at Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers.
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When Books Get Noisy
This past October my family and I moved to a small coastal town in Maine, not far from E.B. White’s home in North Brooklin.
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Trilogies: Neal Shusterman
I thought UnSouled would come in at around 400 pages, but it took 650 pages, and even then I felt like I was rushing the conclusion, so I asked my editor and publisher if I could divide it again.
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Obituary: Barbara Robinson
Author Barbara Robinson, who introduced the rambunctious Herdman family in her bestseller The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, died on July 9. She was 85.
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Spring 2013 Flying Starts
Six authors and illustrators with notable spring debuts.
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Spring 2013 Flying Starts: Tim Federle
Tim Federle's parents took him to see Cats when he was nine years old.
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Spring 2013 Flying Starts: Adina Rishe Gewirtz
When Adina Rishe Gewirtz was 12, she had what she calls a "life-changing" experience: she read Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Spring 2013 Flying Starts: Leila Howland
The road to publication for Leila Howland's YA debut, Nantucket Blue —about a girl who, while working as a chambermaid one summer, falls in love with her best friend's younger brother—was almost 15 years in the making.
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Spring 2013 Flying Starts: Maris Wicks
After Maris Wicks graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2003 with a B.F.A. in illustration, she didn't exactly leap into her chosen field. "I didn't draw for a year," she says.
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Spring 2013 Flying Starts: Aaron Meshon
Aaron Meshon met his wife, Ayako, 10 years ago at a softball game in Chinatown under the Manhattan Bridge.
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Move Over, Rocky: Philadelphia Celebrates Hometown Hero Jerry Pinkney
The city of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have declared Wednesday, June 26, to be Jerry Pinkney Day.
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Q & A with Andrew Richard Albanese, Author of 'The Battle of $9.99'
Andrew Richard Albanese talks about the story behind The Battle of $9.99, a new e-book about the Apple price-fixing case.
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BEA 2013: Randi Zuckerberg: Social Media's Dear Abby
Randi Zuckerberg is signed up for two books with HarperCollins: Dot, a picture book for children with illustrations by Joe Berger, and Dot Complicated, a nonfiction book for adults.
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BEA 2013: Sarah Dessen: Summertime Is the Best Time
Ah, summer. It’s Sarah Dessen’s favorite season.
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Q & A with Tom McNeal
We speak with the author about his new novel, Far Far Away, a modern fairy tale.
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Bernard Waber, 1921-2013
Bernard Waber, creator of much-loved picture books about Lyle the crocodile and other anthropomorphic animals, died on May 16 after a long illness. He was 91.
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Q & A with Cecil Castellucci and Sara Varon
PW spoke with illustrator Sara Varon and writer Castellucci to hear about how two self-proclaimed odd ducks combined forces to create Odd Duck, an unconventional – and very funny – book.
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Q & A with Julie Kagawa
The Eternity Cure, the second book in Julie Kagawa's dystopian vampire trilogy, Blood of Eden.
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Q & A with Paul Rudnick
Paul Rudnick's first YA book, Gorgeous, tells the story of a girl in a trailer park who instead of three wishes is granted three magic dresses and perfect beauty by an all-powerful clothing designer.
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