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Q & A with Sara Zarr

By Matia Burnett | 05/02/2013 @ 03:00PM

In The Lucy Variations, Sara Zarr's fifth novel, 16-year-old Lucy has stepped away from her blossoming career as a concert pianist, and is struggling to redefine what role music will play in her life.
Fredrick L. McKissack, 1939–2013

By Shannon Maughan | 04/30/2013 @ 03:00PM

Fredrick L. McKissack, who with his wife and partner Patricia created more than 100 books illuminating aspects of the African-American experience, died of heart failure on April 28.
Corsetto Goes Long Form with 'Adventure Time'

by Shannon O'Leary | 04/23/2013 @ 04:00PM

Popular webcomic creator Danielle Corsetto talks about adapting to the world of graphic novels with Adventure Time: Playing With Fire.
E.L. Konigsburg, 1930–2013

By Shannon Maughan | 04/20/2013 @ 12:00PM

Esteemed children's author E.L. Konigsburg, a two-time winner of the Newbery Medal, died on Friday at age 83.
Q & A with Brent Hartinger

By Kate Pavao | 04/18/2013 @ 02:00PM

Having just self-published The Elephant of Surprise, the fourth book in his Russel Middlebrook series, Brent Hartinger is at the forefront of trends in self-publishing and gayYA fiction.
Q & A with Bob Staake

By Sally Lodge | 04/11/2013 @ 03:00PM

A bluebird befriends a lonely boy – and risks its life to protect him in a city park – in Bob Staake's wordless picture book, Bluebird.
Kids Comic Con Returns May 11 to Bronx Community College

By Calvin Reid | 04/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

The seventh annual Kids Comic Con will kick off on May 11 with more than 30 exhibitors, including Viz Media, Papercutz, Archie Comics, Jim Henson/Sesame Street and Scholastic Book Fairs, in addition to a slate of panels, film screenings and hands-on workshops on creating comics.
Q & A with Beth Reekles

By Sally Lodge | 04/09/2013 @ 03:00PM

The 17-year-old's self-published novel, The Kissing Booth, garnered millions of reads online – and landed the author a contract with Random House.
Q & A with Jennifer E. Smith

By Kate Pavao | 04/04/2013 @ 03:00PM

In Jennifer E. Smith's new YA novel, This Is What Happy Looks Like, a young Hollywood heartthrob accidentally sends an email to a smart, small-town girl, and a relationship blossoms – but a family secret threatens the romance.
Q & A with Shirley Hughes

By Ingrid Roper | 04/02/2013 @ 03:00PM

Award-winning author and illustrator Shirley Hughes's first novel, Hero on a Bicycle, a highly charged thriller set in Nazi-occupied Florence in 1944, will be released this month.
Q & A with Kathy Reichs

By Sally Lodge | 03/28/2013 @ 12:00PM

Out this month, Code, the third installment in the Virals YA series, written by author and Bones creator Kathy Reichs and her son, Brendan.
Catching Up with the 'Deliriously' Busy Lauren Oliver

By Alexis Burling | 03/21/2013 @ 03:00PM

PW Bookshelf caught up with busy author Lauren Oliver following her eight-day, eight-city tour promoting the release of Requiem, the final book in her Delirium trilogy.
Q & A with David Ezra Stein

By Antonia Saxon | 03/19/2013 @ 03:00PM

Award-winning author/illustrator David Ezra Klein's newest title, Ol' Mama Squirrel, tells the story of a resolute rodent prepared to do anything necessary to protect her babies from danger.
Q & A with Nora Raleigh Baskin

By Krystyna Poray Goddu | 03/14/2013 @ 03:00PM

This year sees publication of Nora Raleigh Baskin's ninth and tenth novels: this month's Surfacing, a YA novel, and the middle-grade Runt.
Q & A with Linda Urban

By Joy Bean | 03/12/2013 @ 03:00PM

Bookseller-turned-author Linda Urban's third book, The Center of Everything, follows 12-year-old Ruby as she deals with the passing of her grandmother and tries to make her greatest wish come true.
Q & A with Marcus Pfister

By Sally Lodge | 03/07/2013 @ 03:00PM

Marcus Pfister, whose Rainbow Fish books have sold 30 million copies worldwide, speaks about his various projects past and present.
Maureen Johnson: The Queen of Teen

By Sue Corbett | 02/25/2013 @ 12:00AM

YA writer Maureen Johnson has had a very good decade.
A Loving Tribute: Maurice Sendak on 'My Brother's Book'

By Antonia Saxon | 02/22/2013 @ 07:00PM

Editor Michael di Capua is talking about My Brother's Book, Maurice Sendak's final work, as he looks through the folder he kept for the project.
Q & A with Lauren DeStefano

By Claire Kirch | 02/21/2013 @ 03:00PM

Lauren DeStefano's Chemical Garden trilogy of dystopian novels for YA readers paints a harrowing portrait of the unintended and tragic consequences of modern society’s relentless pursuit of perfection.
Q & A with Shaun Tan

By Antonia Saxon | 02/14/2013 @ 03:00PM

Australian author Shaun Tan's newest title, The Bird King: An Artist's Notebook, is a sketchbook-sized volume of rough work and inspiration for his award-winning books and films.

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