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Fall 2012 Flying Starts: Matt Luckhurst
As a high school graduate in western Canada, Matt Luckhurst knew what was expected of him.
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Fall 2012 Flying Starts: Rachel Hartman
The path to publication can be a long, slow one. Just ask Rachel Hartman. Her debut, the epic YA fantasy Seraphina, was released nine years after she started writing it, with a few bumps along the way.
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Fall 2012 Flying Starts: Stefan Bachmann
Very little about 19-year-old Stefan Bachmann says "typical teenager."
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Q & A with Gary Paulsen and Jim Paulsen
Disgruntled teenager Ben and his impulsive father set out to rescue an abandoned border collie in Road Trip, three-time Newbery Honor author Gary Paulsen's first collaboration with his sculptor son, Jim.
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Q & A with Karen Cushman
The author of the Newbery Award-winning The Midwife's Apprentice and seven other acclaimed novels of historical fiction, Karen Cushman has proven adept at bringing other eras to life.
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5 Writing Tips from Laini Taylor
Laini Taylor's Days of Blood & Starlight (the follow-up to Daughter of Smoke & Bone) is filled with dazzling writing, not to mention fantasy, suspense, and a page-turning story. Take notes, because Taylor's sharing her 5 writing tips.
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PW Talks with NBA Medalist William Alexander
Rubbing elbows with the likes of Louise Erdrich and Dave Eggers came as a bit of a shock to author William Alexander, who received the NBA for Young People's Literature for his first novel, Goblin Secrets.
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Q & A with Henry Cole
The illustrator of some 80 picture books – some of which he wrote, some penned by other authors – Henry Cole is a versatile children's book creator. In his latest solo effort, Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad, a wordless picture book about a girl who discovers – and protects – a runaway slave hiding in her family's barn.
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Q & Art with Jeff Kinney
The seventh book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, The Third Wheel, landed in stores nationwide on Tuesday, November 11. We took the opportunity to ask series creator Jeff Kinney a few questions.
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Q & A with Joe Schreiber
Perry's Killer Playlist is Joe Schreiber's second YA novel, a sequel to last year's Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick. Both are classic stories of boy meets girl (assassin), with the new book taking teenage Perry and his rock band to Europe, home to Gobija Zaksauskas, a foreign exchange student who turned out to be a killer-for-hire.
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A Hollywood Director's Children's Book Debut
Usually, it's the book that spawns the movie. But in Gary Ross’s case, it was a 1996 movie that spawned his children's book, Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind (Candlewick) illustrated by Matthew Myers, which will be released November 13.
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In Conversation: Jasper Fforde and Gabrielle Zevin
As part of the YA Not? series at Brooklyn's Word bookstore, Jasper Fforde was interviewed about his first young adult novel, The Last Dragonslayer, by Gabrielle Zevin, author of, most recently, Because It Is My Blood.
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Q & A with Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith has developed a reputation as a writer who isn't afraid of portraying evil in its most graphic form, and that includes his hallucinatory new horror fantasy, Passenger, a sequel to The Marbury Lens.
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Q & A with Deborah Ellis
Deborah Ellis’s new novel, My Name Is Parvana is a follow-up to her Breadwinner trilogy about 11-year old Parvana, who disguises herself as a boy in order to work and support her family, and her friend Shauzia’s struggle to get out of an Afghan refugee camp.
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Q & A with Lemony Snicket
Lemony Snicket returns, this time narrating his own story, rather than that sad saga about the Baudelaire orphans. The four-book series, titled All the Wrong Questions, begins with Who Could That Be at This Hour?, in which readers meet Lemony at age 12, as he embarks on his first mission for whoever it is he works for.
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Q & A with Jasper Fforde
Best known for his literary spoofs starring detective Thursday Next, British author Jasper Fforde dips into the YA pool with The Last Dragonslayer, first in a trilogy about an orphan who finds herself in charge of a boarding house/employment agency for wizards and magicians. Fforde spoke with Bookshelf while in Atlanta as part of a month-long U.S. tour, about his inspiration for the new series.
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Video: Daniel Handler on Lemony Snicket and 'Who Could That Be at This Hour?'
Bestselling author Daniel Handler talks about his relationship with Lemony Snicket and his new book, 'Who Could That Be at This Hour?'
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Q & A with Stephen Savage
Stephen Savage, whose latest book, Little Tug, is out this month, shares the story of his artistic beginnings.
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Q & A with Bob Balaban
Actor, producer, and director Bob Balaban has appeared on stage, on TV, and in nearly 100 movies, including Midnight Cowboy, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Gosford Park. In 2002, he added "author" to his impressive list of credits, with his six-book McGrowl series for middle-graders. Now Balaban makes a new foray into fiction with Boy or Beast, the launch title of the Creature from the Seventh Grade series.
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Q & A with Lucy Cousins
The last time British author and illustrator Lucy Cousins, who has more than 30 million books in print worldwide, visited this side of the pond was to celebrate the 10th birthday of her most famous creation, Maisy. That was in 2000, just after Maisy debuted in her own TV series on Nick Jr. So when Cousins arrived for a brief visit earlier this month, PW jumped at the opportunity to catch up with her.
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