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Four Questions for Goldy Moldavsky
Goldy Moldavsky spoke with PW about her new YA rom-com, 'Just Say Yes,' inspired by her experience growing up as an immigrant in the early aughts, and writing across genres.
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Q & A with Cicely Lewis
We spoke with Cicely Lewis, an award-winning librarian and creator of the Read Woke challenge, about promoting literacy and social justice through her work in the school library and in children's publishing.
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Four Questions for Liana Finck
We spoke with 'New Yorker' cartoonist Liana Finck about her debut picture book, 'You Broke It!,' and her longtime aspirations create books for children.
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Q & A with Emma Lord
Emma Lord spoke with PW about her new YA romance, 'The Getaway List,' crafting quintessential rom-com moments, and writing love stories for an emotionally mature generation.
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Writing as an Act of Grieving
In an essay for PW, author E.L. Shen reflects on the experience of losing her father as a teenager and the catharsis of writing about grief in her forthcoming book for middle graders, ‘Maybe It's a Sign.’
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Q & A with Maggie Nichols
Eight-time NCAA champion Maggie Nichols details her experience as the first athlete on the U.S. national gymnastics team to report the sexual abuse she endured from former sports medicine physician Larry Nassar in her debut YA memoir 'Unstoppable!'
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Four Questions for Jamie Lee Curtis
We spoke with Academy Award-winning actor Jamie Lee Curtis about her new picture book, 'Just One More Sleep,' her 13th collaboration with illustrator Laura Cornell.
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Four Questions for Carolina Ixta
Carolina Ixta's YA debut Shut Up, This Is Serious tackles complex issues surrounding abuse, intergenerational trauma, mental health, racism, sex work, and teen pregnancy through the lens of the teen daughter of Mexican immigrants.
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Q & A with Mia Armstrong
We spoke with 12-year-old Mia Armstrong, who is an actor, model, Down syndrome activist, and middle school student, about her picture book debut, 'I Am a Masterpiece!'
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Fall 2023 Flying Starts: Page Powars
Page Powars says he was “creating a model of how I wished my life could be” in his debut novel, 'The Borrow a Boyfriend Club,' an affirming queer romance starring a transgender 16-year-old.
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Fall 2023 Flying Starts: Linda Cheng
After immigrating to Canada from Taiwan in the seventh grade, Linda Cheng spent much of her time working on her English by reading R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps series, an experience that helped inspire her debut YA horror tale, 'Gorgeous Gruesome Faces.'
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Fall 2023 Flying Starts: Angela Montoya
Having grown up surrounded by poets and writers, Angela Montoya has entered the family trade with her teen fantasy debut, 'Sinner’s Isle,' about a powerful witch fighting for liberation.
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Fall 2023 Flying Starts: Joelle Wellington
Copywriter-turned-author Joelle Wellington explores societal fears tinged with racism in her debut novel, the campy, dark, contemporary YA horror-thriller 'Their Vicious Games.'
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Fall 2023 Children’s Flying Starts
We spotlight the authors of four of the season’s most promising YA debuts.
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Q & A with Kate Weston
Kate Weston talked about her new YA novel 'Diary of a Confused Feminist,' her relationship with feminism, and how her comedy and her writing helped her process teenage trauma.
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In Conversation: Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
We asked married collaborators Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome to interview each other about their new picture book, 'Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis,' their creative approaches, and their evolving connections to history.
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Four Questions for Julie Abe
Julie Abe spoke with PW about how writing 'Our Cursed Love' helped her feel closer to her family, the differences and similarities between her YA and middle grade works, and her love of all things magical.
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Q & A with Kerry O'Malley Cerra
We spoke with novelist and former teacher Kerry O'Malley Cerra about how her hearing loss has impacted her life and writing, and her commitment to creating stories that depict deaf characters in a multitude of ways.
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Barnett and Klassen Dabble in Streetwear for a Holiday Collaboration
The author-illustrator duo and designer denim shop 3sixteen partnered for a winter event, selling exclusive T-shirts featuring the characters from Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen’s Shapes trilogy.
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At the Museum with Leila Sales
For her eighth book, 'The Museum of Lost and Found,' Leila Sales arranged an inventive event in keeping with the theme of her middle grade novel; last month, a dozen sixth and seventh graders from schools across New York City attended a free one-day "make your own museum" camp arranged by Sales at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan.
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