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Children’s Authors on Their Favorite Questions from Kids
We asked veteran children’s authors and illustrators to tell us their favorite questions they’ve been asked by young readers, and how they answered them.
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Kekla Magoon on Her Genre-Crossing Output
Fifteen years into her career, and with four new books on the way in 2024, the children’s author isn’t showing any signs of slowing the pace.
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Black History Month 2024: Q&As with Picture Book Creators Honoring Influential Black Figures
In honor of Black History Month, we spoke with the authors of six picture books that celebrate the contributions of Black activists and creators.
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Q & A with Tony Keith Jr.
We spoke with hip-hop educator and spoken word artist Tony Keith Jr. about his debut YA verse memoir, 'How the Boogeyman Became a Poet.'
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Winter Institute 2024: Scouting Locations and Making Friends: PW Talks with Lauren Castillo
In her latest picture book, 'Just Like Millie,' Castillo finds inspiration in her neighborhood and local dogs.
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Winter Institute 2024: Children's Authors to Meet
Established creators and future favorites are among the picture book, middle grade, and YA authors in Cincinnati.
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In Conversation: Erin Frankel and David Unger
We asked authors Erin Frankel and David Unger to interview each other about their forthcoming picture book biographies on chef José Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen, and the inspiration they've found in his activism.
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Q & A with Ray Xu
In his graphic novel debut 'Alterations,' animator Ray Xu draws from his own childhood memories growing up in 1990s Toronto to chronicle one comic book-loving Chinese Canadian middle schooler's tumultuous adolescence.
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Dave Eggers's Newbery Win: ‘Wandering Around in a Daze’
“I’m reeling a bit, but mostly I’m catatonic—yes, that’s the word!” Dave Eggers described the aftershock of learning of his Newbery win for ‘The Eyes and the Impossible.’
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A.S. King’s Printz Win: ‘Are You Sure?’
For author A.S. King, family dinner came with an extra helping of surprise last Sunday; that’s when she learned that the short fiction anthology she edited and wrote a story for, ‘The Collectors,’ had won the Michael L. Printz Award.
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Vashti Harrison’s Caldecott Win: Kind of a ‘Big’ Deal
Author–illustrator Vashti Harrison happened to be in Miami to celebrate her father's 89th birthday when—at 9:30 p.m., while sorting laundry—she received the news of her Caldecott win for ‘Big.’
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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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