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Obituary: Ann McGovern
Prolific children’s author, collage artist, and world traveler Ann McGovern died on Saturday, August 8, at her home in New York City. She was 85.
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Q & A with Ursula Vernon
Ursula Vernon has a new series debuting this month, Hamster Princess, starting with 'Harriet the Invincible,' and her first standalone novel, 'Castle Hangnail.'
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Q & A with Alison McGhee
Alison McGhee's most recent book, 'Firefly Hollow,' is a middle-grade novel about a lonely boy and a vole, cricket, and firefly, kindred restless spirits who first find each other – and then try to find where they belong.
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Mélanie Watt’s 'Bug in a Vacuum'
The author of popular series starring Scaredy Squirrel and Chester the cat, Mélanie Watt showcases a considerably smaller creature in 'Bug in a Vacuum,' due out next month from Tundra Books.
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Q & A with Patrice Kindl
Set a year after the events in Patrice Kindl's beguiling 'Keeping the Castle,' 'A School for Brides' has opened in the same damp hamlet of Lesser Hoo.
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M.T. Anderson Writes History... in Four Movements
What would inspire a novelist whose young adult fiction has won the National Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and two Printz Honors to take on the history of the Russian revolution and a composer at work during the siege of Leningrad?
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Q & A with Abby Hanlon
First-grader Dory makes an actual friend in a Abby Hanlon's 'Dory and the Real True Friend,' the sequel to last fall's 'Dory Fantasmagory.'
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Two Authors Confront Race Issues in New YA Novel
When Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely sat down for a beer last year, tackling one of our nation's most deeply entrenched problems was not at the top of their agenda.
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From Reading to Wearing: Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Book Jacket Jacket
Author and filmmaker Amy Krouse Rosenthal gives new meaning to the term "face out," when it comes to maximizing the chances of consumers seeing her book covers prominently displayed.
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Four Questions for Antoinette Portis
Antoinette Portis's 'Wait,' is an affectionate look at a mother who's in a hurry and a toddler who says "Wait!"
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Rosie Rowell Wins 2015 Branford Boase Award
Debut author Rosie Rowell and her editor Emily Thomas were announced as the winners of the 2015 Branford Boase Award for 'Leopold Blue' at an award ceremony July 9 at Walker Books in London.
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Four Questions for...Jacqueline Kelly
It’s been six years since Jacqueline Kelly's first novel, 'The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate,' burst on the scene, but now to the relief of her many fans, Calpurnia reappears in a sequel.
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Spring 2015 Flying Starts: Jessixa Bagley
The story of a beaver who casts driftwood boats to sea for his absent father came to author-illustrator Jessixa Bagley in a “lightning bolt” of inspiration.
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Spring 2015 Flying Starts: Meg Hunt
When Chronicle Children’s Books design director Kristine Brogno called artist Meg Hunt in June 2013 to ask whether she wanted to illustrate "Interstellar Cinderella," written by Deborah Underwood, Hunt was delighted.
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Spring 2015 Flying Starts: David Arnold
After years as a freelance musician, becoming a stay-at-home dad afforded David Arnold, author of "Mosquitoland" (Viking, Mar.), time to agonize over what direction he wanted to take his career.
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Spring 2015 Flying Starts: I.W. Gregorio
I was an utter bookworm growing up, a book-a-day reader,” says I.W. Gregorio (the pen name of Pennsylvania surgeon Ilene Wong).
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Spring 2015 Flying Starts: Adam Silvera
Years ago, Adam Silvera gave himself the goal of becoming a published writer before he turned 25. He made it, but just barely.
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Spring 2015 Flying Starts: Becky Albertalli
Becky Albertalli went to her first writing conference in November 2013 in Atlanta, her hometown, because she knew that Brooks Sherman of the Bent Agency was going to be there.
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Spring 2015 Flying Starts
Spotlights on six notable children’s and YA debuts this spring.
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Author Brewer Announces Gender Transition
Bestselling author Heather Brewer spoke with PW about several forthcoming titles, and some very personal news: in the next few months, Brewer will transition from female to male.
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