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Four Questions with Shannon J. Spann
We spoke with Shannon J. Spann about her YA fantasy debut, 'A Stage Set for Villains,' her theater roots, and facing a world with an imperfect moral compass.
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Four Questions for Sara Pennypacker
After more than two dozen middle grade and picture books, Sara Pennypacker has written her first work of historical fiction for children, 'The Lions' Run.'
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Obituary: Hudson Talbott
Author-illustrator Hudson Talbott, widely recognized for the detailed, often humorous, watercolor-and-pencil images in his broad range of picture books, died on January 22 at age 76.
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Four Questions for Kelly Quindlen
Young adult romance novel 'Her Name in the Sky' by Kelly Quindlen gets a traditional release 12 years after its self-publication in 2014; in a conversation with PW, Quindlen spoke about revisiting her debut and how it ties into her forthcoming novel 'This Must Be the Place.'
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Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Printz Win: ‘Genuinely Gobsmacked’
Smith describes her delight and surprise at winning the Printz Medal for 'Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories,' a compendium written by 17 Indigenous authors, which she edited.
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Cátia Chien’s Caldecott Win: ‘Wait, Is This What I Think It Means?’
For newly anointed Caldecott Medalist Cátia Chien, the past few days have been worthy of party sparklers and confetti cannons: her illustrations for the picture book Fireworks, written by Matthew Burgess and published by Clarion Books, earned the coveted prize at the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards on January 26.
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Renée Watson’s Newbery Win: ‘Tears of Joy’
When Renée Watson arrived home to New York City this past weekend, she had plenty of things on her mind—and hearing from the Newbery Committee wasn’t one of them.
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Four Questions for L.S. Stratton
PW spoke with L.S. Stratton about her career as a crime reporter and how that impacts her debut YA novel, 'Sundown Girls,' which blends historical happenings and genre-bending horror.
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Four Questions for Selina Alko
Seasoned children’s author and illustrator Selina Alko creates an ode to beloved writer Judy Blume in 'Otherwise Known as Judy the Great,' a poetry collection characterized by vibrant mixed media collages and diverse poetic forms, from free verse to haiku.
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In Conversation: Jen Bryant, Rebecca Donnelly, and Lindsay H. Metcalf on Eunice Newton Foote
This season, no fewer than three books introduce young readers to the life and work of Eunice Newton Foote, the first person to discover that trapped carbon dioxide warms the Earth’s surface, a process that causes climate change. We invited authors Bryant, Donnelly, and Metcalf to discuss their research into Foote's scientific contributions.
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