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Q & A with Ellen Oh
Author and WNDB co-founder Ellen Oh spoke with PW on writing horror for a younger audience.
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Jason Reynolds Is the Hardest-Working Man in Washington
With three new books coming out this fall, the prolific author continues to exceed his limits.
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Q & A with Mark Teague
Teague spoke with PW about adapting classic stories, incorporating humor into his books, and the essential elements of a good read-aloud.
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New Maurice Sendak Picture Book Discovered
A typewritten manuscript titled 'Presto and Zesto in Limboland' was found in the late artist's files.
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Spring 2017 Flying Starts: Ibi Zoboi
Haitian-born Ibi Zoboi came to Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood in the 1980s, at the age of four, with her mother.
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Spring 2017 Flying Starts: Angie Thomas
If there were a poster child for the Flying Start awards, given by PW semiannually for the most striking debuts in children’s and YA books, it just might be Angie Thomas, a Mississippi church secretary who wrote a cri de coeur on race in America during her lunch hours at the bishopric.
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Spring 2017 Flying Starts: Pablo Cartaya
The initial inspiration for Pablo Cartaya’s "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" came after Newbery Medalist Matt de la Peña spoke at Vermont College of Fine Arts, where Cartaya was pursuing his M.F.A. in writing for children and young adults.
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Spring 2017 Flying Starts: Stephanie Garber
Though Stephanie Garber began writing her first novel as a way to unwind from her job as a college resident director, it quickly became more than just a hobby.
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Spring 2017 Flying Starts: Tiffany Jackson
Tiffany Jackson always wanted to be a novelist, but struggled to find a home for what would become her first published book, "Allegedly" (HarperCollins/Tegen, Jan.).
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Spring 2017 Flying Starts: Paul Mosier
The idea for "Train I Ride" (HarperCollins, Jan.) came to Paul Mosier while listening to “Mystery Train,” the 1953 song written by American blues legend Junior Parker and most famously recorded by Elvis Presley.
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PW KidsCast: A Conversation with Taran Matharu
Taran Matharu talks about the third book in his Summoners series, ’The Battlemage,’ about an orphan boy who discovers an ability to summon demons, and about the role that NaNoWriMo and Wattpad played in the origins of the series.
