Bringing Authors to You
Award-winning picture book author Adam Lehrhaupt writes about chickens, words, animals and more. So where does he come up with these stories? Enquiring minds — us — wanted to know… Continue reading “Interview: Adam Lehrhaupt on Hockey, Feathers, and Pie”
Uma Krishnaswami grew up in India with writing a distant thought. Now, she’s a writer of novels, picture books, short stories, poems and articles. Her books have been published in 11 languages and won numerous awards. She’s also a teacher, guiding future writers in sharing their own stories.
What’s Uma’s life like now? She told us… Continue reading “Interview: Uma Krishnaswami on Treadmills, Knitting, and P.G. Wodehouse”
Since her first novel, MY LOUISIANA SKY, Kimberly Willis Holt has won numerous awards for her children books. She writes stories about kids trying to find their place in life when they’re faced with difficult circumstances. Among her books are WHEN ZACHARY BEAVER CAME TO TOWN, which won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, and PART OF ME, which won the Louisiana Library Association The Literary Merit Award.
We asked her some questions to find out more about this amazing author. Continue reading “Interview: Kimberly Willis Holt on Words, Gardens & Libraries”
Dianne White‘s picture books are filled with beauty and heart and mesmerize their young readers. Where does Dianne get her enthusiasm for children’s literature? Join us as we get to know… Continue reading “Interview: Dianne White on Teaching, Learning & Books”
Judging by her books, author Ammi-Joan Paquette seems to love strong princesses, ghosts, fairies, bunnies and the truth. In our interview, we get to know a little more about our wonderful client. Continue reading “Interview: Ammi-Joan Paquette on Lattes, Lost Things & What Ifs”
Author Lindsey Lane‘s novel THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN contains more than a story—it’s a whole community, multiple characters who jump off the page and demand to be heard. It’s testament to Lindsey’s skill that she can create a novel as detailed and intimate as this one.
We wanted to know more about the writer who could inhabit so many different people for her stories. Here’s what Lindsey told us… Continue reading “Interview: Lindsey Lane Finds Magic in Life”
A big hit with children, Penny Parker Klostermann was a teacher before she became an author. How does she come up with her funny book ideas? It’s apparently in the clouds… Continue reading “Interview: Penny Parker Klostermann Finds Ideas in the Clouds”
Author Kelly Starling Lyons teaches our history with inspirational stories for today’s children. Her books include ONE MILLION MEN AND ME, about the 1995 Million Man March; ELLEN’S BROOM, about freedom in the time of Reconstruction; and HOPE’S GIFT, set around the Emancipation Proclamation. Continue reading “Interview: Kelly Starling Lyons puts children first”
We start the new year with an interview with our funny, creative, hilarious client David Elliott.
Continue reading “David Elliott on Pajamas, Olive Picking and Inspiration”
Our client author Janet Fox invents worlds of ghosts, history and intrigue in her books. Especially in her latest middle-grade novel, THE CHARMED CHILDREN OF ROOKSKILL CASTLE, Janet weaves stories of different pasts with an adventure of children who are sent away from London during World War II.
Janet’s characters are just as charming as her tales, and they make us wonder where she thinks it all up. We’re excited to hear from her in our interview this month:
Continue reading “Interview: A World of Reading With Janet Fox”