Interviews (scroll down) with book creators and others in the children’s book community. I’m still gradually moving these over from the old site; thanks for your patience.
Many of these book creators were kind enough to offer useful Advice For Young Writers and Illustrators.
Eliza Wheeler and I met at the SCBWI Summer Conference in 2010, when both of us were chosen for the Illustration Mentorship Program. We both hit it off right away; I love Eliza’s positive life outlook, enthusiasm and wry wit. Since then, we’ve become good friends and I fervently wish we . . .
*** PLEASE NOTE THAT SUBMISSION WINDOW HAS NOW CLOSED. Response time (only those who included an SASE will receive a reply) is expected to be approximately 6 months. *** Celia Lee is an assistant editor at Cartwheel Books, Scholastic’s 0-5 imprint. When she’s not reading, she’s talking about reading. And when . . .
Leslie Stella is the author of three novels of contemporary adult fiction and (launching this week!) her first novel for young adults, Permanent Record, Amazon Children‘s new Skyscape imprint. Plot summary for Permanent Record: For sixteen-year-old Badi Hessamizadeh, life is a series of public humiliations. After withdrawing from school under mysterious circumstances, Badi enters . . .
WILD AWAKE debuts from Katherine Tegen Books/Harpercollins on May 28, 2013. I was a big fan of INTERN, a blog by an anonymous publishing intern. Not only was it an intriguing glimpse into the industry, but I loved the writing style: snarky, funny, introspective. At Molly O’Neill‘s session at SCBWI-NYC, I was . . .
Thanks to Rachel Poloski for being the 24,000th person to follow my @inkyelbows Twitter account. When I went to check her profile, I was intrigued: Rachel was kind enough to answer some questions for Inkygirl about her work. Q. Your profile says that you work in production at Abrams on YA and children’s . . .
I first met John Martz at a National Cartoonist Society party in Toronto a few years ago and am also a fan of his popular illustration and cartooning blog Drawn. In addition to his professional comics work, John is the illustrator of several picture books including Dear Flyary from Kids Can Press, written by Dianne Young, and most . . .
I’ve been a fan of Jo Knowles ever since reading Lessons From A Dead Girl and even more so after See You At Harry’s (Candlewick, 2012) plus I love her fun and positive tweets from @JoKnowles on Twitter. I’ve also heard great things about Jo’s Pearl and Jumping Off Swings, so am looking forward to reading those next! Jo has a master’s . . .
I met Susan Laidlaw through the MiG Writer Critique Group and was excited to hear about the publication of her upcoming book, AN INFIDEL IN PARADISE, which comes out from Tundra on February 12th, 2013. I’m so looking forwarding to meeting Susan in person for the first time when all the MiGs get together at . . .
Joyce Grant is the Toronto-based author of GABBY, a new picture book from Fitzhenry & Whiteside, illustrated by Jan Dolby. GABBY is Joyce’s first picture book. If you’re in Toronto, you’re invited to come to the Jan. 27th book launch – see GABBY launch info. In addition to writing picture books, Joyce is a . . .
[Update: You can download Ame Dyckman’s “Breathing book molecules helps you write” quote poster from my For The Love Of Reading page.] Ame Dyckman is one of the sunniest and most enthusiastic online personalities I’ve ever come across. I love her positive posts, how she encourages and helps promote others in the industry. . . .