Interviews and Conversations

Since Rebecca Stead won the Newbery Medal in 2010 for When You Reach Me, the publication of each new book by the author is an opportunity to spend time with...

After publishing The Monster on the Hill, a graphic novel, and The Life of Zarf, an illustrated middle grade series about a troll, cartoonist Rob Harrell has turned to writing...

The author of The One and Only Ivan revisits the animal comrades from that 2013 Newbery winner in The One and Only Bob, due on May 5 with a 500,000-copy...

Kelly Yang arrived on the scene in spring 2018 with her bestselling middle-grade debut Front Desk, which earned the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature, among others. Her sophomore...

Kim Johnson is an activist, college administrator, civic engagement leader, and mentor to young Black activists and leaders. Her debut novel, This Is My America, follows a young, Black, female...

In his autobiographical middle-grade novel Everything Sad Is Untrue (Levine Querido), Nayeri, who is also publisher of Macmillan’s Odd Dot imprint, writes about being a young refugee from Iran. He...

For his latest novel, Garth Nix, author of the Old Kingdom, Seventh Tower and Keys to the Kingdom fantasy series, channels his earlier life in the book trade, including work...

By Patricia J. Murphy | Carter Higgins is the author of a parade of popular picture books, including This Is Not a Valentine, Everything You Need for a Treehouse, and...

Saigon Calling by Marcelino Truong What's It About? Marcelino Truong, a self-taught illustrator who works on graphic novels, has been growing as an artist for years and wants to share...

Many readers expressed concern this week about a By the Book Q. and A. with Alice Walker. Asked about the books on her nightstand, Ms. Walker, the author of “The...