Finalist!
It's hard to sit on good news, and even harder when it's very good news -- like a book from a relatively unknown author with a smaller publisher becomes a…
World Read Aloud Day 2023
My first World Read Aloud Day was a fun experience as I read Moonwalking and Torch to students around the country.
End of Year Lists
While Moonwalking made end of year lists, I know how it feels not to, so I've recommended a book that needs more attention.
Announcing Work in Progress Awards!
Using my experience with Gringolandia, I encourage SCBWI members to apply for the Work-in-Progress Awards that open for submission every year in March.
Support for the Midlist Author: The SCBWI Jane Yolen Grant
For authors with extended dry spells (five years or more since your last contract), reasons for applying for the SCBWI Jane Yolen Mid-List Author grant.
A New Translation Grant!
One of the duties of the PEN Translation Committee, of which I'm now a co-chair, is to administer the PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant, an annual award of from $2,000 to…
I Meet Edmund White
Earlier this week I attended PEN America's 2018 Literary Awards Gala, invited because I served as a judge for the PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship this year, evaluating children's and…
Good News for Lines, Squiggles, Letters, Words!
I'm not one of those authors who goes around tooting my own horn. My grandmother taught me the value of modesty and warned me that "what goes up must come…
Good News for Surviving Santiago!
Announcing honors for Surviving Santiago from two independent-publishing organizations and the Bank Street College of Education.