A map of states with school book bans, part of the 2023 World Voices Festival.
Banned Books Week 2025
People and organizations working for the freedom to read and why it's important.
Publishers Speak Out Against Book Bans
A creative effort by one of my publishers to raise money and awareness to fight book bans as well as attacks on authors and freedom of expression.
A map of states with school book bans, part of the 2023 World Voices Festival.
Stories for Banned Books Week, 2024
For Banned Books Week, the importance of offering books that portray BIPOC children, racial justice, and friendship.
Rally Against Project 2025
Why I'm going to a rally to protest Project 2025. What it is and why it's a danger.
A map of states with school book bans, part of the 2023 World Voices Festival.
Authors Speak Out Against Book Bans
Introducing Authors Against Book Bans, an organization for freedom of expression that I joined along with more than a thousand other authors.
Some Thoughts on the Publishing Crisis, Part III: Speaking Out
Some strategies for growing the market for children's/YA books and creating opportunities for all new authors and books.
Some Thoughts on the Publishing Crisis, Part II: Causes
Continuation of the series exploring demographic, economic, technological, and political reasons for the decline in book sales.
PEN World Voices Festival: Writing Truthfully for Kids About Today’s Issues
A summary of the panel "Writing Truthfully for Kids About Today's Issues," part of the 2023 PEN World Voices Festival.
Banned Books and Little Free Libraries
September 18-25 is Banned Books Week this year in the United States. In the past, people have observed this week with readings from books that had been challenged in schools…
A Sudden Crackdown
The crackdown on books and freedom of expression in schools and libraries is real, frightening, and moving at pandemic speed.