This year’s National Book Award goes to a young adult novel written in verse about a family escaping from Saigon to the United States.
18 Years After Death, Dan Eldon Inspires New YA Bio
Author Jennifer New has written a biography for young adult readers of photojournalist Dan Eldon
Author Sara Zarr on Future of Realism in YA Novels
Author Sara Zarr’s fourth YA novel, How To Save a Life, is a realistic look at death and pregnancy. It has been called her finest work to date.
Icelandic Author Sjón on Myths and Crackpot Theories
Icelandic author and filmmaker, Sjón, discusses his inspiration for his novels and films, as well as writing lyrics for Björk.
Romancing the Bookseller
The “Dos” and “Don’ts” of working with booksellers to promote your books. DISCUSS: Authors, What are Your “Best Practices” for Working with Booksellers? By M.J. Rose When I was growing up we lived on Madison Avenue and 80th street in New York City. Often, after dinner, my mother and I would take a walk down Fifth Avenue. Our destination? The …
Sakkadoo: Russia’s Boris Akunin on “The Way of the Writer”
Russian novelist Grigory Chkhartishvili, a.k.a. Boris Akunin, is an international publishing phenomenon. A scholar of Japanese language and culture, and a former literary translator, he wrote his first novel, The White Queen — starring the now famous literary detective Erast Fandorin — at the age of 40. In the 13 years since its publication, Akunin has sold tens of millions …
Stephenie Meyer Tells All!
By Edward Nawotka Ok, not true, but this is an interview with an author from Arizona who writes about teen age vampires and is also really, really cool. Adam Rex is the author, illustrator or both of more than a dozen books for children. His first YA novel, Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of Age Story, out today by HarperCollins …
My Novel: There’s An App for That!
By David Carnoy • David Carnoy, executive editor at CNET.com, originally released his mystery/thriller Knife Music as an iPhone app, which was first rejected on grounds of obscenity. It eventually went on to sell 30,000 copies as e-books for the Kindle and Sony Reader, and paperbacks from Amazon’s BookSurge. • The book’s success attracted the attention of Peter Mayer at …