I’ve had the opportunity to talk with quite a few authors about their books, writing in general, and their advice for mother-daughter book clubs. Click on the author’s name to be taken directly to the interview post.

Authors A through L

• Kelly Beatty and Dale Salvaggio Bradshaw, authors of Firestarters: 100 Job Profiles to Inspire Young Women
• Frank Cottrell Boyce, author of Cosmic, Framed, Millions, and The Unforgotten Coat
  
• Lynn Biederman, author of Unraveling
• Gennifer Choldenko, author of Al Capone Does My Shirts and Al Capone Shines My Shoes
• Sage Cohen, author of Writing the Life Poetic
• Mary Corbett, author of National Guard 101, a Guide for Spouses
• Kim Culbertson, author of Songs for a Teenage Nomad and Instructions for a Broken Heart
• Carole Estby Dagg, author of The Year We Were Famous
• Barbara Dee, author of Trauma Queen and This Is Me From Now On
• Amy Fellner Dominy, author of OyMG
• Loretta Ellsworth, author of In a Heartbeat
• Zlata Filipovic, author of Zlata’s Diary and Stolen Voices
• Heather Vogel Frederick, author of The Mother-Daughter Book Club, Much Ado About Anne, and Dear Pen Pal
• Christina Hamlett, author of Movie Girl and Awesome Plays for Teens and Tweens
• Danette Haworth, author of Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning
• Justina Chen Headley, author of North of Beautiful
• Bonnie Hearn Hill, author of Aries Rising
• Tess Hilmo, author of With a Name Like Love
• Christina Katz, author of Writer Mama and Get Known Before the Book Deal
• Kathleen Kent, author of The Heretic’s Daughter
• Lauren Kessler, author of My Teenage Werewolf
• Uma Krishnaswami, author of The Grand Plan to Fix Everything
• Nancy Kyme, author of Memory Lake
• Alexandria LaFaye, author of Water Steps, Nissa’s Place and The Keening
• Kirby Larson, author of Hattie Big Sky
• Debbie Levy, author of The Year of Goodbyes
• Kimberley Griffiths Little, author of The Healing Spell

Authors M through Z

• Michaela MacColl, author of Prisoners in the Palace: How Princess Victoria Became Queen with the Help of Her Maid, a Reporter, and a Scoundrel
• Jo Maeder, author of When I Married My Mother: A Daughter’s Search for What Really Matters—and How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo
• Mari L. McCarthy, author of Who Are You? How to Use Journaling to Know and Grow Your Life, and a post on Journaling: Purely Personal or For Sharing?
  
• Patricia McCormick, author of Sold
• Kristina McMorris, author of Letters from Home
• Rae Meadows, author of Mothers and Daugthers
• Judy Miller
• Jennie Nash, author of The Only True Genius in the Family
• Mary E. Pearson, author of The Adoration of Jenna Fox
• Tatiana de Rosnay, author of Sarah’s Key
• Sherry Shahan, author of Purple Daze
• Laura Shumaker, author of A Regular Guy: Growing Up with Autism
• Tammar Stein, author of Light Years and High Dive
• Bianca Turetsky, author of The Time-Traveling Fashionista
• Therese Walsh, author of The Last Will of Moira Leahy
• Laura Whitcomb, author of A Certain Slant of Light and The Fetch
• Emily Whitman, author of Wildwing and Radiant Darkness
  
• Carol Lynch Williams, author of The Chosen One
• Diane Zahler, author of A True Princess
  
• Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief and I Am the Messenger