Over the years I’ve talked with quite a few authors about their books, writing in general, and their advice for mother-daughter book clubs. Whether you’re starting a book club now or have been in one for years, look here for help in choosing what to read. Reviews of many of the books named here can be found on the book list pages of this site. Questions? Email me at info@motherdaughterbookclub(dot)com.

Click on the author’s name to be taken directly to the interview post.

Authors A through E

• Kathi Appelt and Alison McGhee, authors of Maybe a Fox
• Kelly Beatty and Dale Salvaggio Bradshaw, authors of Firestarters: 100 Job Profiles to Inspire Young Women
• Christine Brodien-Jones, author of The Glass Puzzle, The Owl Keeper, and The Scorpion of Zahir
• Joseph Bruchac, author of Brothers of the Buffalo
• Shana Burg, author of Laugh with the Moon
• 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
• Kirstin Cronn-Mills, author of Wreck
• 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
• Brian Doyle, author of Mink River
• George Estreich, author of The Shape of the Eye
• Loretta Ellsworth, author of In a Heartbeat

Authors F through L

• 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
• Colleen Gleason, author of the Stoker & Holmes novel series
• Joani Geltman, author of A Survival Guide to Parenting Teens
• John Grant, author of Debunk It!How to Stay Sane in a World of Misinformation
• Christina Hamlett, author of Movie Girl and Awesome Plays for Teens and Tweens
• Annie Hartnett, author of Rabbit Cake
• 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
• Ellen Hopkins, author of The You I’ve Never Known
• 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
• Ellen Klages, author of The Green Glass Sea and White Sands, Red Menace
• 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
• Irene Latham, author of Don’t Feed the Boy
• Debbie Levy, author of The Year of Goodbyes
• Kimberley Griffiths Little, author of The Healing Spell

Authors M through P

• Michaela MacColl, several interviews and posts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 author of Prisoners in the Palace: How Princess Victoria Became Queen with the Help of Her Maid, a Reporter, and a Scoundrel, Promise the Night, Nobody’s Secret, Always Emily, and The Revelation of Louisa May
  
• 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
• Jennifer Maschari, author of Things That Surprise You
• 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
• Jenny Meyerhoff, author of The Barftastic Life of Louie Burger
• Judy Miller on Parenting Your Adopted Child: Tweens, Teens and Beyond
• Jennie Nash, author of The Only True Genius in the Family
• Bernadette Noll, author of Slow Family Living: 75 Simple Ways to Slow Down, Connect, and Create More Joy
• Valerie O. Patterson, author of Operation Oleander
• Mary E. Pearson, author of The Adoration of Jenna Fox
• Maud Macrory Powell, author of City of Grit and Gold
• Gigi Priebe, author of the Henry Whiskers series
• Liz Prince, author of Tomboy

Authors Q through Z

• Tatiana de Rosnay, author of Sarah’s Key
• Leila Sales, author of Once Was a Time
• Sherry Shahan, author of Purple Daze
• Julie Schumacher, author of The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls
• Angela Shelton, author of The Adventures of Tilda Pinkerton
• Laura Shumaker, author of A Regular Guy: Growing Up with Autism
• Kristen Simmons, author of The Glass Arrow and Metaltown
• David Stahler Jr., author of I Wish I May and Spinning Out
• Tammar Stein, author of Light Years and High Dive
• Julie Sternberg, author of Friendship Over
• Amy Timberlake, author of One Came Home
• Jessica Maria Tuccelli, author of Glow
• Bianca Turetsky, author of The Time-Traveling Fashionista
• Len Vlahos, author of The Scar Boys
• Therese Walsh, author of The Last Will of Moira Leahy
• Lindsay Ward, author of Don’t Forget Dexter
• Elissa Brent Weissman, author of The Short Seller
• 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
• Gene Luen Yang, author of Secret Coders
• Allen Zadoff, author of Boy Nobody
• Diane Zahler, author of A True Princess
  
• Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief and I Am the Messenger