Tweet I’ve read a couple of David Stahler Jr.’s books, and I think he really “gets” the voice of the characters he portrays. In Spinning Out, it’s a down-to-earth high school senior who is unsure when to step in and … Continue reading
Category Archives: Author Interviews
Tweet Yesterday I featured a review of Colleen Gleason’s The Clockwork Scarab, the first in a series for young adults set in steampunk Victorian London. It features two fresh heroines solving a mystery: Evaline Stoker, Bram’s sister, and Mina Holmes, … Continue reading
Tweet If you’ve seen my review of Boy Nobody by Allen Zadoff, you know how much I like this first in a series about a teenage operative working as a trained assassin for the government. Today I’m excited to take … Continue reading
Tweet As part of the blog tour for Claudia Mills and her new book Zero Tolerance, the author is sharing her thoughts on the mother-daughter relationship in her book. Mills’s insight about her characters is relevant to real mothers and … Continue reading
Tweet Kathi Appelt’s book, The True Blue Scouts of Sugarman Swamp encourages you to curl up and get cozy with the characters and the story. (See my review in a previous blog post.) Appelt writes characters that are down-to-earth and … Continue reading
Tweet I’m sitting in a coffee shop near my house, and at the table next to me are two men. One is 26 years old, and the other is 66 years old—I know this because they told each other. (Yes, … Continue reading
Tweet Yesterday, I reviewed The Glass Puzzle (comment for a chance to win a copy) by Christine Brodien-Jones, and today I’m delighted to have her stop by and answer a few questions. Brodien-Jones has written two other middle-grade fantasy adventure … Continue reading
Tweet Toay I’m taking part in a blog tour for Sara Pennypacker and her new book in the popular Clementine series, Clementine and the Spring Trip, which I am also giving away one copy of (U.S. and Canadian addresses only … Continue reading
