Middle-grade author interviews — Cracking the Cover

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Learn more about the authors who create the middle-grade books we’ve come to know and love with Cracking the Cover’s in-depth interviews.

MG interview

May 1, 2018

Jessica Day George’s Rose Legacy grew from childhood love of horses

Jessica Day George is a well-known figure on the mglit/yalit scene, and her latest book for middle-graders, The Rose Legacy, only serves to solidify her place.

ages 9-12

April 23, 2018

Interview: Derek Landy’s entire Skulduggery Pleasant series coming to U.S.

Derek Landy says his middle-grade Skulduggery Pleasant books are, “Funny.” and “Full of action.” On May 1, the series is relaunching in the U.S.

ages 10 & up

September 29, 2017

Mira Bartók channels Dickens in middle-grade debut, Wonderling

Mira Bartók’s The Wonderling is set in a slightly steampunk Victorian land that borders between Dickensian realism and fairytale magic.

ages 7-12

September 14, 2017

Shelley Johannes offers new perspective with Beatrice Zinker Upside Down Thinker

Shelley Johannes’ Beatrice Zinker Upside Down Thinker is an illustrated chapter book about a third-grader who sees the world differently.

MG interview

August 2, 2017

It All Comes Down to This author Karen English draws from life as teacher, mom

“I think teaching has given me a heightened sense of empathy,” says Karen English, author of the middle-grade novel It all Comes Down to This.

ages 9-12

July 27, 2017

Annie Parnell follows in great-grandmother’s footsteps with Missy Piggle-Wiggle

Annie Parnell is revisiting the world Betty MacDonald created in a new series, Missy Piggle-Wiggle, and she’s joined forces with Ann M. Martin to do it.

ages 7-12

June 26, 2017

Survivor Diaries author Terry Lynn Johnson draws on experiences

Survival expert Terry Lynn Johnson pulls from her own experiences when she writes, including in her new middle-grade series, Survivor Diaries.

ages 8-12

June 19, 2017

Fiction, nonfiction authors join forces to create Two Truths and a Lie

Fiction author/agent Ammi-Joan Paquette turned to client Laurie Ann Thompson to help her create a book about crazy-but-true stories — Two Truths and a Lie.

ages 8-12

June 7, 2017

E.D. Baker excited to revisit Frog Princess for 15th anniversary

Since 2002, E.D. Baker has written a total of nine Tales of the Frog Princess books, the most recent, The Frog Princess Returns, released June 6.

ages 8-12

June 7, 2017

Stephanie Burgis celebrates favorite things in Dragon with A Chocolate Heart

“Dragons and chocolate are two of my favorite things in the world,” says Stephanie Burgis who wrote Dragon with a Chocolate Heart as a treat for herself.

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