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.

ages 8-12

May 31, 2017

Adrienne Kress takes readers on new adventures with Explorers series

Before Adrienne Kress could write, her father would write stories for her. Now, the author of The Explorers: The Door in the Alley writes them down herself.

ages 8-12

May 17, 2017

Melissa Savage honors her son’s memory in Lemons

Melissa Savage’s middle-grade novel, Lemons, focuses on healing through the gifts we’ve been given and sharing beautiful memories despite a loss.

ages 8-12

May 4, 2017

Rachelle Delaney channels inner acrobat for Bonaventure Adventures

Rachelle Delaney’s latest middle-grade novel, The Bonaventure Adventures, takes place in a circus school in Montreal, Canada.

ages 8-12

April 13, 2017

Ruth Lauren wrote Prisoner of Ice and Snow for girls about girls

Ruth Lauren wrote the middle-grade novel Prisoner of Ice and Snow because she wanted to have fun and write an adventure for girls about girls.

ages 7-12

April 4, 2017

Henry and the Chalk Dragon author Jennifer Trafton plays with words

Though Jennifer Trafton says she has to work at it, you’d never question her imagination when reading her latest book, Henry and the Chalk Dragon.

ages 8-12

March 20, 2017

Holly M. McGhee explores grief in Matylda, Bright and Tender

When Holly M. McGhee started Matylda, Bright and Tender — she realized the main character was going to lose her friend — and took a year break.

ages 8-12

February 22, 2017

Kellen Hertz focused on authenticity for American Girl’s Tenney Grant

On Feb. 16, American Girl released its newest contemporary character, Tenney Grant. Tenney’s line features three books written by Kellen Hertz.

MG interview

February 2, 2017

Short author Holly Goldberg Sloan finds kids more interesting than adults

“I find myself so often wondering how a kid would see something or say something,” says Short author Holly Goldberg Sloan.

MG interview

January 19, 2017

Keir Graff’s ‘Matchstick Castle’ born out of fascination with odd homes

Matchstick Castle, which is as much a character as the people in Keir Graff’s book, is full of mysterious rooms, secret passageways and eclectic objects.

MG interview

January 16, 2017

‘The Wizard’s Dog’ author Eric Kahn Gale drew inspiration from pet

Eric Kahn Gale’s latest book, “The Wizard’s Dog,” is told from the point of view of Nosewise, Merlin’s dog. The book is inspired by the author’s own dog, Bowser.

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