For a long time, Karen Bao waffled between becoming a scientist and playing violin professionally. And while she is currently…
Browsing: YA interview
If Karen Akins could travel back in time it would be to the Regency Period. “I’m kind of a stickler…
Colleen Gleason doesn’t like being branded as a YA author. The author of “The Clockwork Scarab” and “The Spiritglass Charade”…
The ideas for Katie Williams’ books come from many places — things the author overhears, her past experiences, other authors’…
Career guidance is similar in many high schools across the country — a series of adults come in and talk…
Jane Nickerson has always had a feel for words. And she’s always had to convey that feel through writing. Her…
Kiersten White has always known she would be a writer in one form or another. When she was younger, she…
No one ever gets over being 16, says author Claudia Gray. “At any rate, I never have.” That’s why she…
Lauren Oliver reads “Matilda” by Roald Dahl every time she is sick. And she will always love “The Wind in…
Sometimes good intentions have unintended consequences. That’s the premise behind Valerie Patterson’s “Operation Oleander.” In the book, ninth-grader Jess Westmark…