Talking with Other Authors

Talking with Other Authors
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Things Ann Beattie Said

This weekend I was in the same room with the amazing Judy Blume. She was...
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Then You Were AMAZING, with Lauren Strasnick

I have been a supercrazymegafan of Lauren Strasnick’s work since I first read her novel Nothing...
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Lurking In the Shadows with Marie Rutkoski and THE SHADOW SOCIETY

I’d already fallen in love with Marie Rutkoski’s THE CABINET OF WONDERS before I met...
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Leila Sales Gets the Present Dead-On Perfect in PAST PERFECT

Schools are starting to wind down for the semester, June’s only a couple of weeks...
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Peeking at the Mystery of THE BOOK OF BLOOD AND SHADOW, with Robin Wasserman!

Having author friends is really fun, but having author friends whom you also used to work...
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TAKE A BOW, Elizabeth Eulberg! I Think You Are Great!

I can’t remember, exactly, when Elizabeth Eulberg and I first met, but I know it  was...

Welcome, Apocalypse!

Happy 2012, everyone! Luckily, for all of us, author Lucas Klauss was wrong in his...

Virtually In Love with VIRTUOSITY (and Jessica Martinez)

Contemporary, real-life fiction with a larger-than life setting or circumstance is one of my favorites....

Walking Like an Egyptian with Vicky Alvear Shecter

In sixth grade, I was on the brink of becoming a little too old to...

CLEAN, Straight Talk with Amy Reed

In 2009, when Amy Reed’s debut novel, BEAUTIFUL, appeared on shelves, I interviewed her about...