I’ve been looking forward to this day for a long time. I at long-last get to say: Our guest is Kate Hosford, a wonderfully talented author and also my very good friend. Kate is here as part of the festivities surrounding the release of Feeding the Flying Fanellis and Other Poems from a Circus Chef, … Continue reading
This month, What Was on… celebrates the release of Skyscraping with author Cordelia Jensen! Skyscraping has been hailed as ‘exquisite free verse poems.’ ‘Illuminating and deeply felt.’ (Booklist’s Starred Review). And Pop Crush has named it one of the 10 Best New YA Books that Explore Sexuality. Mira is just beginning her senior year of high school when … Continue reading
Our guest today is author, artist, and anthropologist Dana Walrath, whose first Young Adult novel, Like Water on Stone, was released in November. Like Water on Stone is Dana’s beautiful rendering of a horrific story—her grandmother’s fleeing of the 1915 Armenian Genocide when she was only a girl. Told in verse, this lyrical and moving … Continue reading
Welcome to the newest edition of What Was on Her . . . This time with the award-winning Stacy Nyikos! Stacy is the author of many mischievous books for children. She’s not sure how that happened. She says she never got in trouble as a child. Well…almost never. Never on Thursdays. Thursday was hot dog … Continue reading
Our guest today is the very talented, very real, critically-acclaimed author Matt de la Peña! Matt has published five young adult novels—Mexican WhiteBoy, We Were Here, I Will Save You, The Living, and Ball Don’t Lie, which was made into a film that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008. Last year, Matt released … Continue reading
I’m thrilled to welcome our first ever Londoner—Sara Grant! Sara is a self-described ‘writer of multiple personalities,’ penning both the adorable and the edgy. Her books range from the Magic Trix series, to her most recent YA, the futuristic Half Lives. But Sara doesn’t stop there! She lectures, teaches writing, blogs as part of The … Continue reading
July marked the anniversary of What Was on . . . And what a year it has been! Contemplating and reveling in the creative life. Peaking into the worlds of some of Young Adult and Children’s Literature’s best and brightest. Connecting writers, illustrators, and readers from nearly 70 countries. Everywhere from Peru to Russia … Continue reading
