Interviews Category
Interview with THE POUT POUT FISH author: Deborah Diesen
By: shutta on: Sep 25,2009 In: Interviews, Other Good Stuff!, The Writing Life
Deb Diesen is a wonderful writer, good friend, and perhaps(?) an alien abductee. You may not know that her first book, THE POUT POUT FISH, was named by Time Magazine as one of the top ten children’s books of 2008. Check it out–you can’t help but smile. Enjoy this lighthearted interview with Deb, and check [...]
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Interview with CROCODADDY’S Author: Kim Norman
By: shutta on: Aug 22,2009 In: Interviews, Other Good Stuff!, The Writing Life
1. Let’s start out with something kids often wonder. How old were you when you first started seriously writing?
I was a grownup with a child of my own. (Now I have two very large sons!) I enjoyed writing as a child, and always received praise from my teachers, but somehow ended up a graphic [...]
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Author Interview: Alex Flinn*, author of A KISS IN TIME, BEASTLY, BREATHING UNDERWATER and many other books for teens.
By: shutta on: Jun 7,2009 In: Interviews, The Writing LifeInterview with yound adult, teen, author Alex Flinn.
CYNTHIA LEITICH SMITH: an Interview with the Author of ETERNAL (and many other books).
By: shutta on: May 18,2009 In: Interviews, News, The Writing LifeShutta Crum interviews author Cynthia Leitich Smith.
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- Tags: Cynthia Leitich Smith, Eternal, love stories, new books for teens, teen authors, vampire novels, vampires, writing for children, writing for teens, YA books
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Shutta Crum writes books for children and poetry for adults. She is also a storyteller, a lecturer and a librarian. In addition to her current ten books she has four forthcoming books. Several of her articles about teaching and writing have appeared in professional journals. In 2005, she was honored by being one of eight authors invited to the White House for the Easter Egg Roll.
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