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Gayle Forman to Hit the Road—With a Little Help from Her Friends
Between January 27 and February 6, YA author Gayle Forman will crisscross the country promoting her new novel, 'I Was Here,' on a tour with a rather unorthodox bent.
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Q & A with Jennifer Niven
In her first YA novel, 'All the Bright Places,' Jennifer Niven tackles heavy topics such as depression and suicide, but also romance and the many unsung wonders of the state of Indiana.
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Q & A with Cynthia Weil
Cynthia Weil's written her first YA novel, 'I'm Glad I Did' and she's enjoying seeing her emergence as a songwriter – and Carole King's best friend – come to life as a Broadway musical.
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Veronica Roth's #AbnegationDonation Gives Books to Children in Need
Bestselling author Veronica Roth is launching the #AbnegationDonation campaign, a fundraising effort in partnership with First Book.
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Q & A with Nick Lake
British author Nick Lake's latest novel, 'There Will Be Lies,' takes readers to the American Southwest.
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Q & A with Frank Portman
Frank Portman's guitar anti-hero, the girl-obsessed Tom Hellerman, returns for the second half of his sophomore year in 'King Dork Approximately.'
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Four Questions for Jacqueline Woodson
The third time's a charm for Jacqueline Woodson, whose memoir written in verse about her 1960s-era childhood, 'Brown Girl Dreaming,' won the National Book Award in Young People's Literature last week
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RoadsideYA Tour in Photos
YA authors Julie Murphy, Katie Cotugno, Tessa Gratton, Bethany Hagen, and Natalie C. Parker ventured on a joint road trip book tour from October 22 – November 5 covering 3,600 miles and nine book events.
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Obituary: R.A. Montgomery
Author R.A. Montgomery, co-founder of the company that first published the popular Choose Your Own Adventure interactive book series in the 1970s, died on November 9. He was 78.
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Bracken Joins Star Wars Saga Author Lineup
Alexandra Bracken, author of the bestselling The Darkest Minds series, has signed on to write the first book in a new middle-grade Star Wars series for Disney.
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High Schooler Mines Minecraft for Trilogy
Sean Fay Wolfe, a high school senior in Rhode Island, is the self-published author of the Elementia Chronicles, a fan fiction trilogy based on the popular game, Minecraft.
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A Lion-Sized Leap from Art Director to Author
In spring 2016, Atheneum will publish Simon and Schuster art director Lucy Ruth Cummins debut solo picture book, 'A Hungry Lion: Or a Dwindling Assortment of Animals.'
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Q & A with Robin LaFevers
'Mortal Heart' is the final book in the Robin LaFevers's His Fair Assassin trilogy, which centers on the mysterious convent of St. Mortain in a gritty, carefully detailed alternate 15th-century Brittany.
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Patrick Ness Moves to HarperTeen
HarperCollins has acquired North American rights to Patrick Ness’s 'The Rest of Us Just Live Here,' a YA novel due out in fall 2015, and a second, stand-alone novel.
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Q & A with Chris Van Allsburg
Chris Van Allsburg's archly titled new picture book, 'The Misadventures of Sweetie Pie,' takes a close-up, unusual look at a domesticated hamster's trials and tribulations.
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Rick Riordan Fans Celebrate Percy Jackson
"I just love sitting in this room with people who understand my references," a young Rick Riordan fan said during a sold-out author appearance at the Fox Theater in Redwood City, Calif., which housed more than 1,200 fans.
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Celebrating Shel Silverstein: Five Book Birthdays
Editor Antonia Markiet has been chief caretaker of the Shel Silverstein catalogue since 2001 – a role in which, she says, she aims to keep the late author-illustrator's titles "fresh and available."
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Q & A with Ann M. Martin
'Rain Reign,' by Newbery Honor author Ann M. Martin, centers on Rose, a fifth grader with high-functioning autism, who takes solace in her bond with Rain, a stray dog found by her mechanic father.
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Q & A with Bob Shea and Lane Smith
The hero of Bob Shea and Lane Smith's latest picture book, 'Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads,' rides (very slowly) into a town plagued by a trio of terrible criminals.
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Obituary: Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Author Zilpha Keatley Snyder, who received three Newbery Honors for her middle-grade novels, including 'The Egypt Game,' has died. She was 87.
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