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BookExpo 2017: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cuba: Katherine Paterson
A funny thing happened on Katherine Paterson’s way to a speaking engagement in Cuba in 2015: she found inspiration for a new historical novel.
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BookExpo 2017: Shaping an Authentic Portrait of Cuba: Margarita Engle and Mike Curato
Margarita Engle, the Cuban-American author of many books in verse, including the Newbery Honor–winning "The Surrender Tree" and other books inspired by historical figures, takes a different tack in "All the Way to Havana."
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Katherine Applegate: Novel Offers Wishes for a Neighborhood—and the World
Newbery medalist Katherine Applegate’s dedication to "Wishtree" (Feiwel & Friends, Sept.) captures the essence of her new middle grade novel: “For newcomers and for welcomers.”
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BookExpo 2017: Ready, Set, Buzz: YA Editors Are Good to Go
Learn what’s hot in YA at the Young Adult Editors’ Buzz Panel this morning, when five editors wax enthusiastic about upcoming debuts of which they are especially passionate.
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Transporting the Brontës to a Mythical World: Catherynne M. Valente
Catherynne Valente, author of the bestselling Fairyland series ("The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making" and its sequels), features one of literature’s most famous families—the Brontës—in her new middle grade fantasy.
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BookExpo 2017: Making Life Better Through Industry: Brendan Mathews
“I wanted to write a richly populated novel,” Brendan Mathews says of his debut, "The World of Tomorrow" (Little, Brown, Sept.), which includes many characters: three Irish brothers, a Bronx politician, an heiress, a mob boss, and a young Jewish photographer facing deportation to Czechoslovakia.
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BookExpo 2017: Stop Harassment Now: Gretchen Carlson
“I decided early on that I was not going to sit down and shut up,” says former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson.
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BookExpo 2017: A Secret Life: Liz Nugent
“Every person has a secret interior life that’s unknowable to their spouse, parents, siblings, friends,” says Liz Nugent.
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BookExpo 2017: Neil Olson: From Both Sides Now
It all started where most literary deals are made: lunch.
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BookExpo 2017: J.T. Ellison Changes It Up
After nearly two decades of success, J.T. Ellison, the New York Times bestselling author of more than 15 books and coauthor of the popular A Brit in the FBI series with Catherine Coulter, decided she needed a change of scenery.
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BookExpo 2017: Harlequin Branches Out with New Imprints
If you think Harlequin publishes only mass market romance novels, it’s time to get in your DeLorean and flash forward. With three new imprints—Graydon House Books, Hanover Square Press, and Park Row Books—it now has seven different lines.
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BookExpo 2017: Graphic Novels Heat Up at Javits
A wide variety of comics artists with new and debut graphic novels will be featured on several panels here.
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BookExpo 2017: Barking up the Right Tree: Marc Goldberg
It used to be that dogs were treated like, well, dogs.
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BookExpo 2017: Roz Chast Loves the Grid
When Roz Chast’s daughter was about to leave the bucolic Connecticut suburb where she was raised to attend college in New York City, she asked her mother: “What’s a block?”
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BookExpo 2017: Paying Tribute to Rock and Roll—and Ghana: Kwame Alexander
“Despite our differences and our individual struggles and successes in life, music is the universal language,” says Kwame Alexander.
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BookExpo 2017: Kristin Cashore Takes a Break
“I wanted a really different kind of challenge,” says Kristin Cashore, about writing her most recent book.
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BookExpo 2017: Seeing the World Through a Child’s Eyes: Ainsley Earhardt
Ainsley Earhardt, cohost of TV’s "Fox & Friends," was pregnant with her daughter when she wrote"Take Heart, My Child," a picture book reflecting a mother’s hopes and dreams at the beginning of her child’s life.
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BookExpo 2017: Welcoming New Babies: Mo Willems
Mo Willems, author-illustrator of the Elephant & Piggie and Pigeon series, wants to make babies feel welcome in his new picture book, "Welcome: A Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals."
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Jack Gantos Shares Life Stories and Tips for Young Writers
The Newbery Medalist offers aspiring authors a guide to establishing good writing habits.
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