Book Briefs: an interview series where authors talk about…what else?  Books! Denise Jaden’s debut YA novel, Losing Faith, comes out from Simon & Schuster/Simon Pulse on September 7th.       What book are you reading right now?  The Iron King by Julie Kagawa – so, SO good! Your favorite children’s book:  Children’s including YA?  Way too hard to [...]

Book Briefs: an interview series where authors talk about…what else?  Books! Lindsay Eland’s debut middle grade novel, Scones and Sensibility, was published by Egmont USA in December 2009.  The paperback version will be out this December.  What book are you reading right now?  I just read the last delicious pages of Beauty by Robin McKinley. Your [...]

Book Briefs: an interview series where authors talk about…what else?  Books!  Karen Kincy’s debut YA novel, Other, is out TODAY from Flux.  Congratulations on the release, Karen!   What book are you reading right now?  Lots of books!  Well, to choose one, I’m reading Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves. I’m not too far into it yet, but I’m liking [...]

Book Briefs: an interview series where authors talk about…what else?  Books! Kristina McBride’s debut Young Adult novel, The Tension of Opposites, came out earlier this week.   Congrats, Kristi! What book are you reading right now?  Right now I’m reading Blue Moon by Alyson Noel, and I’m really enjoying all the twists and turns. Your favorite children’s book:  [...]

Book Briefs: an interview series where authors talk about…what else?  Books! Jennifer Cervantes’ debut middle-grade novel, Tortilla Sun, came out earlier this month from Chronicle Publishing.       What book are you reading right now?  Eighth Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, a fellow Tenner Your favorite children’s book:  As a child, Little Witch by Anna Bennett.  As an adult, [...]

Book Briefs: an interview series where authors talk about…what else?  Books! Leah Cypess is a fellow Tenner.  Her debut young adult novel, Mistwood, was released last week by Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins.       What book are you reading right now?  “Book”, singular?  I’m never that focused (except under deadline).  Currently, I’m reading Ice by Sarah Beth Durst, Quatrain by Sharon Shinn, several [...]

Book Briefs: an interview series where authors talk about…what else?  Books! Jacqueline Houtman is a fellow Tenner.  Her debut middle-grade novel, The Reinvention of Edison Thomas, will be published by Front Street, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press, Inc. on March 15.       What book are you reading right now?  When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. Your favorite [...]

Book Briefs: an interview series where authors talk about…what else?  Books! Kimberly Derting’s debut YA novel, The Body Finder, will be published by Harper Collins on March 16 (but I saw it in the stores already this week!)     What book are you reading right now?  Giving Up the Ghost by Megan Crewe and Hush, Hush by [...]

Book Briefs: an interview series where authors talk about…what else?  Books! Jessica Leader’s debut middle-grade novel, Nice and Mean, will be published by Simon and Schuster/Aladdin MIX on June 8.       What book are you reading right now?  The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (a lacuna is a gap or opening, in case you, like me, had forgotten) Your [...]

Book Briefs: an interview series where authors talk about…what else?  Books! Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich’s debut novel, Eighth Grade Superzero, is available now from Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic.         What book are you reading right now?   I’m reading Gringolandia by Lyn Miller-Lachman and Design-It-Yourself Clothes by Cal Patch.  Re-reading Sacred Parenting by Gary Thomas, Creative Knitting by Mary Walker-Phillips and [...]