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I don’t know who originally penned the saying, Nobody An Author Loved Is Ever Really Gone, but I first encountered...

Forevermore when I think of the Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival, I will remember eating my way through Mississippi!...

Next week I’m headed to the University of Southern Mississippi with Augusta Scattergood. We’re going to co-lead a workshop called,...

When I first started writing, I began with picture books because I thought they were easier. HA! They are not....

An Interview With Lizzie Skurnick (Sydney Taylor Award Blog Tour) Presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries Lizzie Skurnick Books is...

At the Miami SCBWI Conference, my book THE BALLAD OF JESSIE PEARL was awarded the Crystal Kite Award for the...

I met Aimee Reid, author of MAMA’S DAY WITH LITTLE GRAY, at the Miami SCBWI Conference. Aimee asked me to...

The NCTE conference was held at the Gaylord Resort and Conference Center. I snapped this picture in the Atrium. I...

A photo with Augusta Scattergood following our presentation, Putting the Personal in History, at the Bloomingdale Public Library in Valrico,...