This morning, while writing copy for my upcoming fiber sculpture show, I couldn’t help thinking about my novel. Rather, I couldn’t help thinking about this part of me that is Writer, and this other part, Artist. It’s a question I’ve…
Crissa-Jean Chappell‘s new YA novel, Sun Don’t Shine, is at once a lyrical coming of age story and mesmerizing thriller that will leave you breathless as it follows Reece, a resilient sixteen-year-old girl who’s been on the run with her…
Shanghai, 2007: Fourteen-year-old Alva was born and raised in China by her American expat mother. Her hopes of moving to America are dashed when her mother becomes engaged to Lu Fang, their Chinese landlord, whose own dreams were curtailed…
Karen Wilfrid’s middle grade debut novel Just Lizzie (November, 2023 Harper Collins), effortlessly braids a nuanced journey of identity with the bittersweet angst of growing up. Fourteen-year-old Lizzie is experiencing a lot of change: her family’s recently moved, her brother’s…
Alix Klingenberg is the author of two books of poetry. She draws on the natural world, cycles, and seasons to express the light and dark within each of us. Her second book of poetry, Bread Sex Trees, was published on…
Edith Maxwell, aka Maddie Day, is the Agatha-award winning author of six cozy mystery series (thirty-one published books), as well as three novellas and two dozen short stories. Her newest series debuts October 24, 2023, with the book Murder Uncorked….