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  • Author Feature: Kai Cheng Thom

    What originally made you want to become an author? I love stories so much! As a kid who was always […]

  • Author Feature: Danny Ramadan

    What originally made you want to become an author? I have always been drawn to stories and the way they […]

  • Author Feature: Barbara Reid

    What originally made you want to become an author? As a kid I read EVERYTHING: comics, ads, magazines, cereal boxes, […]

  • Editor Feature: Anneka Lynch & Michaela Allen

    What inspired you to put together Let Me Be Honest: 28 Young Artists on Surviving anUncertain World? Michaela: My inspiration […]

  • Author Feature: Sara O’Leary

    What originally made you want to become an author?I don’t remember not wanting to be a writer. I started pretty […]

  • Author Feature: Suzanne Sutherland

    What originally made you want to become an author?I’ve been writing journals and stories for as long as I can […]

  • Author Feature: Johnny Aitken and Jess Willows

    What originally made you want to become an author? We didn’t set out to become authors; we set out to […]

  • Author Feature: Carl Brundtland

    What originally made you want to become an author? I wasn’t a very good student—it wasn’t that I wasn’t intelligent; […]

  • Author Feature: Anita Yasuda

    What originally made you want to become an author? I have been telling, collecting, and writing stories since I was […]

  • Author Feature: A. B. Poranek

    What originally made you want to become an author? I don’t remember a time I didn’t love reading or writing—I […]

  • Author Feature: Denise Davy

    What originally made you want to become an author? I love to express myself in words. My first form of […]

  • Author Feature: Howie Shia

    What originally made you want to become an author and illustrator? I don’t know if my love of writing and drawing […]

  • Author Feature: Judy I. Lin

    What originally made you want to become an author? I was a huge bookworm while growing up and then I […]

  • Author Feature: Maria Marianayagam

    What originally made you want to become an author and illustrator? I’ve always loved to read and write. When my […]

  • Author Feature: Paul Coccia

    What originally made you want to become an author ? My mom read to me a lot, and my dad, […]

  • Author Feature: Kari-Lynn Winters

    What originally made you want to become an author? I actually started out as a playwright, writing plays for children. […]

  • Author Feature: Vivian Zhou

    What originally made you want to become an author ? I’ve liked writing short and fanciful stories (often unfinished) since I […]

  • Author Feature: Kristy Jackson

    Where do you find the inspiration for your books? I’m someone who has LOTS of story ideas. Inspiration can come […]

  • Author Feature: Matteo Cerilli

    Where do you find the inspiration for your books? Are you inspired to create the pictures or the story first? […]

  • Author Feature: Jess Hannigan

    Where do you find the inspiration for your books? Are you inspired to create the pictures or the story first? […]

  • Author Feature: Victoria Koops

    Where do you find the inspiration for your books? I collect inspiration like a magpie collects shiny trinkets. One of […]

  • Creativity Club Submission: Jennifer F.

    Every month, Telling Tales releases a simple challenge for readers and writers. Our Creativity Club allows teachers and homeschoolers to […]

  • Illustrator Feature: Nadia Alam

    What made you interested in becoming an illustrator? Books and drawing have been constants in my life. I love reading […]

  • Author Feature: Cheryl Isaacs

    Where do you find the inspiration for your writing? Everywhere. I don’t tend to plan my stories; they come from […]

  • Illustrator Feature: Tiffani Brown

    What made you interested in becoming an illustrator? Honestly, I have always had a love for storytelling, painting, and drawing, and […]

  • Q&A with Helaine Becker

    Where do you find the inspiration for your writing? Everywhere! Paying attention to what’s going on around me. From other […]

  • Q&A with Richard Scrimger

    Where do you find the inspiration for your writing? I find inspiration everywhere. An old man running for a streetcar, […]

  • Q&A with Jessica Rose

    We were so lucky to this month to get the chance to talk with Jessica Rose, author of Let’s Get […]

  • Q&A with Farah Qaiser and Hajer Nakua

    Where do you find the inspiration for your books? Farah: It’s hard to be what you can’t see — that’s […]

  • Q&A with Dom Pelletier

    We had the opportunity to chat with Dom Pelletier, the author and illustrator of the Lunch Club series. Read on […]

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