Middle Grade Ninja: Interviews with Editors

7 Questions For Editors is a series of interviews conducted with some of today’s top editors. Every editor faces the same 7 questions and I have not edited their responses in any way. All of these editors are extremely cool for doing this and I cannot thank them enough. Check back frequently to see who will be the […]

Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Chris Rylander

Chris Rylander is the author of The Fourth Stall, The Fourth Stall Part II, and The Fourth Stall Part III. He was born and raised in North Dakota and currently lives near the center of North America with his wife Amanda. They have one dog and one cat. He swears he’s never participated in any organized […]

Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Jerry Gordon

Jerry Gordon makes stuff by making stuff up. He is the author of the apocalyptic thriller, Breaking the World. He is also the Bram Stoker and Black Quill Award-nominated co-editor of the Dark Faith, Invocations, and Streets of Shadows anthologies. His short stories and essays have appeared in numerous venues, including Apex Magazine and Shroud. […]

Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author S. L. Lipson

S.L. Lipson, in her own words: My first “publication” was a hand-stapled, primitive graphic novel, co-written with two boy buddies in fifth grade, about an elephant with a camel’s hump filled with a lemonade-like drink called “humphantajuice”–a big hit at school! Since then, I’ve published many articles, poems, and three books for kids, most recently […]

Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Bree Ogden

Bree Ogden’s life in the arts and training as an artist have combined to bring her to the new position she has just achieved as a literary agent for graphic novels and children’s book with Martin Literary Management.  She was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and spent much of her youth and teenage years intensely studying […]

Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Elissa Brent Weissman

Elissa Brent Weissman has wanted to write children’s books since she started reading them. She wrote her first novel when she was 10, and when no one wanted to publish it, she was sad for a little while but then just became more driven. She accomplished her goal in 2009, when her first two novels […]

Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Kristan Higgins

Kristan Higgins is the author of Fools Rush In, Catch of the Day, Just one of the Guys, and Too Good to be True. Here is her official biography: “Kristan lives with her family in a small Connecticut town that boasts a wonderful library, a great agricultural fair, a really good ice cream stand and […]

Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Bridget Smith

Bridget Smith began her career at Dunham Literary, Inc. in June 2011. Previously, she was an intern at Don Congdon Associates, worked at a secondhand book store in Connecticut, and evaluated short story submissions for Tor.com under Liz Gorinsky and Patrick Nielsen Hayden. She graduated from Brown University in 2010. While there, she studied anthropology […]

Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Emma Finn

Here is Emma Finn’s bio from the C + W Agency website: I am actively building my list of exciting new writers of both fiction and narrative non-fiction. On the fiction side, I read widely so don’t like to be too prescriptive, but I do love novels that explore those moments that define our lives and […]

Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions for: Literary Agent Jenny Bent

Jenny Bent has worked in publishing for over 15 years, both as an editor and an agent, most recently as Vice President at Trident Media Group before founding The Bent Agency in 2009. There she has continued her tradition of representing bestsellers, with over 15 titles on the NYT list since she opened her doors. […]

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