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Middle Grade Ninja: This Aggression Will Not Stand, Rand
You faithful readers know about the complex relationship I have with the writings of Ayn Rand. She fascinates me because she had the capacity to do such amazing writing and she used it for the purposes of pure evil. Perhaps we should blame her muse, Satan, whose lies about the virtue of selfishness are the […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Audiobook Narrator David Radtke
David Radtke is a man who loathes having nothing to do. It makes him really fidgety (and he hates it when he gets really fidgety). Luckily though, ever since David entered the world of audiobook narration, it has given him the important outlet he needs to release all of his pent-up energies — and some […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Gennifer Choldenko
Gennifer Choldenko is best known for her Tales from Alcatraz series, which has sold more than 2 million copies. Book #1: Al Capone Does My Shirts was a Newbery Honor Book and the recipient of twenty other awards. Book #4: Al Capone Throws Me a Curve is due out in 2018. BookPage said of her […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Marissa Burt
Marissa Burt writes middle grade fantasy and is the author of Storybound and the upcoming sequel Story’s End. She grew up in Portland, Oregon, and drifted eastward, living in Colorado, Illinois, Tennessee, and South Carolina, before coming back home to the Pacific Northwest. Along the way, she studied Sociology, Ancient Languages, and Theology and clocked […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Tomi Adeyemi
Tomi Adeyemi is a Nigerian-American writer and creative writing coach based in San Diego, California. After graduating Harvard University with an honors degree in English literature, she received a fellowship that allowed her to study West African mythology and culture in Salvador, Brazil. When she’s not working on her novels or watching Scandal, she can […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Dr. Uwe Stender
Dr. Uwe Stender represents me, the Middle Grade Ninja, among others:) Here’s a guest post he wrote for this very blog. Here’s a two-part post I wrote about my experiences being represented by Dr. Stender. TriadaUS Literary Agency founder, Dr. Uwe Stender, is a Full Member of the AAR (Association of Authors’ Representatives). Our best […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author John Gilstrap
Click here for more interviews with writers John Gilstrap is the author of Nathan’s Run, At All Costs, Even Steven, Scott Free, and No Mercy. He is also the coauthor of Six Minutes to Freedom and The Chopin Manuscript. Here is a quote from the biography section of his website: “My first novel, Nathan’s Run, […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Alyssa Eisner Henkin
When Alyssa Eisner Henkin became an editorial assistant in 1999 she was just happy to have coworkers who loved Anne of Green Gables as much as she did. Little did she know, over the next decade children’s publishing would become the fastest-growing genre in reading and entertainment. Alyssa candidly admits that she did not foresee the magnitude […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Danielle Smith
For more than six years Danielle Smith has been the well-known blogger behind the online review site There’s a Book, voted the BBAW’s Best Kidlit Book Review Blog and host to over two-hundred thousand page views per month. Her children’s book reviews have also appeared in top online and print publications such as Parenting Magazine and Women’s World. […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Literary Agent Janine Le
Janine Le joined the Sheldon Fogelman Agency in 2010 and has gained experience in all aspects of the business, with a focus on editorial, contracts, and foreign rights. She enjoys the balance of creative-minded and business-minded work and knew she had found her niche in the field when she interned at an agency and realized […]