Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Tricia Springstubb
Tricia Springstubb is the author of What Happened on Fox Street Click here to read my review. And here to tell you more about Tricia Springstubb, Tricia Springstubb: I was born a looong time ago, when girls had to wear dresses to school and no one had heard of soccer. I was the oldest of […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Tommy Greenwald
Tommy Greenwald is the author of Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading. Click here to read my review. Here is Tom Greenwald in his own words: Who would like to read about the details of my childhood and how I always wanted to be a writer and how after all these years it’s so […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Tim Wynne-Jones
Tim Wynne-Jones is the author of Rex Zero and the End of the World, Rex Zero, King of Nothing, Rex Zero, The Great Pretender, The Uninvited, A Thief in the House of Memory, and Zoom. Click here to read my review of Rex Zero: The Great Pretender. Here is a very funny bio that Mr. Jones wrote for […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Taylor Morris
Taylor Morris is the author of the Hello, Gorgeous! series as well as BFF Breakup, Total Knockout: Tale of an Ex-Class President, and Class Favorite. Click here to read my review of BFF Breakup. She lives in New York City with her orchestra conductor husband and their two cats, who have hyphenated last names. And […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Susin Nielsen
Susin Nielsen is the author of Hank And Fergus, The Magic Beads, Mormor Moves In, and Word Nerd. Her newest is Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom. Click here to read my review. Here Susan Nielsen’s official bio: Susin got her start feeding cast and crew muffins and bologna sandwiches on the award-winning television series, Degrassi Junior High. They […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Susan Runholt
Award-winning Susan Runholt, author of the Kari and Lucas mystery series (click for my review), shares her teenage heroines’ love of art and travel and commitment to feminism. She has traveled extensively in Europe, Asia and Africa, and lived in Amsterdam and Paris, working as a bank clerk and an au pair. She’s also been […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Sue Cowing
Sue Cowing was born in Illinois and now lives and writes in Hawaii. She earned degrees in history from Knox College and Emory University, then studied Chinese and Japanese history at the University of Hawaii. After teaching history and Asian studies at La Pietra School in Honolulu for sixteen years, she earned an M.F.A. in […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Stephen Messer
Stephen Messer was born in Maine and grew up there and in lots of other places. As a child he was inspired by the desert skies of Arizona, as well as his many trips to the public library. His debut novel, Windblowne (Random House 2010), is a fantasy adventure about a boy who is blown […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Stephanie Barden
Stephanie Barden is the author of Cinderella Smith. Click here to read my review. Here is an excerpt from the bio on her webpage: My first book, Cinderella Smith, comes out in April 2011. A second book, Cinderella Smith and the More the Merrier, will come out in 2012. A third Cinderella book, as yet […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Sheila Kelly Welch
Sheila Kelly Welch is the author of Waiting to Forget. Click here to read my review. Sheila Kelly Welch began writing and drawing in elementary school. Her black crayon was always worn to a nub from sketching horses with long manes and sweeping tails. Now she writes and illustrates for children of all ages. Her […]