Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Editor Jason Pinter
Jason Pinter is the founder and publisher of Polis Books, a new independent publishing company for the digital age focusing on commercial fiction. He is also the bestselling author of five thrillers: THE DARKNESS, THE FURY, THE STOLEN, THE GUILTY and THE MARK, which was optioned to be a major motion picture, as well as the Middle Grade novel ZEKE BARTHOLOMEW: SUPERSPY. He […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Editor Frances Gilbert
When not drinking tea and watching kitten videos, Frances Gilbert is the editorial director of Doubleday Books for Young Readers at Random House. (Confession: sometimes she does all these things at the same time.) Prior to moving to Random House in June 2012, Frances was at Sterling Publishing for twelve years, most recently as children’s […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Editor Erin Clarke
Erin Clarke is an executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House, where she has been for fourteen years. Erin works on a wide range of projects from picture books to young adult fiction. She is the editor of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Book Thief […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Editor Alison Weiss
Alison Weiss is an Associate Editor at Egmont USA. As a kid, it was not unusual to find her huddled under the covers on a Saturday morning with a stack of books rather than downstairs watching cartoons. Alison has been with Egmont for five years. During that time she’s been fortunate to work with debut […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Dream Gardens Podcast Host Jody Lee Mott
Esteemed Reader, you know I love podcasts and audiobooks and I firmly believe that if you’re doing dishes or working out or any number of other activities that prevent you from actually sitting down and reading a thing, you can still be taking in useful information to improve you as both a writer and a […]
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 Donna Gephart
Donna Gephart’s new novel, How to Survive Middle School, garnered starred reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal. Click here to read my review. Her first book, As If Being 12 3/4 Isn’t Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! won the Sid Fleischman Humor Award. Donna has fun speaking at schools, book festivals […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Dawn Lairamore
Dawn Lairamore is the author of Ivy’s Ever After. Click here to read my review. She has always loved fairy tales but thinks you can only take so many sweet, proper princesses and ferocious, fire-breathing dragons. She thought it would be fun to write a fairy tale where the princess and the dragon weren’t what you expected. […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Daniel O’Brien
Click here for more interviews with writers WARNING: This is an interview with an author for adults. Both the interview and the links from this interview contian adult language. Daniel O’Brien is an assistant editor over at cracked.com. His column “Dan Dan Revolution” keeps me and a whole lot of other people across the internet […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Daniel O’Brien
Click here for more interviews with writers WARNING: This is an interview with an author for adults. Both the interview and the links from this interview contian adult language. Daniel O’Brien is an assistant editor over at cracked.com. His column “Dan Dan Revolution” keeps me and a whole lot of other people across the internet […]