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: Author Rob(ert) Kent
Robert Kent is the author of the horror novels The Book of David and All Together Now: A Zombie Story, and the novellas Pizza Delivery and All Right Now: A Short Zombie Story. Under the name Rob Kent, he writes middle grade novels such as Banneker Bones and the Giant Robot Bees and the upcoming Banneker Bones and the Alligator People. Rob(ert) Kent holds […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Rhys A. Jones
Rhys A Jones was born in 1955 and grew up in a mining village in South Wales with his nose in a book and his head in the clouds. He managed to subdue his imagination long enough to carve out a career in medicine, writing whenever the chance arose. In 1994, writing as Dylan Jones, […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author M.T. Anderson
M.T. Anderson is the author of the Pals in Peril series; The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, which won the National Book Award; The Game of Sunken Places; Burger Wuss; Thirsty; and Feed, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, and the winner of the Los Angeles […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Michael P. Spradlin
Michael P. Spradlin is the author of more than a dozen books for children, some of which have actually been published. He grew up in a small town in Michigan not far from the Indiana border, which may explain his irrational fear of Hoosiers (Both the inhabitants of the state of Indiana and the movie […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Michael Grant
Michael Grant is the evil genius of YA Fiction. By his own admission he sets out to scare his readers. That might explain why one of his biggest fans is Stephen King who called The Gone Series ‘A driving, torrential narrative’. But Michael is interested in more than just scaring people. With his major new […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Meg Medina
Meg Medina is an award-winning Cuban American author who writes picture books, middle grade, and YA fiction. Her most recent young adult novel, Burn Baby Burn, has earned numerous distinctions including being long listed for the 2016 National Book Award and shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize. She is the 2016 recipient of the Pura Belpré […]
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 Marina Weber
Marina Weber has been a passionate activist since she was six. Marina plays herself in the story of her debut children’s book – The Global Warming Express. She believes in righting wrongs and in helping others to be heard, seen, and assisted. She is also fearless and single-minded when it comes to completing her quest, […]
Middle Grade Ninja: 7 Questions For: Author Lynne Reid Banks
Lynne Reid Banks is the author of ten acclaimed adult novels as well as many much-loved books for children. She was born in London in 1929, the only child of a Scottish doctor and an Irish actress. During WW2 she was evacuated to the prairies of Canada where she spent 5 years. After studying at […]