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Jerry Spinelli

Jerry Spinelli still remembers the night when he was awakened by a phone call. His novel, Maniac Magee, had just won the 1991 Newbery Medal. "Life hasn't been the same since," Spinelli recalls.

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Meet the Author

An Interview With Jerry Spinelli

Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg is the author and illustrator of many celebrated children's books such as The Polar Express and Jumanji. In this exclusive video interview with Reading Rockets, Chris Van Allsburg talks about his big breakthrough, his books, and their transformation into movies.

An Interview With Chris Van Allsburg

Jack Gantos

Jack Gantos' interesting life has provided the raw material for many of his books. The Jack Henry middle-grade fiction series was based on Gantos' own adventures as a boy, and the award-winning Joey Pigza books resulted from Gantos' interactions with children with ADHD.

An Interview With Jack Gantos

Christopher Myers

Christopher Myers comes from a long line of creative storytellers. In this exclusive video interview with Reading Rockets, Christopher Myers talks about his Brooklyn neighborhood, his work, and how reading touches every part of his life.

An Interview With Christopher Myers

Bruce Degen

If a picture can speak a thousand words, Bruce Degen's illustrations can spark a thousand smiles. From sixth-grade, this illustrator of the wildly popular "Magic School Bus" series knew that art would be a big part of his life. In this exclusive video interview with Reading Rockets, Degen talks about his early artistic roots, the inspirational value of fruit, and what it's like to collaborate with author Joanna Cole.

An Interview With Bruce Degen

Emma Walton Hamilton

Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews is one of the most recognized and beloved figures in the entertainment industry. Together with her daughter and co-author Emma Walton Hamilton, Andrews is dedicated to publishing quality children's books which "nurture the imagination and cultivate a sense of wonder."

An Interview with Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton

Linda Sue Park

Linda Sue Park, Korean American author of children's fiction, has been an avid reader and writer her entire life. In fact, she began poetry and story writing before kindergarten -- at the age of four. Linda's mainly focuses on historical fiction. "Seesaw Girl", "Kite Fighters", "A Single Shard" (2002 Newbery Medal winner), "Project Mulberry," "Bee-Bim Bop," and "Archer's Quest" all delve in to the Korean culture and history -- embroidery, kite fighting, celadon pottery, silkworms, and Korean food.

An Interview With Linda Sue Park

George Ancona

In 2002, George Ancona received the Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for work that "has contributed significantly to the quality of nonfiction for children." In this exclusive video interview with Reading Rockets, George Ancona talks about his photo-illustrated books and how he uses photography to offer insight into the everyday lives of children from different cultures.

An Interview With George Ancona

Emily Gravett

British author and illustrator Emily Gravett brings a fresh perspective to her children's books.

An Interview With Emily Gravett

Bryan Selznick

Brian Selznick feels that his illustrations are more authentic when he immerses himself in his subject matter. For the picture book Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride, Selznick spent six months in Washington, DC conducting research at libraries and museums. For his Caldecott-Honor-winning illustrations in The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, he traveled to London to sketch, photograph, and climb inside the famous dinosaur replicas. For his best-selling 533-page illustrated novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Selznick watched old French films, interviewed experts, and traveled to Paris three times.

An Interview With Bryan Selznick

Eric Rohmann

Eric Rohmann believes that each story needs illustrations that match its tone, content, and sensibility. As a children's book illustrator, this means knowing how and when to use different media and techniques.

An Interview With Eric Rohmann

Peter Sis

Peter Sís is the celebrated writer and illustrator of "Madlenka" and the Caldecott Honor book "Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei.". In this exclusive video interview with Reading Rockets, Peter Sís talks about the winding path that led him to New York City, his father's Tibetan journey, and how his own children have influenced his work.

An Interview With Peter Sis

Pamela Duncan Edwards

Pamela Duncan Edwards often teams up with illustrator Henry Cole to create alliterative children's books like "Some Smug Slug". In this exclusive video interview with Reading Rockets, Pamela Duncan Edwards talks about her years as a school librarian and the joys of her work.

An Interview With Pamela Duncan Edwards

Laurence Yep

Laurence Yep writes books that draw from his Chinese American background yet speak to common feelings and experiences. In this exclusive video interview with Reading Rockets, Laurence Yep discusses his love for his work and the gratification of writing stories.

An Interview With Laurence Yep

Jack is an award-winning author of a wide variety of books. He writes picture books for young children and chapter books for middle-schoolers. His Joey Pigza Loses Control, a book about a boy with ADHD, received a prestigious Newbery Honor. Jack also published a book about the time he went to prison. This nonfiction book for teens, Hole in My Life, has won lots of awards and reached many troubled teenage boys.

An Interview with Jack Gantos

Seymour Simon

Seymour Simon is a man in love with science. As a kid he was even president of the Junior Astronomy Club at the American Museum of Natural History. Now, this writer uses his talent to share his love of science with others. With over 200 children's books in print, he has covered topics ranging from oceans to trains to the human heart.

An Interview With Seymour Simon

Sherri Smith

Sherri Smith writes novels that feature strong female protagonists dealing with issues of racial and ethnic identity. One critic described her work as a "gumbo of cultural collisions and discoveries." In "Hot, Sour, Salty Sweet," Ana, a 13-year-old Chinese-American/ African-American girl, grapples with her family as both a source of strength and deep embarrassment. In the award-winning "Flygirl," Smith tells the story of Ida Mae, a young African-American woman who dreams of serving in the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) during WWII, but encounters discrimination.

An Interview with Sherri Smith

Janet Wong

Janet Wong's career switch was so dramatic that she was featured on a segment of The Oprah Winfrey Show. When Wong left her job as Director of Labor Relations at Universal Studios in Hollywood, she dreamed of becoming a children's book author. Over the next two years, she took a writing class, submitted manuscripts, and piled up more than two dozen rejection letters. Through a combination of practice, persistence, and talent, Janet Wong quickly became a successful writer of poetry and picture books for young people.

An Interview With Janet Wong

Rick Riordan

Between teaching and writing other books, Riordan didn't think he had time for a children's novel.

An Interview With Rick Riordan

Eve Bunting

Eve Bunting is a spellbinding storyteller, both in conversation and in writing. In this exclusive video interview with Reading Rockets, Eve Bunting relates amusing stories from her childhood in Ireland and offers insights into her books, some of which are unflinching in tackling tough subjects.

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