Jeff Kinney is an online game developer and designer, and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series, which has over 58 million copies in print in the USA and Canada. Jeff was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. He spent […]

E. Lockhart’s book The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks lost its round in the 2009 Battle of the Books to We Are The Ship. She has written seven other YA novels — all pugnacious but none actually in fighting condition. There is no truth to the rumors that she also writes under the name Emily […]

Barbara O’Connor draws on her Southern roots to create middle grade books, including The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis, The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester, and How to Steal a Dog. Her books have been recognized for many distinctions, including winning several state children’s choice awards (including her home state of South Carolina), Parents […]

Ron Koertge is the author of many celebrated novels, including STONER & SPAZ, STRAYS, and THE BRIMSTONE JOURNALS, all American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults; SHAKESPEARE BATS CLEANUP, an American Library Association Top Ten Sports Books for Youth Selection; and THE ARIZONA KID, an American Library Association pick for “one of the ten […]

Sy Montgomery is an award-winning author for children and adults. During her research Sy has endured being chased by an angry silverback gorilla in Zaire and bitten by a vampire bat in Costa Rica. She has worked in a pit crawling with 18,000 snakes in Manitoba and handled a wild tarantula in French Guiana. Her […]

Gayle Forman is an award-winning author and journalist whose articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, The Nation, and The New York Times Magazine. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.