Paul Tremblay, the author of the recently released A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS and I have a lot in common. We’re both teachers (in prisons), w...

Prepare yourself for a moment of snobbery from me. Ready? It’s not very often a book makes me laugh. I mean, I find books funny, but an a...

One day in the near future, I’m going to run into Lance Rubin at a conference or convention or, who knows, a prison yard, and when I see ...

Last week I had the pleasure of driving to Lexington, Kentucky to have dinner and attend a book reading/signing with my friend Daryl Greg...

Okay, look, I get it, I mention Andrew Smith on here a little too much than is healthy. In fact, I’m expecting a cease and desist letter...

Cori McCarthy could kick your ass. I’m not saying she will, but she probably could if she wanted to. Because there’s an anger in McCarth...

So far this year I’ve read 35 books. (Don’t judge me…three kids keeps reading time down a bit). A good many of these are YA, some are g...

I’ll keep this simple: If you have a 7-11 year old you read to, you must immediately buy Kate DiCamillo’s Flora and Ulysses: The Illumina...

There’s a heinous crime being committed in the world of writing today, and it’s this–Andrew Smith isn’t selling millions of books. Okay, ...