Category Archives: Interviews

School Library Journal Interview

This month’s Under Cover sec­tion of School Library Jour­nal fea­tures an inter­view with me.  It must’ve been a slow news at SLJ for the edi­tor to pick up the phone and talk to me about Black Hole Sun, samu­rai, Monty Python, and curs­ing in seven dif­fer­ent lan­guages, but he did, and the world is a

The State of Things

In yet another debut, I will make my first radio appear­ance EVAH on WUNC North Car­olina Pub­lic Radio (except for the time I won a I Heart Chat­tanooga t-shirt that was two sizes too small). I’ll be a guest on “The State of Things” hosted by Frank Sta­sio. This is a live pro­gram, and if

I’m on the Verge of

The amaz­ingly gra­cious Cynthea Liu has a new fea­ture on her web­site, www.writingforchildrenandteens.com, that she calls “Authors on the Verge.” The goal of the fea­ture is to intro­duce read­ers to authors who are, you know, on the verge of their careers. Recent authors include Cyn Balog, Nancy Viau, and Gayle C. Krause. And now, me! Please