Angie Sage is an English author of children's literature, including the best selling Septimus Heap series, the TodHunter Moon trilogy, and the Araminta Spookie series. She attended the Art School in Leicester, studying Illustration and Graphic Design. After college she developed her...

Amy Kim Kibuishi has been drawing and writing in earnest since she was ten years old. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a degree in Cartooning and is the creator of Sorcerers & Secretaries, a graphic novel...

Author and Illustrator Nina Mata is the #1 New York Times Bestselling Illustrator of "I Promise" by LeBron James (nominated for the 52nd NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature). She is also a 2021 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honoree for her work in "Ty's Travels, Zip Zoom by...

In this episode we connect with Natasha Lester, author of The Paris Orphan and The Riviera House. Natasha discusses Joan Didion's book, Slouching Towards Bethlehem as one of the most influential books introduced to her. Natasha shares her appreciation for...

In this episode we connect with Nawaaz Ahmed, author of the book Radiant Fugitives. Nawaaz picks the book Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino as his inspiration and the book he couldn't live without. He shares how the introduction to the...

Jenn Shapland is a writer and archivist living in New Mexico. Her first book, My Autobiography of Carson McCullers, was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award and won the Lambda Literary award. She has a PhD in English from...