Writing successfully for children is an art, and the best authors are the ones who identify with the child, touching on the deep well of a child’s feelings without being preachy. The best authors of ...

So, you think you can write a children's book? OK. Think of an idea, an original idea, and build a tale around it. Make sure that you have a clear story arc -- set up, conflict and resolution -- your ...

Louis Sachar, the author of Holes and the Wayside School series, has spent nearly half a century writing books for kids. And he was originally going to continue that streak with his new novel, The ...

Prolific, award-winning author of books for children and adolescents Susan Hood lost her job as an editor with a publishing house in the midst of an economic turndown and then decided to begin writing ...

Welcome to “How I Became,” the Lifehacker series where I ask real people how they really got their jobs. This week I'm chatting with Aubre Andrus, an award-winning children's book author. She mostly ...

Heather Ayris Burnell grows book collections, readers… and garlic. As a children’s author, Washington State librarian, and a garlic farmer, she gets books into kids' hands and garlic on tables across ...

Travis Jonker is a school librarian, creator of the 100 Scope Notes blog, co-creator of The Yarn podcast, and a children’s author and illustrator. His titles include The Very Last Castle, illustrated ...