5 Questions for Jedidiah Jenkins, Author of Mother, Nature
What about spending so much time in the great outdoors inspires so much introspection/reflection? So much of the human brain…
Interviews
Bookstores, Coffee Shops and Finding Connection: 5 Questions for Travis Balderee
Bookshops & Bonedust, the follow-up to Legends & Lattes, is just as cozy and warm as a night spent around…
Five Questions for Christopher Paolini
Did you always know you wanted to be a writer, or was it more of a hobby when you started?…
Dreaming Up Her Own Salvation: Poets & Writers on Safiya Sinclair
We’re huge, huge fans of Poets & Writers — the organization and their eponymous magazine — and poet-memoirist-professor Safiya Sinclair, so…
History Shapes How We Move Through the World: Reading Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward — two-time winner of the National Book Award and 2017 MacArthur Fellow (the “Genius Grant”) — is one…
I’m a More is More Person: 5 Questions with Molly Baz, author of More Is More
We asked Molly Baz, author of More Is More, 5 questions about what first drew her to cooking and the…
Doing What Feels Authentic to the Characters: 5 Questions with Kerri Maniscalco, Author of Throne of the Fallen
Read this Q&A with Kerri Maniscalco as she answers our questions about extends the world of her beloved YA series…
The Redemptive Power of Art: Five Questions for Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam, Authors of Punching the Air
From award-winning author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist as well as one of the exonerated five, Yusef Salaam, comes…
An Interview with Actress and Author Skai Jackson on Her New Book, Reach for the Skai
The Hollywood Reporter named Skai one of the “Top 30 Stars Under Age 18” and she has been featured in…
Hope Exists: Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram Discuss Their Image Comics Saga Little Bird
A young Canadian girl—the titular Little Bird of the new graphic novel from creators Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram—finds herself…
An Interview with the Author of Goodnight Bubbala, a Joyful Parody of Goodnight Moon Filled with Love, Family, and Noshing
Like most children, I grew up reading Goodnight Moon, and I so wish this version had existed when I was…
A Q&A with Max & Ruby Author Rosemary Wells on Twin Trouble and the Newest Additions to the Series
What do you think makes these two, and their stories, so timeless? Max and Ruby are the universal older sister-younger…
Joe Hill on Full Throttle, Netflix Adaptations, and Working With His Dad
The collection brings together a number of Hill’s shorter stories, and comes after a pair of doorstopper novels, NOS4A2 and The Fireman, and…
In Conversation: Nina Varela and Farah Naz Rishi
Today on the B&N Teen blog, we’re excited to welcome two debut authors, Nina Varela, writer of the sapphic space drama, Crier’s…
Brent Weeks Talks The Burning White, Representation in Fantasy, and What’s Next
This week, Brent Weeks delivered The Burning White, the final book in his brilliant Lightbringer series. The series already feels like…
An Interview With Lupita Nyong’o On Her Debut Picture Book, Sulwe, and the Seed of Self-Value
In this interview, Nyong’o shares more about the inspiration for her debut picture book and her hopes for a new…
Get to Know a YA Author: Rin Chupeco
Welcome to our newest feature on B&N Teen Blog, Get to Know a YA Author, in which we pose the…
In Conversation: Frank Miller and Thomas Wheeler Talk Cursed
Today on the Barnes & Noble Teen blog, we’re excited to welcome author, producer and screenwriter Thomas Wheeler (Empire, Cape, The…
Star Wars: Resistance Reborn Author Rebecca Roanhorse Discusses Her Journey into a Galaxy Far, Far Away…
It’s Force Friday, and we’re celebrating Star Wars with a journey into the Expanded Universe. Then, make sure to come…