Young Adult Writers I’m Watching Closely

Young Adult Writers I’m Watching

 

 

Why? Because I think they have something important to say about race, ethnicity, class, and gender, and they say it in interesting ways. 

 

 

Brian F. Walker (If you know him, please tell him I want an interview:) --

 

What surprised you most about the process of getting published?
What surprised me most about the publishing process – hands down – is how LONG it takes to get a book out and onto the shelves. There was a lot of editing, revision, talks about the cover,the title, etc. It wiped me out.

--quoted from "Author Interview: Brian F. Walker"
 

Guadalupe Garcia McCall--

 

What is one thing you would like your readers to take away from reading Under the Mesquite?

GGM: I would love for readers to find their own strength, their own voice, and hold onto it. To keep dreaming, even when times are tough. To honor their family, their culture, themselves in a way that fulfills them and brings them to a place of peace and happiness.

--quoted from "Fictionalizing a Life Story with Guadalupe Garcia McCall"

 

Wendy Wan Long Shang--

What advice do you have for kids who want to be writers.

“Read as much as you can; write as much as you can. Sit down and write a little bit every day. A very famous writer wrote down what he ate every day. To get in the habit [of writing every day] is very helpful. . . . My goal is to write two double-spaced pages each day. If I get stuck, I go to another place in the manuscript. Or sometimes I get up to walk the dog.”
--quoted from "Interview with author of 'The Great Wall of Lucy Wu'"