by Michele Kirichanskaya | Aug 8, 2025 | Blog
Jennifer Dugan is a writer, a geek, and a romantic who writes the kinds of stories she wishes she’d had growing up. She’s the author of the graphic novel Coven, as well as the young adult novels Playing For Keeps, The Last Girls Standing, Melt With You, Some Girls Do,...
by Michele Kirichanskaya | Aug 6, 2025 | Blog
C.B. Lee is an author of young adult and middle grade fiction, including the NYT Bestseller Minecraft: The Shipwreck. Their works also include the Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selected A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix, the Lambda Literary...
by Michele Kirichanskaya | Jul 30, 2025 | Blog
Julia Riew is a composer-lyricist, playwright, and novelist best known for her viral hit DIVE, a reimagining of the Korean folktale “Shimcheong,” which is currently being developed for the stage at the American Repertory Theater. In addition to winning the 2022 Fred...
by Michele Kirichanskaya | Jul 25, 2025 | Blog
Lucy Knisley is the author and illustrator of beloved graphic novels about memory, identity, food, and family. Her Alex Award-winning graphic novel, Relish: My Life in the Kitchen, tells the story of her childhood steeped in the food industry. It was a New York Times...
by Michele Kirichanskaya | Jul 23, 2025 | Blog
CW: Discussion of grief and eating disorders. Josh Galarza is a writer, printmaker and book artist from Northern Nevada. After a career in Montessori education, he earned a BA in English and BFA in art from the University of Nevada, Reno, where he later taught...
