Author Interviews

Every month we interview an author, illustrator or well-known educator and feature them in our monthly digital newsletter, eMackin Community. For your convenience, we have compiled all the interviews on this page for you to click and read; each one provides interesting and fun facts about the author/illustrator and their work. We hope you enjoy reading them!

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A-C

Avi

Kwame Alexander

William Alexander

Sherman Alexie

Tom Angleberger

Katherine Applegate

Jay Asher

Andrew Aydin

Mac Barnett

Kelly Barnhill

Marion Dane Bauer

Andrea Beaty

Bonny Becker

Sophie Blackall

Maribeth Boelts

Angeline Boulley

Drew Brockington

Nick Bruel

Ivan Brunetti

Ashley Bryan

Jen Bryant

Toni Buzzeo

Cathy Camper

Eric Carle

Gennifer Choldenko

Bryan Collier

Bryan Collier

Matthew Cordell

Jerry Craft

Christopher Paul Curtis

Karen Cushman
D-F

Etienne Delessert

Kate DiCamillo

Kate DiCamillo

2016 | 2018 | 2021

Chris Van Dusen

Tim Egan

Ed Emberley

Margarita Engle

Mark Fearing

Paul Fleischman

Candace Fleming

Jessica Freeburg
G-I

Jack Gantos

Arthur Geisert

Temple Grandin

Alan Gratz

Nikki Grimes

Dan Gutman

Michael Hall

Chris Harris

Pete Hautman

Kevin Henkes

S.E. Hinton

Veera Hiranandani

Jennifer L. Holm

Ekua Holmes

Cheryl Willis Hudson

Wade Hudson
J-L

Steve Jenkins

Jory John

Frederick Joseph

Tae Keller

Jeff Kinney

Jon Klassen

Michelle Knudsen

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Kara LaReau

David LaRochelle

June Jo Lee

J. Patrick Lewis

John Lewis

Grace Lin

Lois Lowry
M-Q

Patricia MacLachlan

Rita Marshall

Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Megan McDonald

Meg Medina

Kate Messner

Kate Milford

Magdalena Mora

Oge Mora

Pat Mora

Yuyi Morales

Françoise Mouly

Rex Ogle

Ellen Oh

Lin Oliver

Man One

Mary Pope Osborne

Mark Oshiro

Mark Oshiro

Linda Sue Park

James Patterson

Gary Paulsen

Matt de la Peña

Junauda Petrus

Junauda Petrus

Bao Phi

Bao Phi

R.J. Polacio

Nate Powell

Margi Preus
R-T

Adam Rex

Jason Reynolds

Peter H. Reynolds

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Christian Robinson

Eric Rohmann

Rachel Renée Russell

Sergio Ruzzier

Sergio Ruzzier

Dan Santat

Kurtis Scaletta

Gary D. Schmidt

Brian Selznick

Ruta Sepetys

David Shannon

Stephen Shaskan

Bob Shea

Joyce Sidman

Marilyn Singer

Lane Smith

Jordan Sonnenblick

Christina Soontornvat

Nicholas Sparks

Art Spiegelman

Nadja Spiegelman

Erin E. Stead

Philip C. Stead

Caren Stelson

Nic Stone

Lauren Stringer

Melissa Sweet

Don Tate

Mildred D. Taylor

Raina Telgemeier

Raina Telgemeier

Catherine Thimmesh

Catherine Thimmesh

Duncan Tonatiuh

Anton Treuer
U-Z

Dwyane Wade

Stephanie Watson

Rosemary Wells

Carole Boston Weatherford

David Wiesner

Henry Winkler

Mike Wohnoutka

Jacqueline Woodson

Gene Luen Yang

Gene Luen Yang

Kao Kalia Yang

Kao Kalia Yang

Eugene Yelchin

Eugene Yelchin

Jane Yolen

Arthur Yorinks

Arthur Yorinks

Ed Young

Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai

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