Read more by and about some of our Fanfare 2024 authors and illustrators below. Find our at-a-glance Fanfare 2024 booklist here and our newly annotated list here.

Picture Books

Sophie Blackall

• Sophie Blackall Talks with Roger
• A Conversation with Sophie Blackall by Julie Danielson
• 2019 Caldecott Medal Acceptance by Sophie Blackall
• Hello Studio: A Profile of 2019 Caldecott Medal winner Sophie Blackall by Sergio Ruzzier, Brian Floca, Johnny Marciano, John Rocco, Edward Hemingway, Rowboat Watkins, & Doug Salati, as told to Josh Greenhut
• 2016 Caldecott Medal Acceptance by Sophie Blackall
• The Audacious Choice of Sophie Blackall: Profile of 2016 Caldecott Medal Winner Sophie Blackall by Susan Rich

Julie Flett

• Birdsong: Julie Flett's 2020 BGHB Picture Book Honor Speech

Kyo Maclear

• BGHB 2020: It Began with a Page
• It Began with a Page: Author Kyo Maclear's 2020 BGHB Nonfiction Honor Speech

Kusum Mepani and Yasmeen Ismail

• Five questions for Kusum Mepani and Yasmeen Ismail

Lesléa Newman

• The Writer's Page: Yes, And... by Lesléa Newman
• "How Does Jane Yolen Write a Book?" by Lesléa Newman
• Heather and Her Critics by Lesléa Newman

Edel Rodriguez

• Five questions for Edel Rodriguez

Fiction

Isabel Greenberg

• A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars: Author Seth Fishman's and Illustrator Isabel Greenberg's 2018 BGHB Nonfiction Honor Speeches

Frances Hardinge

• The Lie Tree: Author Frances Hardinge's 2016 BGHB Fiction Award Speech
• Frances Hardinge Talks with Roger

Kevin Henkes

• Blowing the Horn: My First Horn Book Visit by Kevin Henkes
• Ava Weiss (1925-2020) by Horn Book and Kevin Henkes
• Read Kevin Henkes's 2020 Children's Literature Legacy Award Acceptance Speech at ALA's Virtual Book Award Celebration
• Profile of 2020 Children's Literature Legacy Award winner Kevin Henkes by Dudley Carlson, Laura Dronzek, Virginia Duncan, and Susan Hirschman
• Kevin Henkes Talks with Roger
• The Book That Changed My Life: Barbara’s Book by Kevin Henkes
• Grand and Important: Books for Beginning Readers by Kevin Henkes
• Kevin Henkes — Twenty-five Years by Susan Hirschman

Emma Hunsinger

• Publishers' Preview: Debut Authors: Five Questions for Emma Hunsinger by Roger Sutton

Sylvie Kantorovitz

• Five questions for Sylvie Kantorovitz
• Graphic Memoirs: Why We Read Them. Why We Need Them. by Sylvie Kantorovitz

A.S. King

• Rule Breakers: Amy and the Bus by A.S. King
• Five questions for A.S. King about Dig.
• Amy Sarig King Talks with Roger
• Five questions for A.S. King about Glory O'Brien's History of the Future by Jennifer M. Brabander

Sacha Lamb

• When the Angels Left the Old Country: Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour 2023 by Shoshana Flax

Alison McGhee

• Kathi Appelt & Alison McGhee Talk with Roger
• Kathi Appelt and Alison McGhee on Maybe a Fox

Jason Reynolds

• Publishers' Preview: Fall 2023: Five Questions for Jason Reynolds, Jerome Pumphrey, and Jarrett Pumphrey by Roger Sutton
• Jason Reynold's and Jason Griffin's 2022 BGHB Picture Book Award speech
• BGHB 2022: Ain't Burned All the Bright
• My Father's Final Lesson - The Zena Sutherland Lecture by Jason Reynolds
• Lift Every Voice: “Four Women” and Me by Jason Reynolds
• Jason Reynolds's 2018 Lesley University commencement speech
• Giant (for Christopher Myers) by Jason Reynolds

Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham

• Publishers' Preview: Picture Books and Graphic Novels: Five Questions for Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham by Roger Sutton
• What Is Gene Luen Yang Wearing? by Roger Sutton
• Rule Breakers: The Workaround by Gene Luen Yang
• Why Do Comics Matter? — The Zena Sutherland Lecture by Gene Luen Yang
• Reading Without Walls: A Conversation with Gene Luen Yang by Roger Sutton
• Boxers & Saints: Author Gene Luen Yang's 2014 BGHB Fiction Honor Speech by Gene Luen Yang
• Studio Views: How to Draw Comics the Yang Way by Gene Luen Yang

Poetry

Renée Watson and Ekua Holmes

• Five questions for Renée Watson and Ekua Holmes by Nicholl Denice Montgomery and Horn Book
• Five questions for Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, and Nikkolas Smith
• Lift Every Voice: Walking My Own Path by Renée Watson
• 2018 CSK Author Award Acceptance by Renée Watson
• Profile of 2018 CSK Author Award winner Renée Watson by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
• Five questions for Ilyasah Shabazz with Renée Watson by Elissa Gershowitz and Martha V. Parravano
• Tricia Elam Walker and Ekua Holmes Talk with Roger
• 2019 CSK Illustrator Award Acceptance by Ekua Holmes
• Profile of 2019 CSK Illustrator Award winner Ekua Holmes by Ceci Méndez-Ortiz
• 2018 CSK Illustrator Award Acceptance by Ekua Holmes
• Profile of 2018 CSK Illustrator Award winner Ekua Holmes by Liz Bicknell
• "The Art of Ekua Holmes" exhibit by Cynthia K. Ritter
• Voice of Freedom: Illustrator Ekua Holmes's 2016 BGHB NF Honor Speech

Nonfiction

Nathalie Alonso and Rudy Gutierrez

• Five questions for Nathalie Alonso and Rudy Gutierrez by Horn Book and Charlize Guerra
• Publishers' Preview: Spring 2023: Five Questions for DK Dyson and Rudy Gutierrez by Roger Sutton

Jason Chin

• A Conversation with Jason Chin by Martha V. Parravano
• 2022 Caldecott Medal Acceptance by Jason Chin
• Profile of 2022 Caldecott Medal winner Jason Chin by Michael Chin
• BGHB 2021: Watercress
• Watercress: Jason Chin's 2021 BGHB Picture Book Honor Speech
• Nine Months: Illustrator Jason Chin's 2019 BGHB Nonfiction Honor Speech
• Five questions for Stephanie Parsley Ledyard and Jason Chin by Martha V. Parravano

Candace Fleming

• Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann Talk with Roger
• Candace Fleming Talks with Roger
• The Book That Changed My Life: A Galloping Good Story by Candace Fleming
• Candace Fleming's 2015 BGHB NF Award speech
• Candace Fleming on The Family Romanov by Jonathan Hunt
• Candace Fleming's 2009 BGHB NF Award speech

Breanna J. McDaniel and April Harrison

• H is for Harlem: April Harrison's 2023 BGHB Nonfiction Honor Speech
• Five questions for Breanna J. McDaniel and April Harrison
• Publishers’ Preview: Diverse Voices Redux: Five Questions for April Harrison

Sean Rubin

• The Passover Guest: Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour 2022 by Shoshana Flax

Tanya Lee Stone

• The Writer's Page: The Lovely Dance: The Alone/Together Collaboration of Picture-Book Storytelling by Tanya Lee Stone
• The Art of Visual Storytelling in Long-Form Nonfiction by Tanya Lee Stone
• A Fine, Fine Line: Truth in Nonfiction by Tanya Lee Stone

Renée Watson

• Five questions for Renée Watson and Ekua Holmes by Nicholl Denice Montgomery and Horn Book
• Five questions for Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, and Nikkolas Smith
• Lift Every Voice: Walking My Own Path by Renée Watson
• 2018 CSK Author Award Acceptance by Renée Watson
• Profile of 2018 CSK Author Award winner Renée Watson by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
• Five questions for Ilyasah Shabazz with Renée Watson by Elissa Gershowitz and Martha V. Parravano

Paula Yoo

• The Writer's Page: My Own Sa I Gu by Paula Yoo
• Five questions for Paula Yoo by Michelle Lee and Horn Book
• BGHB 2021: From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry
• From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: Paula Yoo's 2021 BGHB Nonfiction Award Speech