By Elisa A. Bonnin My sophomore novel Stolen City, releases on September 20, 2022. It’s a heist novel about twin thieves who steal magic artifacts from their city’s colonizers, and who end up stealing the whole city back in the process. The book has four POV characters, all of whom have different … [Read more...] about Elisa A. Bonnin’s 8 Reads to Check Out After Stolen City
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Q&A With Kelly McWilliams, Mirror Girls
By Michele Kirichanskaya Today we're pleased to welcome Kelly McWilliams to the WNDB blog to discuss Mirror Girls, which came out on February 8, 2022! As infants, twin sisters Charlie Yates and Magnolia Heathwood were secretly separated after the brutal lynching of their parents, who died for … [Read more...] about Q&A With Kelly McWilliams, Mirror Girls
Q&A With Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper’s Daughter
By Nithya Ramcharan Today we’re pleased to welcome Angeline Boulley to the WNDB blog to discuss her YA novel Firekeeper's Daughter, out March 2, 2021! The cover art was illustrated by Rich Deas, an Ojibwe artist. Angeline Boulley was a 2019 We Need Diverse Books mentee and worked with author … [Read more...] about Q&A With Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper’s Daughter
Picture Book Author Laronda Gardner Middlemiss Writes so Her Son Can See Himself in Books
By LaRonda Gardner Middlemiss Books were not really a big feature in my childhood. I don’t have memories of bringing home picture books from the school library, or of picture books being read aloud in class. Instead, what I have, are a few very specific book-related memories. The first is of … [Read more...] about Picture Book Author Laronda Gardner Middlemiss Writes so Her Son Can See Himself in Books