Interview with Linda Aksomitis, Author of Longhorns and Outlaws

Please welcome Linda Aksomitis to talk about her new middle grade western, Longhorns and Outlaws.  If you didn’t catch my book review, check it out and then come back here to learn more.  Linda’s got the most interesting life and it was great to get to know her!

Maw Books:  If you could only use one [...]

Interview with Mary Nethery, Children’s Author and Co-Author of Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival

I’d like to welcome Mary Nethery today for an author interview.  Mary is also the author of  Mary Veronica’s Egg (my book review), Hannah and Jack, Orange Cat Goes to Market, and Two Bobbies:  A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival coauthored with Kirby Larson.  I reviewed Two Bobbies:  A True Story [...]

Interview with Bonny Becker, Author of A Visitor for Bear and More!

If you subscribe to the Maw Books Blog and saw not one, not two, but five book reviews of Bonny Becker’s books and have now landed yourself onto this author interview, you probably noticed that it’s Bonny Becker day!
Bonny is the author of The Christmas Crocodile (my book review), My Brother, The Robot (my book [...]

Interview with Carmela and Steve D’Amico, Author and Illustrator of the Ella the Elephant Series

Today it’s my pleasure to interview both Carmela and Steve D’Amico, author and illustrator of the Ella the Elephant series, Ella the Elegant Elephant, Ella Takes the Cake, Ella Sets the Stage, and Ella Sets Sail. I’ve just reviewed these adorable books and suggest that you read the reviews prior to this interview so you’re [...]

Interview with Ken Mochizuki, Children’s Picture Book and Young Adult Author

Ken Mochizuki is the author of the picture books Be Water, My Friend:  The Early Years of Bruce Lee (reviewed here),  Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story (reviewed here), Baseball Saved Us (reviewed here), Heroes, and the young adult novel Beacon Hill Boys.  Having spent the past few days with Ken Mochizuki and his books, [...]