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Author Heather L. Montgomery on the Importance of Curiosity

Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, please welcome an author who’s a nonfiction giant I’ve admired for many years; Heather L. Montgomery. Her books serve as mentor texts, and this new one will be no different. Here she is discussing the book journey for What’s in Your […]

Author Laurie Wallmark on Writing in Rhyme

Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, please welcome an author who writes amazing nonfiction, and as I just discovered, also writes amazing fiction and rhyme! Laurie Wallmark drops by to chat about her latest picture book, Dino Pajama Party, illustrated by Michael Robertson and published by Running […]

Fall Writing Frenzy Entry Form 2021

Hello #FallWritingFrenzy Friends- Yahoo!! Our competition is finally here! Kaitlyn (creator of the Fall Writing Frenzy), Ameerah (amazing agent and guest judge of the 2021 Fall Writing Frenzy), and Lydia, (co-host of the Fall Writing Frenzy) are excited to read your entries. To enter: Please review the rules first to make sure you’re all set. […]

Author Laura Purdie Salas on the Value of Patience- PLUS GIVEAWAY!

Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, please welcome a multi-talented author who spans the worlds on fiction AND nonfiction: Laura Purdie Salas. Many of her books end up on my “mentor shelf” because I LOVE the way she thinks outside the box. Check out her latest picture […]

Author Susan Hughes on Writing Across Genres- PLUS GIVEAWAY!

Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, please welcome an award winning author from my neck of the woods; Canada! I feel fortunate to know Susan Hughes, whose massive body of work has always amazed me. From fiction to nonfiction to graphic novels, she does it all. Check […]

Author Nancy Churnin on Primary Sources for Nonfiction- PLUS GIVEAWAY!

Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, please welcome an award winning author who also happens to be very kind, Nancy Churnin. Check out her latest books, Dear Mr. Dickens and A Queen to the Rescue: The Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah, published by Albert Whitman […]

Author Jennifer Swanson on promoting STEM- PLUS GIVEAWAY!

Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, please welcome an author I respect and admire, Jennifer Swanson. I especially for her stellar expository nonfiction, as well as the podcast Solve It! for Kids she co-hosts with the awesome Jed Doherty. Check out her latest, The Secret Science of […]

Author Melissa Stewart on Researching Nonfiction

Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, I’m SUPER excited to welcome one of my mentors and pioneer of nonfiction, Melissa Stewart. Check out her new book Fourteen Monkeys: A Rain Forest Rhyme, illustrated by Steve Jenkins and published by Beach Lane Books. See her journey below… What […]

Author Brandon Marie Miller on Crafting YA Biographies- PLUS GIVEAWAY!

Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, please welcome Brandon Marie Miller, an author who writes extraordinary YA. Check out her new YA biography Robert E. Lee, The Man, The Soldier, The Myth, published by Calkins Creek/Boyds Mill & Kane, and see her journey below… BUT first- YAY! […]

Author Tara Lazar on Finding your Strengths as a Writer

Hello world!! Welcome to my book blog, Blissfully Bookish. For this Q & A, please welcome an author who writes stellar fiction and manages to make me (and pretty much everyone else, kids and adults alike), laugh out loud. Check out her new book BLOOP, illustrated by Mike Boldt, and published by HarperCollins, and see […]