Read more by and about some of our Fanfare 2022 authors and illustrators below. Find our at-a-glance Fanfare 2022 booklist here and our newly annotated list here.

Picture Books

Mac Barnett

• Mac Barnett and Greg Pizzoli Talk with Roger
• Mac Barnett & Jory John Talk with Roger
• A Profile of Jon Klassen by Mac Barnett
• Extra Yarn: Author Mac Barnett's 2012 BGHB Picture Book Award Speech
• Mac Barnett and Adam Rex Talk with Roger

Sophie Blackall

• The Caldecott Torch by Julie Danielson
• A Conversation with Sophie Blackall by Julie Danielson
• Cover for July/August 2019 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: ALA Awards
• 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
• The 2019 Robin Smith Picture Book Prize
• Cover for July/August 2016 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: ALA Awards
• 2016 Caldecott Medal Acceptance by Sophie Blackall
• The Audacious Choice of Sophie Blackall: Profile of 2016 Caldecott Medal Winner Sophie Blackall by Susan Rich
• Five questions for Sophie Blackall by Kitty Flynn

Nina Crews

• Rule Breakers: Trusting My Instincts by Nina Crews
• Profile of 2015 Wilder Medal winner Donald Crews by Nina Crews

Michaela Goade

• A Conversation with Michaela Goade by Julie Danielson
• Cover for July/August 2021 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: ALA Awards
• 2021 Caldecott Medal Acceptance by Michaela Goade
• Profile of 2021 Caldecott Medal winner Michaela Goade by Kirsten Hall
• Momentous history made! by Martha V. Parravano and Julie Danielson
• Publishers' Preview: Spring 2020: Five Questions for Carole Lindstrom & Michaela Goade by Roger Sutton

April Harrison

• Publishers’ Preview: Diverse Voices Redux: Five Questions for April Harrison by Roger Sutton

JonArno Lawson

• JonArno Lawson Talks with Roger

Vera Brosgol

• Cover for September/October 2022 Horn Book Magazine
• Five questions for Vera Brosgol by Elissa Gershowitz and Katie Bircher

Julie Flett

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

Doug Salati

• 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

Philip C. Stead

• Philip & Erin Stead Talk with Roger
• Fall 2015 Publishers’ Preview: Five questions for Erin & Philip Stead by Roger Sutton
• Studio Views: What a Find! by Philip C. Stead
• Erin E. Stead (2011 Caldecott profile by Philip C. Stead)

Matthew Cordell

• The Caldecott Torch by Julie Danielson
• A Conversation with Matthew Cordell by Julie Danielson
• Cover for July/August 2018 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: ALA Awards
• 2018 Caldecott Medal Acceptance by Matthew Cordell
• Profile of 2018 Caldecott Medal winner Matthew Cordell by Julie Halpern
• Wolf in the Snow: Matthew Cordell's 2017 BGHB Picture Book Honor Speech
• Publishers’ Preview: Picture Books: Five Questions for Matthew Cordell by Roger Sutton

Jacqueline Woodson

• Our Foundation, Our Springboard: The Trailblazing Work of Mildred D. Taylor and Jacqueline Woodson by Kekla Magoon
• An Interview with MacArthur Fellow Jacqueline Woodson by Elissa Gershowitz, Monique Harris, Nicholl Denice Montgomery, and Dr. Kim Parker
• Jacqueline Woodson's 2018 Children’s Literature Legacy Award Acceptance
• A Profile of Children's Literature Legacy Award Winner Jacqueline Woodson
• Brown Girl Dreaming: Author Jacqueline Woodson’s 2015 BGHB NF Honor Speech
• Dream Keepers: 2015 Coretta Scott King Author Award Acceptance by Jacqueline Woodson
• Profile of 2015 CSK Author winner Jacqueline Woodson by Nancy Paulsen
• Fall 2014 Publishers’ Preview: Five Questions for Jacqueline Woodson by Roger Sutton
• How Do I Come Home Again? — The Zena Sutherland Lecture by Jacqueline Woodson
• Who Can Tell My Story by Jacqueline Woodson

Fiction

Kwame Alexander

• Publishers' Preview: Fall 2020: Five Questions for James Patterson & Kwame Alexander by Roger Sutton
• Profile of 2020 Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator and Caldecott Medal winner Kadir Nelson by Kwame Alexander
• Fresh Ginger and Garlic: A Conversation with Nikki Giovanni by Kwame Alexander
• A Thousand Winters: 2015 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award Acceptance by Kwame Alexander
• Profile of 2015 Newbery Medal winner Kwame Alexander by Nikki Giovanni
• Five questions for Kwame Alexander

Talia Dutton

• Five questions for Talia Dutton

Kat Fajardo

• Five questions for Kat Fajardo by Lettycia Terrones and Horn Book

Kevin Henkes

• Ava Weiss (1925-2020) by 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

Erin Entrada Kelly

• After the Call: On the Bookmark by Erin Entrada Kelly
• Publishers' Preview: Diversity Five Ways: Five Questions for Erin Entrada Kelly by Roger Sutton
• Erin Entrada Kelly Talks with Roger
• 2018 Newbery Medal Acceptance by Erin Entrada Kelly
• Hello, Erin Entrada Kelly: Profile of the 2018 Newbery Medal winner by Virginia Duncan

Meg Medina

• After the Call: A Literary Life by Meg Medina
• Introducing...Reviews Remix! by Mark Tuchman
• HBTV: Pura Belpré Award Videos by Elissa Gershowitz
• What the Pura Belpré Award Means to Me by Meg Medina
• 2019 Newbery Medal Acceptance by Meg Medina
• Profile of 2019 Newbery Medal winner Meg Medina by R. J. Palacio
• Five questions for Newbery Medalist Meg Medina by Sujei Lugo and Horn Book editors
• Meg Medina Talks with Roger
• The Writer's Page: On Writing the American Familia by Meg Medina

Sofiya Pasternack

• Fall 2019 Publishers’ Preview: Five Questions for Sofiya Pasternack by Roger Sutton

Celia C. Pérez

• Simple and Unassuming: Seeing Myself in the Story of a Bossy Rooster by Celia C. Pérez
• Revolution Kid Style Now!*: Writing Books (About Kids) That Break the Rules by Celia C. Pérez
• Five questions for Celia C. Pérez by Shoshana Flax and Elissa Gershowitz
• The First Rule of Punk: Celia C. Pérez's 2018 BGHB Fiction & Poetry Honor Speech
• 2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winner Interviews
• The Book That Changed My Life: Write What's Missing by Celia C. Pérez
• Martí's Song for Freedom by Celia C. Pérez
• Review of All the Way to Havana by Celia C. Pérez
• Review of Lion Island: Cuba's Warrior of Words by Celia C. Pérez
• When Google Translate Gives You Arroz con Mango: Erroneous Español and the Need for #ownvoices by Celia C. Pérez
• Review of ¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z! / 
Olinguito, from A to Z! by Celia C. Pérez
• Funny Bones by Celia C. Pérez
• Review of Flutter & Hum / 
Aleteo y Zumbido: Animal Poem / Poemas de Animales by Celia C. Pérez
• Review of Shadows of Sherwood: A Robyn Hoodlum Adventure by Celia C. Pérez
• Review of Salsa: Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem by Celia C. Pérez

Margi Preus

• Five questions for Margi Preus

Andrea L. Rogers

• Five questions for Andrea L. Rogers

Lisa Yee

• Lisa Yee Talks with Roger
• “Say Something Funny” by Lisa Yee
• Lisa Yee Talks with Roger

Folklore

Jon Klassen

• Mama Klassen's Goat by Elissa Gershowitz
• The 2018 Robin Smith Picture Book Prize by Julie Danielson
• A Profile of Jon Klassen by Mac Barnett
• Extra Yarn: Illustrator Jon Klassen's 2012 BGHB Picture Book Award Speech
• Jon Klassen on This Is Not My Hat

Poetry

Marilyn Nelson

• Five questions for Marilyn Nelson by Nicholl Denice Montgomery and Horn Book
• How I Discovered Young Adult Poetry - The Zena Sutherland Lecture by Marilyn Nelson
• Five questions for Marilyn Nelson by Shara Hardeson
• Carver: A Life in Poems: Author Marilyn Nelson’s BGHB 2002 Fiction and Poetry Award Speech

Jason Reynolds

• 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

Jason Griffin

• Cover for January/February 2023 Horn Book Magazine
• BGHB 2022: Ain't Burned All the Bright

Carole Boston Weatherford

• 2022 CSK Author Award Acceptance by Carole Boston Weatherford
• Profile of 2022 CSK Author Award winner Carole Boston Weatherford by Edith Campbell
• Unspeakable: Carole Boston Weatherford's 2021 BGHB Nonfiction Honor Speech
• BGHB 2021: Unspeakable
• Publishers' Preview: Spring 2021: Five Questions for Carole Boston Weatherford by Roger Sutton
• More Than a Footnote: Challenges for BIPOC Nonfiction Authors by Carole Boston Weatherford
• BGHB at 50: The Adventures of Sparrowboy by Carole Boston Weatherford
• Voice of Freedom: Author Carole Boston Weatherford's 2016 BGHB NF Honor Speech

Frank Morrison

• 2021 CSK Illustrator Award Acceptance by Frank Morrison
• Profile of 2021 CSK Illustrator Award winner Frank Morrison by Reka Simonsen
• Five questions for Frank Morrison by Elissa Gershowitz

Nonfiction

Jason Chin

• A Conversation with Jason Chin by Martha V. Parravano
• Cover for July/August 2022 Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: ALA Awards
• 2022 Caldecott Medal Acceptance by Jason Chin
• Profile of 2022 Caldecott Medal winner Jason Chin by Michael Chin
• Watercress: Jason Chin's 2021 BGHB Picture Book Honor Speech
• BGHB 2021: Watercress
• 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 Talks with Roger
• The Book That Changed My Life: A Galloping Good Story by Candace Fleming
• The Family Romanov: Author Candace Fleming’s 2015 BGHB NF Award Speech
• Candace Fleming on The Family Romanov
• The Lincolns: Candace Fleming's 2009 BGHB Nonfiction Award Acceptance

Angela Joy

• Angela Joy and Janelle Washington Talk with Roger
• Publishers' Preview: Picture Books: Five Questions for Angela Joy by Roger Sutton

Janelle Washington

• Angela Joy and Janelle Washington Talk with Roger

Christine McDonnell

• Five questions for Christine McDonnell and Victoria Tentler-Krylov
• What Makes a Good Read–Aloud for Middle Graders? by Christine McDonnell
• Safe Passages: What Makes a Good Early-Expert-Reader Book? by Christine McDonnell

Victoria Tentler-Krylov

• Five questions for Christine McDonnell and Victoria Tentler-Krylov

Antoinette Portis

• Antoinette Portis on The Red Hat
• Five questions for Antoinette Portis by Elissa Gershowitz and Katie Bircher

Derrick Barnes

• I Am Every Good Thing: Derrick Barnes's 2021 BGHB Picture Book Honor Speech
• BGHB 2021: I Am Every Good Thing
• 10-year-old boy interviews Derrick Barnes by Josh Silber
• The Book That Changed My Life: Not-So-Simple Semple by Derrick Barnes
• Five Questions for Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James by Martha V. Parravano and Dr. Kim Parker

Duncan Tonatiuh

• Lighting the Candle: Labyrinth by Duncan Tonatiuh
• Duncan Tonatiuh Talks with Roger
• Five questions for Duncan Tonatiuh by Jonathan Hunt