Read more by and about some of our Fanfare 2023 authors and illustrators below. Find our at-a-glance Fanfare 2023 booklist here and our newly annotated list here.

Picture Books

Lisa Brown

• Rule Breakers: The World Is My Canvas by Lisa Brown
• On The Airport Book by Martha V. Parravano

Bryan Collier

• May/June 2023 special issue cover surprise
• 2016 CSK Illustrator Award Acceptance by Bryan Collier
• Profile of 2016 CSK Illustrator Award winner Bryan Collier by Tamar Brazis
• Daniel Beaty and Bryan Collier's 2014 BGHB PB Honor speech
• 2014 CSK Illustrator Award Acceptance by Bryan Collier
• Profile of 2014 CSK Illustrator Award winner Bryan Collier by Alvina Ling
• 2013 CSK Illustrator Award Acceptance by Bryan Collier
• Profile of 2013 CSK Illustrator Award winner Bryan Collier by Laurent Linn
• Profile of 2011 CSK Illustrator Award winner Bryan Collier by Marcia Wernick
• 2011 CSK Illustrator Award Acceptance by Bryan Collier
• Five Questions for Bryan Collier by Roger Sutton

Tziporah Cohen

• Publishers' Preview: Fall 2022: Five Questions for Tziporah Cohen by Roger Sutton

Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann

• Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann Talk with Roger
• Bad Books (and How I've Learned to Love Them) by Eric Rohmann
• 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

Michael Genhart

• Publishers' Preview: Spring 2020: Five Questions for Michael Genhart by Roger Sutton

Oge Mora

• Oge Mora's 2020 BGHB Picture Book Award speech
• Publishers' Preview: Picture Books and Graphic Novels: Five Questions for Oge Mora by Roger Sutton
• BGHB 2020: Saturday
• Oge Mora Talks with Roger
• Video Extra: Oge Mora Talks with Roger

Nikki Grimes

• Nikki Grimes and Brian Pinkney Talk with Roger
• Nikki Grimes's 2020 BGHB NF Honor speech
• The Writer's Page: Navigating the N-Word by Nikki Grimes
• BGHB 2020: Ordinary Hazards
• Nikki Grimes Talks with Roger
• Lift Every Voice: Seeing Stars by Nikki Grimes
• Nikki Grimes's 2017 BGHB Poetry & Fiction Honor speech
• A Lifeline Called Hope: 2017 Children's Literature Legacy Award Acceptance  [formerly Wilder Medal] by Nikki Grimes
• Five Questions for Nikki Grimes
• Five Questions for Nikki Grimes by Robin Smith

Jerry Pinkney

• Ashley Bryan and Jerry Pinkney: Unfettered Artists Sharing Their Talents, Visions, and Joys by Violet J. Harris
• Jerry Pinkney, the Lion of the Caldecott by Martha V. Parravano and Julie Danielson
• Jerry Pinkney (1939-2021) by Roger Sutton
• Jerry Pinkney: A Tribute by Julie Danielson
• Rosemary Wells and Jerry Pinkney Talk with Roger
• Publishers' Previews: Diverse Voices Redux: Five Questions for Jerry Pinkney by Roger Sutton
• In the Studio with Jerry Pinkney by Andrea Davis Pinkney
• Drawing My Dream: 2016 Children's Literature Legacy Award Acceptance [formerly Wilder Medal] by Jerry Pinkney
• Jerry Pinkney and the Power of Story: Profile of 2016 Children's Literature Legacy Award [formerly Wilder Medal] and CSK-Virginia Hamilton Award Winner Jerry Pinkney by Barbara Elleman
• 2016 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award Acceptance by Jerry Pinkney
• Five Questions for Jerry Pinkney
• Transformers: The Power of Storytelling by Jerry Pinkney

Brian Pinkney

• Nikki Grimes and Brian Pinkey Talk with Roger
• BGHB at 50: The Adventures of Sparrowboy by Carole Boston Weatherford
• The Multi-Talented Brian Pinkney by Robin Smith

Vashti Harrison

• Five Questions for Vashti Harrison

Kerascoët

• Five Questions for Kerascoët

Grace Lin

• Profile of 2022 Children's Literature Legacy Award Winner Grace Lin by Alvina Ling
• 2022 Children's Literature Legacy Award Acceptance by Grace Lin
• May/June 2022 Horn Book Magazine Newbery cover key by Cynthia K. Ritter
• Five Questions for Grace Lin
• The Writer's Page: "Speak with Us, Not for Us" by Grace Lin
• Listen to kidlitwomen* by Kitty Flynn
• From Pencil to Page: Sketches and Illustrations by Grace Lin by Elissa Gershowitz

Kate Messner

• Five Tips to Get Kids Writing by Kate Messner
• Everyone Needs a Ramona by Kate Messner

Carole Lindstrom

• Publishers' Preview: Fall 2023: Five Questions for Carole Lindstrom and Bridget George by Roger Sutton
• Publishers' Preview: Spring 2020: Five Questions for Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade by Roger Sutton

Natasha Donovan

• Natasha Donovan's 2022 BGHB Fiction and Poetry Honor speech
• BGHB 2022: Borders

Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith

• Jordan Scott's 2021 BGHB PB Award speech
• Sydney Smith's 2021 BGHB PB Award speech
• BGHB 2021: I Talk like a River
• Five Questions for Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith by Julie Danielson and Martha V. Parravano
• Sydney Smith's 2017 BGHB PB Honor speech
• Sydney Smith on Town Is by the Sea

Jack Wong

• 2023 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Virtual Celebration
• Five Questions for Jack Wong

Fiction

Angeline Boulley

• 2023 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Virtual Celebration
• Seeing Ourselves: Write to Preserve, Edit to Protect by Angeline Boulley
• Publishers' Previews: Spring 2023: Five Questions for Angeline Boulley by Roger Sutton
• Five Questions for Angeline Boulley

Lesa Cline-Ransome

• Five Questions for Lesa Cline-Ransome and Andrea Davis Pinkney
• 2019 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction by Roger Sutton
• Publishers' Preview: Diverse Voices: Five Questions for Lesa Cline-Ransome by Roger Sutton

Michael Emberley

• Happy Anniversary: It's Perfectly Normal by Kitty Flynn
• Letter to the Editor from Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley, November 2019

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

Juana Medina

• Lighting the Candle: Boom Box by Juana Medina
• Five Questions for Juana Medina

Ami Polonsky

• Fall 2014 Publishers' Preview: Five Questions for Ami Polonsky by Roger Sutton

Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey

• Publishers' Preview: Fall 2023: Five Questions for Jason Reynolds, Jerome Pumphrey, and Jarrett Pumphrey by Roger Sutton
• Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey Talk with Roger 

Brian Selznick

• Brian Selznick & David Serlin Talk with Roger
• Studio Views: Human Mistakes and Trembling Lines by Brian Selznick
• The Adaptation of Hugo Cabret by Katie Bircher
• Five Questions for Brian Selznick by Roger Sutton

Arya Shahi

• Publishers' Previews: Debut Authors: Arya Shahi by Roger Sutton

Neal Shusterman

• Neal Shusterman's 2015 BGHB Fiction Honor speech
• Five Questions for Neal Shusterman by Elissa Gershowitz
• Neal Shusterman's 2005 BGHB Fiction Award speech

Jonathan Stroud

• Jonathan Stroud Talks with Roger
• Fall 2015 Publishers' Preview: Five Questions for Jonathan Stroud by Roger Sutton
• Jonathan Stroud's 2004 BGHB Fiction Honor speech

Elizabeth Wein

• BGHB at 50: Saffy's Angel by Hilary McKay by Elizabeth Wein
• Five Questions for Elizabeth Wein
• Elizabeth Wein's 2014 BGHB Fiction Honor speech
• An Interview with Elizabeth Wein by Deirdre F. Baker
• Elizabeth Wein's 2012 BGHB Fiction Honor speech

Folklore

David Bowles

• Un Poquito Complicated: Spanish and the Pura Belpré Award by David Bowles

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

Joy Harjo

• 2023 BGHB Honor speeches

Michaela Goade

• 2023 BGHB Honor speeches
• Michaela Goade Talks with Roger
• 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

Nonfiction

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

Dare Coulter

• Five Questions for Dare Coulter

Don Brown

• Fall 2018 Publishers' Previews: Five Questions for Don Brown by Roger Sutton

Alice Faye Duncan

• Five Questions for Alice Faye Duncan

R. Gregory Christie

• R. Gregory Christie's 2012 BGHB Fiction Award speech

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

• 2023 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Virtual Celebration
• May/June 2020 Horn Book Magazine cover surprise 
• Jarrett J. Krosoczka's 2019 BGHB NF Honor speech
• Jarrett J. Krosoczka Talks with Roger (Live Video Edition)

Grace Lin

• Profile of 2022 Children's Literature Legacy Award Winner Grace Lin by Alvina Ling
• 2022 Children's Literature Legacy Award Acceptance by Grace Lin
• May/June 2022 Horn Book Magazine Newbery cover key by Cynthia K. Ritter
• Five Questions for Grace Lin
• The Writer's Page: "Speak with Us, Not for Us" by Grace Lin
• Listen to kidlitwomen* by Kitty Flynn
• From Pencil to Page: Sketches and Illustrations by Grace Lin by Elissa Gershowitz

Pedro Martín

• Five Questions for Pedro Martín

Jason Reynolds, Jarrett Pumphrey, and Jerome Pumphrey

• Publishers' Preview: Fall 2023: Five Questions for Jason Reynolds, Jerome Pumphrey, and Jarrett Pumphrey by Roger Sutton
• Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey Talk with Roger 
• 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

Steve Sheinkin

• Rule Breakers: The Styrofoam Tray Incident by Steve Sheinkin
• Steve Sheinkin's 2017 BGHB Nonfiction Honor Speech
• Steve Sheinkin's 2016 BGHB NF Award Speech
• Five questions for Steve Sheinkin [about Most Dangerous] by Martha V. Parravano
• Steve Sheinkin's 2014 BGHB NF Award Speech
• Five questions for Steve Sheinkin [about Bomb] by Martha V. Parravano
• Steve Sheinkin's 2011 BGHB Nonfiction Award Speech

Duncan Tonatiuh

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