Read more by and about some of our Fanfare 2025 authors and illustrators below. Find our at-a-glance Fanfare 2025 booklist here and our newly annotated list here.

Picture Books

Lisa Brown

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

Brian Floca and Sydney Smith

• B: A Profile of Brian Floca by Richard Jackson
• Studio Views: Pen, Ink, Watercolor, Repeat by Brian Floca
• Sydney Smith's 2024 BGHB Picture Book 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

Michaela Goade

• Michaela Goade's 2023 BGHB Picture Book Honor Speech
• 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

Guojing

• Reality Reimagined: The Weight of Longing by Guojing

Cheryl Willis Hudson and London Ladd

• Five questions for Cheryl Willis Hudson and London Ladd
• Lost & Found: Recover, Discover, Uncover Through Sharing Our Stories — The Mary Nagel Sweetser Lecture by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson
• Publishers' Preview: Diverse Voices: Five Questions for Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson by Roger Sutton
• Publishers' Preview: Diverse Books: Five Questions for Antwan Eady and London Ladd by Roger Sutton

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
• Jon Klassen's 2012 BGHB Picture Book Award Speech
• Jon Klassen on This Is Not My Hat

Brian Lies

• Brian Lies Talks with Roger
• Spring 2018 Publishers' Preview: Five Questions for Brian Lies by Roger Sutton

James E. Ransome

• Blowing the Horn: Reaching for the Stars by James E. Ransome
• Profile of 2023 Children's Literature Legacy Award winner James E. Ransome by Jonda C. McNair
• 2023 Children's Literature Legacy Award Acceptance: Belonging by James E. Ransome
• James E. Ransome on Granddaddy’s Turn by Robin Smith

Rebecca Stead and Gracey Zhang

• Five questions for Rebecca Stead and Gracey Zhang by Cynthia K. Ritter and Shoshana Flax
• Publishers' Preview: Spring 2020: Five Questions for Rebecca Stead by Roger Sutton
• Spring 2018 Publishers' Preview: Five Questions for Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead by Roger Sutton
• Rebecca Stead’s 2016 BGHB Fiction Honor Speech
• Rebecca Stead on Goodbye Stranger by Jennifer M. Brabander
• Rebecca Stead Talks with Roger
• Rebecca Stead's 2010 BGHB Fiction Award Speech
• Rebecca Stead: A New York Story by Wendy Lamb

Fiction

Laurie Halse Anderson

• Laurie Halse Anderson "Salon" with Porter Square Books by Elissa Gershowitz
• Laurie Halse Anderson Talks with Roger
• Five questions for Laurie Halse Anderson
• Fall 2016 Publishers' Preview: Five Questions for Laurie Halse Anderson by Roger Sutton

Julie Berry

• Five questions for Julie Berry
• Julie Berry on The Passion of Dolssa by Martha V. Parravano
• Five questions for Julie Berry by Elissa Gershowitz

Angeline Boulley

• Angeline Boulley's 2023 BGHB Fiction and Poetry Award Speech
• 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

Michael Emberley

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

Saadia Faruqi

• Saadia Faruqi Talks with Roger
• Publishers' Preview: Fall 2020: Five Questions for Saadia Faruqi by Roger Sutton

Stephanie Graegin

• Five questions for Stephanie Graegin
• Publishers' Preview: Picture Books: Five Questions for Stephanie Graegin by Roger Sutton

Guojing

• Reality Reimagined: The Weight of Longing by Guojing

Frances Hardinge

• Reality Reimagined: The Paint by Frances Hardinge
• Frances Hardinge's 2016 BGHB Fiction Award Speech
• Frances Hardinge Talks with Roger

E. K. Johnston

• Five questions for E. K. Johnston

Erin Entrada Kelly

• Profile of 2025 Newbery Medal winner Erin Entrada Kelly by Sharon Huss Roat
• 2025 Newbery Medal Acceptance by Erin Entrada Kelly
• Publishers' Preview: Diverse Books: Five Questions for Erin Entrada Kelly by Roger Sutton
• Blowing the Horn: I'm Here Too by Erin Entrada Kelly
• Publishers' Preview: Books in the Middle: Five Questions for Erin Entrada Kelly by Roger Sutton
• 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

Joy McCullough

• Five questions for Joy McCullough by Shoshana Flax

Daniel Miyares

• Daniel Miyares Talks with Roger

Philip Pullman

• Happy Anniversary: His Dark Materials by Katie Bircher
• Roger Sutton interviews Philip Pullman
• The Republic of Heaven by Philip Pullman

Laura Amy Schlitz

• Five questions for Laura Amy Schlitz by Horn Book and Sarah Ellis
• Laura Amy Schlitz’s 2016 BGHB Fiction Honor Speech
• Fall 2015 Publishers’ Preview: Five questions for Laura Amy Schlitz by Roger Sutton
• Laura Amy Schlitz's Favorite Newbery
• For Eva by Laura Amy Schlitz

Brian Selznick

• Five questions for 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

Maria van Lieshout

• Maria van Lieshout Talks with Roger
• Five questions for Maria van Lieshout by Kitty Flynn

Renée Watson

• Five questions for Renée Watson and Ekua Holmes by Nicholl Denice Montgomery and Horn Book
• Five questions for Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, and Nikkolas Smith
• Lift Every Voice: Walking My Own Path by Renée Watson
• 2018 CSK Author Award Acceptance by Renée Watson
• Profile of 2018 CSK Author Award winner Renée Watson by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
• Five questions for Ilyasah Shabazz with Renée Watson by Elissa Gershowitz and Martha V. Parravano

Poetry

Marla Frazee

• Marla Frazee Talks with Roger
• Everywhere Babies 2022 by Margo Bartlett
• BGHB at 50: Clementine by Sara Pennypacker, illus. by Marla Frazee by Shoshana Flax
• Marla Frazee's 2015 BGBH PB Award Speech
• Marla Frazee Talks with Roger
• Why We’re Still in Love with Picture Books (Even Though They’re Supposed to Be Dead) by Allyn Johnston and Marla Frazee
• Sight Reading: Something Old, Something New: Marla Frazee’s Picture Book Art by Leonard S. Marcus
• Color Commentary: I'm Not the Boss of Them by Marla Frazee

Joyce Sidman

• The Book That Changed My Life: Advice for an Author by Joyce Sidman
• Five questions for Joyce Sidman by Roger Sutton
• Teamwork: Pictures in My Head by Ann Rider

Melissa Sweet

• Melissa Sweet's 2017 BGHB Nonfiction Honor Speech
• To Inform and Delight: The Elements of Story — The Zena Sutherland Lecture by Melissa Sweet
• Melissa Sweet Talks with Roger
• Five Questions for Melissa Sweet by Christine M. Heppermann

Nonfiction

Kwame Alexander and Charly Palmer

• 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
• Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer's 2024 BGHB Special Citation Speech
• On the Cover by Charly Palmer
• Publishers' Preview: Fall 2024: Five Questions for George M. Johnson and Charly Palmer by Roger Sutton

Ann Bausum

• Five questions for Ann Bausum by Elissa Gershowitz and Katie Bircher

Jason Chin

• A Conversation with Jason Chin by Martha V. Parravano
• 2022 Caldecott Medal Acceptance by Jason Chin
• Profile of 2022 Caldecott Medal winner Jason Chin by Michael Chin
• BGHB 2021: Watercress
• Jason Chin's 2021 BGHB Picture Book Honor Speech
• Jason Chin's 2019 BGHB Nonfiction Honor Speech
• Five questions for Stephanie Parsley Ledyard and Jason Chin by Martha V. Parravano

Nicholas Day

• Publishers' Preview: Fall 2025: Five Questions for Nicholas Day by Roger Sutton
• Nicholas Day's 2024 BGHB Nonfiction Award Speech

Candace Fleming

• Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann Talk with Roger
• 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

Tae Keller

• Tae Keller Talks with Roger
• Publishers' Preview: Fall 2022: Five Questions for Tae Keller by Roger Sutton
• Publishers' Preview: Middle-Grade Fiction: Five Questions for Tae Keller by Roger Sutton
• After the Call: Nothing Short of Life-Changing by Tae Keller
• Profile of 2021 Newbery Medal winner Tae Keller by Chelsea Eberly
• 2021 Newbery Medal Acceptance by Tae Keller
• Tae Keller's 2020 BGHB Fiction and Poetry Honor Speech
• BGHB 2020: When You Trap a Tiger
• Publishers' Preview: Diversity Five Ways: Five Questions for Tae Keller by Roger Sutton

Elizabeth Partridge

• Five questions for Elizabeth Partridge and Lauren Tamaki
• Writing as an Act of Defiance by Elizabeth Partridge
• The Book That Changed My Life: A Couple of Misfits by Elizabeth Partridge
• BGHB at 50: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi by Elizabeth Partridge
• Narrative Nonfiction: Kicking Ass at Last by Elizabeth Partridge

Julie Morstad

• Julie Morstad's 2020 BGHB Nonfiction Honor Speech
• BGHB 2020: It Began with a Page

Nikkolas Smith

• Five questions for Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, and Nikkolas Smith

Eugene Yelchin

• The Book That Changed My Life: A Dangerous Book by Eugene Yelchin
• Mocking Moscow by Eugene Yelchin
• Carmen Agra Deedy and Eugene Yelchin Talk with Roger
• The Price of Truth by Eugene Yelchin