Sally Hobart Alexander inspires students to learn about the visually impaired

Avi discusses using logical consequences in writing

Cheryl Barnes tours VSP Books, the author’s publishing house

T.A. Barron talks about finding joy in writing

Mary Batten discusses the role of an editor

Christopher Bing shows the typo in the original publication

William Boniface starts
with "a germ of an idea"

Fred Bowen explains why he uses short sentences

Elisa Carbone tours
the house in her book

Orson Scott Card characters come out of his head

Lynne Cherry’s books influence readers to become responsible citizens

Rob Cleveland tells
the tale of The Ant & Dove

Andrew Clements discusses how he organizes his ideas

Judith Ortiz Cofer talks about what influenced her writings

Sneed B. Collard III discusses his new novel, “Double Eagle”

Sharon Creech explains
why she is like Annie

Christopher Paul Curtisencourages kids
to write down their stories

Kalli Dakos takes
every opportunity
to write poems

Paula Danziger discusses how she organize her stories

Kenneth C. Davis’ books are used in the classroom

Marfé Ferguson Delano discusses Edison’s most important invention

Dennis Denenberg explains the term "character traits"

Moira Rose Donohue performs "contraction" magic tricks

Sharon Draper reads
from her book

Laura Malone Elliott
thought first about how the book ends

Nancy Yi Fan explains
the events that
led to her first book

Adrian Fogelin
outfoxes writer's block

Anthony D. Fredericks shows how he
organizes his files

Michelle Y. Green
discusses writing
in the first person

Dan Gutman talks
about his “million
dollar” books

Mary Downing Hahn explains why writers
play different roles

Jennifer Holm discusses
how the series started

Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. talks about the
sediment layers

James Howe discusses
his favorite book

Gail Karwoski tours the Jamestown Rediscovery site and Susan Constant

Wendy Lichtman explains her characters and math metaphors

Janet Taylor Lisle talks about the “black hole” writers experience

Ann Matthews Martin’s
book generates student questions and comments

Alice McGill explains
how she knows she
has a good story to tell

Stuart J. Murphy offers advice to students who don’t like math

Walter Dean Myers talks about characterization

Kevin O'Malley never makes a mistake

Frances & Ginger Park talks about
personalizing history

Richard Peck says
that writing is never
boring but can be scary

Nathaniel Philbrick talks about the myths of Plymouth & the pilgrims

Tamora Pierce discusses the creative names and words she uses

Mary Quattlebaum
talks about her
inspiration to write

Carolyn Reeder tours
a boat similar to the
one in Captain Kate

James I. Robertson, Jr. visits the Manassas National Battlefield Park

Lucinda Roy explains why she wrote Lady Moses

Robert Sabuda’s pop-ups from his books are featured

Seymour Simon discusses where he does his research

Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket) talks about fiction and non-fiction

Melanie Stanley shows the tools she uses when she researches a book

R. L. Stine talks about
the titles of his books

Susan Stockdale shows
how she selects
the best illustration

Myron Uhlberg makes
a hat from newspaper

Rosemary Wells offers advice to budding illustrators and writers

David Wisniewski talks about Sumo Mouse and sketches the hero

Janet Wong share
items in her trunk