In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Nancy B. Kennedy discusses her new middle grade book, Women Win the Vote: 19 for the 19thAmendment. This book features brief biographies of 19 key women who helped pave the way for passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. It is beautifully designed and vividly illustrated by the talented Katy Dockrill. In 2017, one of Nancy’s friends mentioned that the year 2020 would mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. That conversation got Nancy’s creative mind spinning. In 2018, Nancy attended a writer’s conference where she won a pitch-a-palooza contest for her idea about a middle grade book focusing on the women’s suffrage movement. That contest win led her to finding an agent, which led to her finding a publisher. And in February of this year, Nancy’s book was published--just in time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Amendment 19. In this episode, Nancy discusses her writing journey, how persistence has been the key to achieving her writing goals, and how any day she gets to write is a great day.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Eileen Meyer discusses her latest children’s picture book, The Superlative A. Lincoln: Poems About Our 16th President. In this book, Eileen has written charming and whimsical poems expressing Abraham Lincoln’s superlative nature. As you may know, President Lincoln is famous for his many superlatives. For example, he was our tallest president, the president who was the best wrestler, the best storyteller, and the only president to hold a patent on an invention. The Superlative A. Lincoln tells the story of our 16th president from a unique perspective that young readers will enjoy, and Eileen’s poems teach kids about all the ways in which Abraham Lincoln was so unique, encouraging them to consider all the ways in which they, too, are superlative. In this episode, Eileen discusses her writing journey, how working with illustrator Dave Szalay brought President Lincoln to life on the page, and how winning a community-wide essay contest as a kid set her on the road to becoming a published author.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Liz Tolsma discusses her new book, The Green Dress. It is a romantic suspense novel based on the true crimes of Sarah Jane Robinson in Massachusetts in the 1880s. Mrs. Robinson poisoned several family members to collect on their insurance policies. Liz takes Mrs. Robinson’s crimes and weaves them into her own thrilling tale as part of Barbour Publishing’s True Color Crime series. This is Liz’s second novel for the True Color Crime series. Her first, The Pink Bonnet, was a mystery based on events involving the Tennessee Children’s Home Society in 1932. Liz draws inspiration for her books from true life stories, whether they are true crimes for her suspense novels or her own family’s stories for her WWII fiction. In all of her books, Liz loves to incorporate suspense, action and mystery, along with a touch of romance. In this episode, Liz discusses her writing journey, how her work as an editor has influenced her own writing and how she enjoyed researching and writing The Green Dress so much that it convinced her to write more—and she has now has more true crime stories on the way.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Annette Whipple discusses her upcoming nonfiction children’s books, including The Story of the Wright Brothers: A Biography for New Readers, Whooo Knew? The Truth about Owls and The Laura Ingalls Wilder Companion: A Chapter-by-Chapter Guide to the Little House books. Annette’s motto is “facts are fun,” so it’s no surprise that she loves research and writing nonfiction books for young readers. As a self-professed life-long learner, Annette’s goal is to write fun and informative books that will allow her to share her love of learning with kids. In this episode, I’ll chat with Annette about her writing journey, how her love of science and history comes in handy when writing her fact-filled children’s books, and how she began her writing career as a blogger before turning her hand to writing books for young readers.

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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Linh Nguyen-Ng discusses her latest book, Dragons N’ Antibodies. It is a short story introduction to a longer novel to be released next year. Dragons N’ Antibodies takes an esoteric look at DNA and proposes the question, “What if DNA were magic?”. This story follows a scientist who is on a desperate quest to find a cure for his own daughter’s terminal illness, and his search takes him to the limits of reason and into an inconceivable quantum world of human biology that contains DNA-dragons. Linh is a lover science fiction and spirituality, and her stories are a unique blend of the two. She is also an artist who has written and illustrated two children’s picture books. In this episode, I’ll chat with Linh about her writing journey, the important role that critique partners and editors play in any writer’s work, and how her work as an artist colors and shapes her writing.
 
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