From Avi: As I did last summer, I’ve invited 13 admired middle grade authors to write for my blog for the next three months. I hope you’ll tune in each Tuesday to see who has answered these three questions. You should have a list of terrific books to read and share and read aloud by the end of the summer … along with new authors to follow!
Your favorite book on writing:
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott. It’s funny, thoughtful, and wise, and helps me feel more present to both my writing and the world.
Reading aloud from my books:
Troublemaker by John Cho (on which I was a co-writer). It’s action packed and not too long, and if you’re reading aloud with someone, it presents many opportunities for discussion.
Where do you write most often?
These days, in a corner of my kitchen table where my apartment gets a lot of light.
Particulars
Stay tuned for Sarah’s next book, The Space Between, which launches on October 31, 2023. Seventeen-year-old Aimee Roh has Sensory Time Warp Syndrome, a rare condition that causes her to time travel to a moment in her life when she smells something linked to that memory. Her dad is convinced she’ll simply grow out of it if she tries hard enough, but Aimee’s fear of vanishing at random has kept her from living a normal life.