Meet the Author (Reading Rockets)

Jeff Kinney is perhaps best known as the creator of Greg Heffley, the wry adolescent hero of Kinney&s best-selling W... Read more

Betsy Lewin, the illustrator of Click Clack Moo, takes a playful approach to her work. In this exclusive video interview... Read more

Jack Gantos' interesting life has provided the raw material for many of his books. The Jack Henry middle-grade fiction s... Read more

"Blink your eyes and say click!" Cam Jansen, David Adler's heroine with a photographic memory, has captured the imaginat... Read more

Reading Rocket's exclusive interview with author and illustrator Henry Cole -- creator of Celeste, The Worrywarts, Katy ... Read more

Meet author/illustrator Chris Van Dusen, whose rich imagination has produced a lively collection of interesting characte... Read more

Meet Newbery winner Susan Cooper (Dark Is Rising series) whose work weaves rich language and contemporary concerns with ... Read more

Meet the Feiffers! Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist dad, Jules, is well-known for his social commentary, but also write... Read more

Children's Choice Book Award winner Jarrett Krosoczka (the Lunch Lady series) talks about his very first book (an origin... Read more

Julianne Moore, author of the Freckleface Strawberry series, talks about falling in love with storytelling and reading a... Read more

Caldecott winner Allen Say talks about living alone in Tokyo at age 12, studying with cartoon master Noro Shinpei, his c... Read more

Katherine Paterson, Newbery winner and the 2011 National Ambassador of Young Peoples Literature, talks about families re... Read more

Watch our interview with Erica Perl, author of the wonderfully silly, begging to be readaloud picture book, Chicken Butt... Read more

As a kid, Margaret Peterson Haddix was a real bookworm: she remembers her mother asking her to please put down her books... Read more

The world knows and loves The Phantom Tollbooth and its creator, Norton Juster, a professional architect who also loved ... Read more

Lois Ehlert's unique children's books, such as Color Zoo, reflect her creative and curious mind. In this exclusive video... Read more

If a picture can speak a thousand words, Bruce Degen's illustrations can spark a thousand smiles. From sixth-grade, this... Read more

Lois Lowry is the highly acclaimed author of more than 30 books for young people. Over the years, she has received numer... Read more

Pam Muñoz Ryan isn't afraid of indomitable women. In fact, she's inspired by them! Just look at her 2000 Pura Belpre Me... Read more

Gail Gibbons writes the kind of non-fiction books that young children pore over. In this exclusive video interview with ... Read more