Noblemania

Kwame Alexander convinced me to say yes to something I’d never done: join a writing retreat.  Nine authors, two of whom I already knew, con...

I'm honored to share that the Catholic Library Association awarded me the 2025 St. Katharine Drexel Award, which recognizes an outstandi...

On 4/22/25, I attended my first Supreme Court rally. In fact, though I’ve lived in the Washington DC area for 15 years, it may have been the...

One hundred years ago today, my life changed... That’s the day the first issue of The New Yorker came out.  I wasn’t there, of course. But ...

I've had the privilege of speaking at schools in 30+ states and almost 20 countries.  School librarians worldwide have a gift for rollin...