Middle Grade Matters

90 Episodes

1. Ep. 33: Hena Khan on Sharing her Pakistani Culture Through Books

   Published: 2/13/2024
2. Ep. 32: MarcyKate Connolly and Kathryn Holmes on Aliens and UFOs

   Published: 2/6/2024
3. Ep. 29: Polly Holyoke on World Building in Fantasy and Inspiring Kids to Write

   Published: 1/16/2024
4. Ep. 28: Mindy Nichols Wendell on Never Giving up on Following a Dream

   Published: 1/9/2024
5. Ep. 27: Nashae Jones (Courtesy of Cupid) on Writing Rom-Coms for Middle Grade

   Published: 1/3/2024
6. Ep. 26: Tui T. Sutherland on Writing her Bestselling Wings of Fire Series.

   Published: 12/21/2023
7. Ep. 25: Taylor Tyng on Turning a Dreamstarter into a Middle Grade Series

   Published: 12/20/2023
8. Ep. 24: Sally Morgridge, Senior Editor at Holiday House, on Submissions and the Editorial Process

   Published: 12/19/2023
9. Ep. 23: Arianne Costner on Injecting Humor into Middle Grade

   Published: 12/18/2023
10. Ep: 22: Andrew Auseon on How Gaming Inspires his Writing

    Published: 12/13/2023
11. Ep. 20: Kaija Langley on Writing a Middle Grade Novel-in-Verse

    Published: 12/6/2023
12. Ep. 19: Shannon Messenger on Her Bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities Series

    Published: 12/5/2023
13. Ep. 18: Alison Weiss, Acquisitions Editor at Pixel+Ink, on the Process of Publishing a Middle Grade Series

    Published: 11/30/2023
14. Ep. 17: Janae Marks on Baking, Writing, and Zoe Washington's Latest Endeavor

    Published: 11/27/2023
15. Ep. 16: Zoe Tokushige on IP Projects, Diversity in Middle Grade, and Writing What Makes you Interested

    Published: 11/22/2023
16. Ep. 15: Elisa Stone Leahy on the Power of Fiction to Express Truth

    Published: 11/20/2023
17. Ep. 14: Tamika Burgess on Writing and her Black Panamanian Culture

    Published: 11/16/2023
18. Ep. 13: Chad Lucas on Writing for Upper Middle Grade Readers

    Published: 11/13/2023
19. Ep. 12: Karen S. Chow on NaNoWriMo, Pitch Events, and More

    Published: 11/9/2023
20. Ep. 11: Rachel Renée Russell and Nikki Russell on creating the NYT Bestselling Dork Diaries Series

    Published: 11/7/2023