Now there were two awards in the country - the NCTE Poetry Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children and the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award (see both below entries and my AWARDS page.)  It wasn't enough for such an important genre.  After trying hard, very hard,...

A question I keep posing to my best friend, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, is "How does it happen?" Well, how does it happen that I suddenly discover a box that I hadn't opened in close to seven years containing two full-length adult plays and a noveliiztion I...

A LIMITED NUMBER OF COPIES OF THE BELOW LISTED TITLES ARE AVAILABLE - FIRST-COME BASIS.  CUT-OFF DATE = 4/9/2011: BOOKS WILL BE SENT VIA MEDIA MAIL.  ALL MONIES WILL BE DONATED TO CHARITIES.  PLEASE NOTE IF YOU WANT SPECIFIC AUTOGRAPHS. REPLY VIA CONTACT PAGE HARDCOVER - $12.00 -...

Several have asked: "Where's MAMA and MAMA & HER BOYS? Both books are alive and well in paperback with Boyds Mills Press. MAMA, my first novel, appeared in l977 with Alfred A. Knopf. 1977! Close to a quarter-of-a-century ago -- and now with a new generation...