This year, the Highlights Foundation is partnering with The Children’s Book Podcast. As partner, we’ll be helping to bring some of our friends, faculty, scholarship recipients, and alumni onto the show.
This roundup features faculty members George Jreije, Daria Peoples, Cordelia Jensen, Diana Rodriguez Wallach and Crystal Allen, along with past faculty Tiffany D. Jackson, Daniel Nayeri, and Pam Munoz Ryan.
George Jreije
George Jreije, author of Bashir Boutros and the Jewel of the Nile (HarperCollins) , joins Matthew to talk about trying to inhabit the voice of someone to whom he wouldn’t have otherwise related.
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Daria Peoples
Daria Peoples, author illustrator of Be the Light: How She Became Angela Davis (Greenwillow Books), joins Matthew to talk about the hurt and pain of not being accepted.
Cordelia Jensen
Cordelia Jensen, author of Lilac and the Switchback (Holiday House), joins Matthew to talk about belonging, change, and always keeping in mind that you’re writing a story.
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Cordelia Jensen Bio Cordelia Jensen Website Gather Podcast: Cordelia JensenDiana Rodriguez Wallach
Diana Rodriguez Wallach, author of The Silenced (Delacorte Press), joins Matthew to talk about reading through a different cultural lens.
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Diana Rodriguez Bio Diana Rodriguez Website 3 Questions With Diana Rodriguez Wallach and Intisar Khanani About Writing Sci-Fi, Fantasy and HorrorCrystal Allen
Crystal Allen, author of Between Two Brothers (Storytide), joins Matthew to talk about figuring out your truth while not knowing how to feel.
More About Crystal Allen
Crystal Allen Bio
Crystal Allen website
Crystal Allen: Do Something With It
Daniel Nayeri
Tiffany D. Jackson
Pam Muñoz Ryan
