The Do’s and Don’ts of a Brilliant Nonfiction Book ProposalApril 28, 2025 | Educational Market, For Beginners, Nonfiction, The Business of PublishingMany thanks to agent Jacqui Lipton & author Stephanie Gibeault for this blog post! To sell middle grade and ...By: Stephanie GibeaultJacqui Lipton
5 Tips for Researching Photos for Your Nonfiction BookAugust 7, 2024 | Educational Market, For Beginners, NonfictionAs a nonfiction author of over 50 books, I know a lot about photo research. While I haven’t had to acquire photos ...By: Jennifer Swanson
3 Questions With Heidi EY Stemple and Andrea Page about Writing Nonfiction for ChildrenApril 18, 2024 | 3 Questions With, Native Creatives, NonfictionHeidi EY Stemple and Andrea Page, hosts for our Working Retreat: Nonfiction and Informational Fiction, joined ...By: Heidi E. Y. StempleAndrea Page
My Path to Nonfiction (AKA, When What You Think You Want to Write and What You’re Good at Writing are Not the Same Thing)October 5, 2023 | For Beginners, Inspiration, NonfictionWhen you first decided that you wanted to write for kids, what did you imagine yourself writing? Picture books? ...By: Jennifer Swanson
(When) Do I Need Permission to Write About Real People and Events?July 6, 2023 | Educational Market, Nonfiction, The Business of PublishingWe'd like to thank Jacqui Lipton for this blog post. Jacqui is a Senior Agent at The Tobias Literary Agency and ...By: Jacqui Lipton
12 Nonfiction Picture Books with Emotional ResonanceMarch 22, 2023 | Nonfiction, Picture BooksA special thank you to Eileen Robinson for sharing this great list of books! Science Counting Birds: The Idea ...By: Eileen Robinson
6 Tips for Rocking Your ResearchMarch 20, 2023 | Educational Market, NonfictionYou can't write nonfiction without doing research, and fascinating facts can enhance fiction too. But it can be ...By: Stephanie GibeaultJolene GutiérrezAnita Yasuda
5 questions everyone asks about writing nonfiction for kidsAugust 11, 2022 | NonfictionFive Questions I’m Always Asked about Writing Nonfiction for Kids As an author of almost fifty books for kids, I’m ...By: Jennifer Swanson
Writing STEM with a Twist!May 4, 2022 | NonfictionWhat better way to get kids (and editors) interested in STEM than by making it special and exciting? When I was ...By: Vicky Fang
Teresa Robeson on Her Passion for Writing NonfictionSeptember 28, 2021 | Asian American Voices, Community Good News, NonfictionWe'd like to thank Teresa Robeson for this blog post! Thanks, Teresa, for answering our questions! 1. Why did you ...By: Teresa Robeson
Celebrating Our Faculty on 2020’s Best ListsDecember 31, 2020 | Asian American Voices, Black Voices, Community Good News, Highlights Foundation News, Latinx Voices, LGBTQIA+ Voices, Nonfiction, Novels, Picture BooksWe thought that a great way to close out our 2020 blog would be to celebrate some of our faculty whose books have ...
#HFGather: Sarah Aronson and Susan Campbell Bartoletti: Story is the BossMay 13, 2020 | HFGather, NonfictionOn this week's #HFGather, host Sarah Aronson talked with Susan Campbell Bartoletti and surprise guest editor Jill ...By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti