When I heard Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s opening statement, what struck me, as it struck so many people, was her recollection of the laughter of two teenage boys—their uproarious …
Author Nancy Richardson Fischer: The Words That Shape Us
Two truths and a lie… When I was seven, a man said I would eventually go crazy. My mom used to tell me: I love …
Turning Unlovely to Lovely: Essay by YA Author Heather Cumiskey
When heaven gave out locks before my debut as a newborn, my angel on the assembly line must have gotten distracted and given me five …
Author Calla Devlin on the Importance of Journalism
I never wanted to be a novelist. When I was in high school, I saw Missing, a movie about an American journalist named Charles Horman. In …
Author Kes Trester: Sitting at the Cool Kids’ Table
We all experience feelings of not belonging, of thinking we’re the only one standing alone at a party when everyone else is having a great …
Creating Things That Matter: Why I Wrote a Novel About a Portrait Artist
With an artist for a mom, I grew up familiar with the smells of turpentine and linseed oil, and I learned to use a staple …
The Story Behind ‘When Dimple Met Rishi’ by Sandhya Menon
Although I never did have my marriage secretly arranged by my parents (and thank goodness—I doubt they could have ever found me someone as adorable …