Authors & Illustrators

Vashti Harrison earns a place in history with her 2024 Caldecott win for 'Big,' the first book she both wrote and illustrated.

Dave Eggers thought that maybe The Eyes and the Impossible was too weird for the world. Now it is the 2024 Newbery Medal winner.

The A.S. King–edited collection of short-form fiction makes history: It's the first anthology to win the Printz, as King becomes the first person to win the award twice.

When Jason Chin won the 2022 Caldecott Medal for Watercress, he immediately called the book's author, Andrea Wang. But the next conversation with Wang made Chin smile the most.

The 2015 Caldecott winner explains why the award should go to the illustrator and the author, and reveals his memorable middle-of-the-night DM from that year's Newbery winner, Kwame Alexander.

Tae Keller, who won the 2021 Newbery Medal for When You Trap a Tiger, talks about wanting to give back after the "unfathomable stroke of luck" of winning the award.

The 2020 Newbery Medalist shares his favorite moments from winning, including a Kwame confusion, and tells the 2024 winner to enjoy the moment but not expect to get a lot of work done.

Once again, Messner is connecting kid lit creators and educators for World Read Aloud Day in February.