EVERYONE A WINNER AT WIK'18: The Inside Scoop with Linda Sue Park

We've got a great line-up of speakers at wik'18, including the amazing author, Linda Sue Park. And you can get plenty of information about this Newbery-Award-winning author right here. But we've also got a little insider information, so listen up, 'cause we're dishing out the details!


Southern Breeze: Any tips for writers or illustrators who might be a little shy about saying hello at the conference?

Linda Sue Park: My favorite conversation starter at any writers' conference: "So what are you reading?"

I really wish it could become an SCBWI thing:First gathering in the ballroom (or wherever), one minute to turn to your neighbor, ask and answer!


SB: What is the last good book you read?

LSP: 

MG: THE VANDERBEEKERS OF 141ST STREET, by Karina Yan Glaser

YA: LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND, by M. T. Anderson

PB: LINES, by Suzy Lee

Adult: PRAIRIE FIRES: The American Dream of Laura Ingalls Wilder, by Caroline Fraser


SB: You are planning a literary dinner party. Which three writers/illustrators, dead or alive, do you invite and why?

LSP: I love dinner parties. :-) My goal is always the same: good food and engaging conversation. I'm listing two friends and two strangers, three out of four of them writers, and what a grand evening it would be!

Lin Oliver, Steve Mooser, and Barack and Michelle Obama


SB: How about industry news? Is there anything new/exciting/surprising that you'd like to comment on?

LSP: Sometimes it seems like things change so fast--editors, technology, markets--it's impossible to keep up, right? I try to remind myself that there will always be a need for stories that are entertaining, meaningful, and well written. For young readers, now more than ever, good stories are both brain food and magic.


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