I know, it's weird, but authors and illustrators often don't know each other. And so even though Sydney Hanson and I have collaborated on two books in the Es...

It's been a tough time for authors, booksellers and readers. Events are canceled, stores and libraries are closed, and all of us have spent some time worryin...

I'll admit, I took it pretty hard when I first learned that the book tour for A Book for Escargot would be canceled. I'd been looking forward to traveling ar...

Neiman Storyboard just posted an interview with me about the writing and reporting of my recent Times Magazine piece about parole. It's full of insidery stu...

I'm very pleased to have started out the year on the cover of the New York Times Magazine with this piece about people serving life sentences who are seeking...

Nearly two years after publication, The 57 Bus has reached #4 on the New York Times Bestseller List. I am so grateful to the teachers, librarians, bookseller...