Interviews with Wendy Webb and Carl Safina

Debut author Wendy Webb's THE TALE OF HALCYON CRANE just keeps getting great press! Most recently, Webb was interviewed by KAXE Radio. Click here for the interview and to hear more about the book!


Carl Safina, a MacArthur fellow and a 2010 recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, interviewed with WHYY Radio for Earth Day about the future of the ocean. Safina has written a variety of books about ocean life, including SONG FOR THE BLUE OCEAN, EYE OF THE ALBATROSS, and VOYAGE OF THE TURTLE. Click here for his insights into our ocean's fate!

Ann Mazer on SPILLING INK, coauthored with Ellen Potter

Get to the Point, the MacMillan Kids blog, has a guest post with Ann Mazer, who co-wrote SPILLING INK with JVNLA author Ellen Potter. Check it out if you want to see Ann's top ten reasons for writing the book!

"6. Because every time Ellen Potter sent me one of her sections, I was practically screaming with delight. (If you don’t believe me, just read SLOB, PISH POSH, or OLIVIA KIDNEY and see for yourself.)"



















Feiwel and Friends March 2010

Huffington Post raves about LANGUAGE OF SECRETS

"Destined to become this year's THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER and a perennial book club favorite . . . an absorbing, provocative and, ultimately, satisfying read from the first page . . . Pick it up. You won't be sorry."



Click here for the full review!!













Doubleday March 2010

Natalie Zemon Davis wins the Holberg International Memorial Prize

Natalie Zemon Davis, author of THE RETURN OF MARTIN GUERRE and TRICKSTER TRAVELS, has been awarded the prestigious Holberg Prize--a major award for excellence in law, theology, the arts, humanities, or social sciences.

Click here for The Varsity's excellent interview with Natalie Zemon Davis, in which she discusses her life and work.

Cecilia Galante on WILLOWOOD

Out Today!!!
Simon & Schuster March 2010

The Editorial Role: An Agent's View by Jean Naggar

Jean Naggar, president of JVNLA, Inc., wrote a wonderful blog post for the Huffington Post that's currently up on their website. Check it out!!

"We literary agents are now essentially functioning as editors, stepping into the vacuum and metaphorically taking up the stubby red pencil we had stored as a memento of a bygone age. It is now our responsibility to our writers to polish the gem before it is even seen by editorial eyes. And since most publishers today will not consider unagented manuscripts, over our transoms they come tumbling for us to filter and refine."

I realize with gratitude that for every editor who espouses the fast and furious view there are still some willing to fall in love and to commit. I know who they are. Their names are lovingly breathed within the walls of our agency, Their opinions are shared and treasured. We know the editor who knows how to edit without dictating or ruffling the feathers of a sensitive novelist, who grasps the unspoken intent of the author and enables it, who believes in a work before that belief has been endorsed by everyone else, and who is willing to fight for it in a job climate where a lay-off may be a breath away."

Click here for more!!