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Cozy author Julie Hyzy started with nine books featuring a female executive chef in the White House. You can imagine the problems caused by finding a dead body now and…

A number of writers have passed away recently, reminding us all to make sure our contact information is correct, wills are updated, and intended heirs are able to receive royalties…

New Agency Promotes African Writers for Youth https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/81960-new-agency-promotes-african-writers-for-youth.html ____________________ Is it better to write a series or a standalone? John Gilstrap, author of the Jonathan Grave thrillers, has the answer.…

HarperCollins is launching Heartdrum, an imprint publishing books by Native creators in 2021. ____________________ 2020 Children’s Book Week will be May 4 to 10, continuing its mission to engage booksellers,…

Mango Publishing Acquires Red Wheel/Weeiser’s Conari Press. Details at https://tinyurl.com/y6fda7ms. ____________________ Looking to get more organized? Ready to drop hints for holiday gifts? Check out Jane Friedman’s personal newsletter, in…

How to combine promotion for a book with a good cause—in this case, blind cats! Gwen Cooper is the author of Homer’s Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I…

Toni Morrison, the only African-American laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died. Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/yxezz2mf. Her publisher, Knopf, is increasing all of her books, hardcover and paper,…