Interviews with Authors

Michele Young-Stone is full of surprises. From being a lightening strike survivor herself to publishing an exquisite debut novel, nothing can stop this self-proclaimed ‘glass half-full kind of gal.’

An MFA graduate from Virginia Commonwealth University, Young-Stone has been writing creatively since she could scribble words with her crayons. Even after earning an ‘Unsatisfactory’ in First Grade for her messy handwriting, the author within prevailed.

In a starred review, Booklist called Young-Stone’s The Handbook for Lightening Strike Survivors, “Luminescent.” Publishers Weekly added “[she] has created a host of endearing losers—young, old, literate, and simple, all full of longing. What she does best is portray the incredulousness of the unlucky.”

At this year’s JRW Conference, Young-Stone will be speaking on Characters, Love in its many forms within the pages, and more.

Read Five Questions for Michele Young-Stone.

Interviews with Authors - Archives

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Meg Olmert (June, 2010)
Charles J. Shields (May 25, 2010)
Jacqueline Woodson (May 6, 2010)
Charles Todd (April 22, 2010)
William Henry Lewis (April 12, 2010)
Diann Ducharme (March 2010)
David Robbins (December 2009)
Brian Haig (November 2009)
Maggie Stiefvater (October 2009)
Jon Kukla (September 2009)
Katherine Neville (August 2009)
Emyl Jenkins (July 2009)
Clay McLeod Chapman (June 2009)
David Baldacci (May 2009)
Gigi Amateau (April 2009)
Erica Orloff (March 2009)
Adriana Trigiani (February 2009)
Stacy Hawkins Adams (January 2009)