Jay Kristoff Archive

  • Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – So, what’s the big deal with starting a sentence with so?  – The 2015 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature […]

    The weekly web ramble (9/25)

    Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – So, what’s the big deal with starting a sentence with so?  – The 2015 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature […]

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  • People tend to forget, I think, that there is more to Comic-con than just sound and fury – no matter how deafening the Star Wars din. In fact, my favorite part […]

    The Comic-con book report, 2015

    People tend to forget, I think, that there is more to Comic-con than just sound and fury – no matter how deafening the Star Wars din. In fact, my favorite part […]

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  • As I was wandering the halls of Anime Expo this past week, I started thinking about how little anime is based on something other than manga, toys, or video games – […]

    Books made to be anime

    As I was wandering the halls of Anime Expo this past week, I started thinking about how little anime is based on something other than manga, toys, or video games – […]

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  • Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – The story of J.K. Rowling‘s nom de plume – And didn’t Ken Jennings call it, back in 2007, when he pointed out […]

    The weekly web ramble (7/19)

    Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – The story of J.K. Rowling‘s nom de plume – And didn’t Ken Jennings call it, back in 2007, when he pointed out […]

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  • Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – The A.V. Club’s take on Orson Scott Card‘s homophobia <– AUTHOR TALK – Alex London introduces his YA debut, Proxy – […]

    The weekly web ramble (7/12)

    Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – The A.V. Club’s take on Orson Scott Card‘s homophobia <– AUTHOR TALK – Alex London introduces his YA debut, Proxy – […]

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  • Book Jacket: Griffins are supposed to be extinct. So when Yukiko and her warrior father Masaru are sent to capture one for the Shogun, they fear that their lives are […]

    Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff – Advance Review

    Book Jacket: Griffins are supposed to be extinct. So when Yukiko and her warrior father Masaru are sent to capture one for the Shogun, they fear that their lives are […]

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  • Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – Why it takes so long for a book to be published – From The New Yorker, Nora Ephron‘s gentle send-up […]

    The weekly web ramble (6/29)

    Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – Why it takes so long for a book to be published – From The New Yorker, Nora Ephron‘s gentle send-up […]

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  • Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – The Independent picks their top 10 spy novels <– AUTHOR TALK – Jay Kristoff tackles the question, WTF is YA? – Malinda Lo […]

    The weekly web ramble (4/20)

    Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – The Independent picks their top 10 spy novels <– AUTHOR TALK – Jay Kristoff tackles the question, WTF is YA? – Malinda Lo […]

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  • Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – From The Guardian, a Q&A with Sherlock‘s Benedict Cumberbatch – From Storycorps, Walter Dean Myers, our new ambassador for young people’s literature, […]

    The weekly web ramble (1/13)

    Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – From The Guardian, a Q&A with Sherlock‘s Benedict Cumberbatch – From Storycorps, Walter Dean Myers, our new ambassador for young people’s literature, […]

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