In our Question of the Week we asked: Have you ever applied for an indie author award, and if so, why did you do it? (sellmorebooksshow.com)
A 2011 Newbery Honor Book, the 2011 Coretta Scott King Author Award winner, and a 2011 Amelia Bloomer Book. (booklistonline.com)
Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina (Candlewick, 3/8) Medina, author of the Pura Belpré Author Award winner Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, takes readers to New York City in the hot summer of 1977, full of blackouts and arson, when a serial killer named Son of Sam has been shooting young women on the streets. (bookpage.com)