Susan Raab has recorded interviews with luminaries in the children’s book field since 2004. To hear her interviews, visit UConn’s Teacher’s for a New Era and Recess! Radio. She can also be heard on Kids Public Radio.

For UConn Teachers for a New Era feature interviews, click below on the person’s name.

NEW Lori Benton: General Manager/Publisher of its fiction imprints, Capstone

NEW Barbara Brathova: Main Curator, Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava

NEW Jean-Luc Dubois: Managing Director, Editions Caramel

NEW Zoreh Ghaeni: Jury President 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Award, Historian Children’s Literature Iran

NEW Taine Mundondo: Executive Director, African Publishing Network

NEW Carla Poesio: Consultant to Bologna Children’s Bookfair; also 2009 and 2008

NEW Miroslava Vallova: Head of the International Department, Center for Information on Literature, Slovakia

Laurie Halse Andersen, Author, Speak, Fever 1793 (Margaret A. Edwards Award, National Book Award Finalist)

Avi: Author, Crispin (Newbery Medal)

Roberta Chinni: Director, Bologna Children’s Bookfair; 2009, 2008
Gennifer Choldenko: Author, Al Capone Does My Shirts (Newbery Honor)

Katie Davis: Author/Illustrator, Who Hops? Mabel the Tooth Fairy, The Curse of Addy McMahon

Nancy Devard: Illustrator, The Secret Olivia Told Me (Coretta Scott King Honor)

Kathleen Duey: Author, The Unicorn’s Secret + bestselling series books

Denise Fleming: Author/Illlustrator, In the Small, Small Pond (Caldecott Honor)

 Marla Frazee: Illustrator, A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever (Horn Book Honor)

Roy Freeman: Author/Illustrator, including discussion of Don Freeman’s classic,

Corduroy

 Patricia Fry: Pop-up Book Artist, The Nutcracker

Nina Hess: Author/Senior Editor Mirrorstone Books 

Roberto Innocenti: Illustrator, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Hans Christian Andersen

Award winner

Susan Jeffers: Illustrator, Three Jovial Huntsmen (Caldecott Honor)

Norton Juster: Author, The Phantom Tollbooth, Hello, Goodbye Window (Caldecott Medal)

Stephen Kellogg: Author/Illustrator, Pinkerton series, Regina Medal

E.L. Konigsburg: Author, 2x Newbery Medal winner, From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil

E Frankweiler & A View from Saturday

Aileen Leijten, Animator/Illustrator, Hugging Hour and Bella & Bean

Christine L’Heureux: Author & Publisher, Caillou series

Wendy Lichtman: Author, Do The Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra
Lois Lowry: The Giver, Number the Stars, Crow Call (two Newbery Awards, Margaret A. Edwards Award) 

Leonard Marcus: Author/Historian, Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom   

Barry Moser: Artist, In the Beginning (Newbery Honor), National Book Award

Ann-Janine Murtagh: Publisher, HarperCollins UK

George Nicholson: Literary Agent

Liz Page: Executive Director, International Board on Books for Young People

Kimberly Pauley: Author, Sucks to Be Me

Nancy Pearl: Author, NPR commentator, Book Lust

Susan Beth Pfeffer: Bestselling Author, Life As We New It

Carla Poesio: Consultant to Bologna Children’s Bookfair; also 2008
Maria Salvadore: Children’s Literature Educator, Author

R.A. Salvatore & Geno Salvatore: Author, 18 NYT Bestsellers/Co-Author, The Stowaway

 Gyozo Sarkany: President, Society of Hungarian Illustrators

Jon Scieszka, U.S. Children’s Literary Ambassador & Bestselling Author, The Stinky Cheese Man, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Bob Shea: Author/Illustrator, Big Plans

Shin, Kyung-Sook & Moon, Seung Hyun: Representatives of the Korean Publishers Association

Beniamino Sidoti: Consultant Children’s Division, De Agostini Editoire

David J. Smith, Author, If the World Were a Village (international bestseller) and If America Were a Village 

Lane Smith: Author/Illustrator, The Stinky Cheese Man (Caldecott Honor)

Claudia Soeffner: English Language Specialist, International Youth Library
Art Spiegelman & Francoise Mouly: Author, Maus (Pulitzer Prize), Jack and the Box (TOON)

Art Editor, New Yorker/Editorial Director, TOON Books

Mark Teague: Author/Illustrator, Dear Mrs. LaRue, How Do Dinosaurs series 

Erik Titusson: Director, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

Tiffany Trent: Author, Hallowmere series 
Monica Weiss: Head of Argentinean Illustrators Exhibition

Ashley Andersen Zantop: Publisher, Trudy Corporation/Soundprints

Jim Zubkovich, Publisher/Manga Author, Manga

For Recess! Radio briefs, click below on the person’s name.

Heidi Cortner Boisen

Margaret Quinlan: Publisher

Patsy Aldana: Publisher

Judy Galbraith: Publisher

EL Konigsburg: Author

Jeffrey Garrett: Children’s Literature Expert

MT Anderson:Author

Stephanie Bange: American Library Association

Peter Sis: Author/Illustrator

Robie Harris: Author

Sandra Boynton: Author/Illustrator

Kate DiCamillo: Author

Meg Cabot: Author

Jan Brett: Author/Illustrator

Candice Ransom: Author

Tomie DePaola:Author/Illustrator

Nikki Grimes: Poet

Katherine Paterson: Author

Brian Selznick:Author/Illustrator