Children’s Lit Author Double Feature: Shannon Hale and Mac Barnett

Two great author profiles popped up in the last few days, and I recommend both.
Mother Jones has a longer (and fascinating) profile of Princess in Black author Shannon Hale:
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Are You There, God? It’s Me, Shannon Hale.
The Oaklandside covers hometown author Mac Barnett:
The charming Oakland roots of megapopular children’s author Mac Barnett
About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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