This month's featured author, Jacqueline Woodson, is the current National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and has won numerous awards throughout her career, including the National Book Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, and multiple Newbery Honor Awards. At the end of August, Woodson will release two new children's books -- including the first middle…
Author of the Month: Robert Beatty
This month, we are highlighting one of our favorite up-and-coming children's authors, Robert Beatty. A Michigan State University graduate, Beatty began his career in the tech industry, ultimately becoming one of the early pioneers in cloud computing, but as his tech achievements grew, he never gave up on his love for writing. By the time…
Author of the Month: Tommy Orange
This month's featured author, Tommy Orange, is new to the literary world, and sure to take the bestseller lists by storm. Orange's impressive debut, There, There, follows twelve characters as they travel to the Big Oakland Powwow in Oakland, California. As the past and present unfolds, and stories of despair, addiction, hope and recovery converge, Orange offers…
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Author of the Month: Paula McLain
This month's featured author is a historical fiction fan favorite known for her deeply evocative stories featuring oftentimes overshadowed women in history. Her book, The Paris Wife, brought Hadley Richardson, the first wife of Ernest Hemingway into the spotlight. Her follow-up novel, Circling the Sun, told the story of aviator and author, Beryl Markham, a woman admired…
Author of the Month: Tomi Adeyemi
Nigerian-American author, Tomi Adeyemi, releases her debut novel this month, a YA Fantasy that melds West African mythology with themes of social justice and female empowerment. In the land of Orisha, Zélie Adebola has witnessed the near eradication of her people under the order of a ruthless king. A descendant of maji, 17-year-old Zélie discovers…
Author of the Month: Meg Wolitzer
This month’s featured author is no stranger to literary fiction fans. Following her New York Times Bestselling book, The Interestings, and award nominated teen debut, Belzhar, Wolitzer returns this month with a new novel that is sure to strike a chord with anyone living in a university town. The Female Persuasion is a coming of…
Let’s Make a Match!
Valentine's Day is fast approaching and our ELPL Matchmakers (a.k.a. librarians) are standing by to help you find five items that you will love. Simply fill out the Let's Make a Match form and receive a personalized list of new favorites within 72 hours…
Author of the Month: Tayari Jones
Imagine that the person you care most about in the world was just wrongfully convicted of a crime, sentenced to 12 years in prison, and there was no evidence available to prove their innocence. Tayari Jones's latest novel about two newlyweds, one of which makes a simple decision to get ice at a hotel and…
Author of the Month: Chloe Benjamin
January's author of the month is an up and coming author that has captured our full attention with the release of her new book, The Immortalists. Chloe Benjamin's sweeping tale set in Manhattan's Lower East Side in the late 1960's offers up an interesting question to contemplate - if you knew the day you were…
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