Author Posts

In this guest post, author Laura Anne Bird (Crossing the Pressure Line and Marvelous Jackson) shares what she loves most about middle grade fiction.  I can’t think of one grown-up who wouldn’t benefit from reading a middle-grade novel. But why would an adult want to crack open a book written for eight- to twelve-year-olds? Because…

In this post, guest author John Armbruster reflects on publishing Ten16’s bestseller Tailspin. My book Tailspin came out in April of 2022. This narrative nonfiction work centers on the story of Gene Moran, a World War II tail gunner from Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, who was shot down over Germany in 1943 and survived a four-mile…

You’ve written your first (or third, or tenth) children’s book, and you are ready to share it with the world! And what better way to get your book in front of kids than at a school? Author visits at schools can be a wonderful way to engage with your core audience.