
The Yarn
January 20, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
There seems like an awfully long distance between the past and future and yet, whether it is 1940 or 2040, the questions I continue to find most intriguing are timeless. Who are we in the worst of times? What does it mean to survive? And, What do we want our world to look like?
January 18, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
If this whole series existed right now, I'd tear through it to the exclusion of everything else in my life. An excellent debut about challenging expectations and finding your own path.
November 2, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor
My challenge lay in writing a novel set in a dystopian real world, Communist Czechoslovakia in 1969, that was 20 years away from liberation…and still offer hope to the reader.
November 1, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor
Follow along as we celebrate the release of The Law of Cavities (October 11th) with behind-the-scenes looks from author Valerie Tripp, plus 5 chances to win all 3 books in the Izzy Newton series!
October 17, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor
Historical fiction helps [kids] see that the past is closer to the present than they ever imagined, that the lives of people who lived long ago are not so different from their own.
November 8, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Author Kip Wilson talks about the importance of getting the facts right in historical fiction.
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October 6, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor
Here then is a hope that in the future we’ll have a different set of expectations. Our children’s books have historically whitewashed the past. Let’s hope that going forward they have the wherewithal to open the eyes of their child readers to what it was really like in the past.
October 4, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor
Timelines and locations play important roles in THE CITY BEAUTIFUL, set in 1893 Chicago. Explore some of those places in this post.
September 8, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor
Readers won't soon forget Petra's harrowing story.
May 20, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor
Who would have thought a “keep it current” and a never “way back in time” writer would be seduced by the lure of history?
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