Scott Thomas is the Stoker-nominated author of Kill Creek, which was selected by the American Library Association's reader committee as the top horror book of 2017,...
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Kobe's Bookshelf
Kobe Bryant’s post-basketball life was dedicated to inspiring young people through storytelling.
Helping Everyone to Help Themselves - Andrew Carnegie and Libraries
Photo Friends, Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1835 and immigrated to the United States in 1848. Landing in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 13-year-old Andrew Carnegie started working as a bobbin boy, changing spools of thread in a cotton mill. He worked twelve hours a day, six days a week.
Think You Know All About Lasagna?
Why am I writing about lasagna? Its origins became a topic for discussion among my brothers and I—and I wanted answers.
Interview With an Author: Tochi Onyebuchi
Tochi Onyebuchi is the author of the young adult novel Beasts Made of Night, which won the Ilube Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel by an African, its sequel,
Whatcha Mean, What’s a Zine?
Meet Esther Pearl Watson, a Los Angeles based artist, illustrator, children’s book author and zine maker.
Books that Inspired Nipsey Hussle
Nipsey Hussle was a rapper, entrepreneur, and community activist from Los Angeles. In March of 2019, Hussle was fatally shot outside his store Marathon Clothing.
First and 100: A Century of Rose Bowl Football
Happy New Year, Happy Rose Bowl, Happy Football! Did you know that the Rose Bowl Stadium is nearing its 100th year? The story of the Rose Parade and the subsequent football games have been going on long before.
Interview With an Author: Paul Krueger
Paul Krueger is a Filipino-American author and a lapsed Chicagoan who may now be found literally herding cats in Los Angeles.
The Festive Feasts of Los Angeles
Photo Friends, Thursday, December 19, 2019
Ready for the holidays? Hungry?
Interview With an Author: Jenn Bailey
Jenn Bailey has won blue ribbons for pie baking, roamed Australia as the still photographer for Continuum, and made it to the Top 40 in the Lego Master Builder competition. Bailey has her MFA in writing for children and young adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.