Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Whether learning about famous authors and their work or sharing how to craft a story, these books show the human side of writing. This panel was part of Penguin Random House, Library Journal, and School Library Journal's Winter 2025 Virtual Book & Author Festival that debuted on December 4, 2025 and features the following authors:
(click on the links to learn more about each book)

Ramona Ausubel, UNSTUCK (Tin House)
penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9781963108712

Alia Hanna Habib, TAKE IT FROM ME (Pantheon)
penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9780593700877

Mark Oppenheimer, JUDY BLUME (Putnam)
penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9780593714447

Jayne Anne Phillips, SMALL TOWN GIRLS (Knopf)
penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9780593804933

Namwali Serpell, ON MORRISON (Hogarth)
penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9780593732915

Moderator: Jennie Mills, Director, Shorewood-Troy Library (IL)