@vashleywalker
Children's book author with a background in engineering and artificial intelligence | VCFA | SCBWI | #kidlit | Youth mentor | Rep'd by Kelly Dyksterhouse at The Tobias Literary Agency | ashleywalkerbooks.com
“Young readers won’t keep turning the page if a true story doesn’t have emotional impact.” —Author Interview: @sueganzschmitt.bsky.social & Maureen Charles on Infusing Emotion into #Nonfiction Books for Kids by Gail Vannelli: cynthialeitichsmith.com/2025/02/auth... #kidlit #nonfiction #writing
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Join us for the Society of Young Inklings fall book event celebrating the transformative power of writing in young people's lives. At Away With Words, we'll launch the debut books of this season's Fresh Ink youth authors and hear from award-winning cartoonist and author Gene Luen Yang.
Authors & illustrators! If you'd like to volunteer for Zoom read-alouds with schools & libraries on World Read Aloud Day 2/5/25, here's the link to sign up! forms.gle/H8QNw9rL1qdh...
(This one is for traditionally published folks - look for another form for self-pubbed authors & illustrators soon!)
Thrilled to share news about my upcoming book with Olivia Swomley at Candlewick/MITeen Press! This YA nonfiction is a decade-old dream come true. I'm grateful for the opportunity to explore artificial intelligence at an important moment in AI history and with a fantastic audience—teen readers.
I'm new and grateful for these resources! Excited to listen to Maryanne Wolf's "deep reading" episode, too.