Anne Nesbet Scores Again

Secret Writing Lives of Professors

I grew up in a town with two colleges, where academia ruled. So I get a special kick out of an author like Anne Nesbet (and Katherine Rundell)—professors with not-so-secret lives as a successful storybook writers.

Acclaimed author of middle-grade novels, Anne Nesbet is an associate professor at […]

Magic, Music, War and Friendship

My subject line, Magic, Music, War and Friendship, is from the cover liner of The Wrinkled Crown, by Anne Nesbet.

I had to smile when I copied it—minus the music, it could well describe Piper Pan and Her Merry Band! In fact there are a number of similarities between this imaginative tale and my own: […]