Jacqueline Woodson

Critically acclaimed and prizewinning author Jacqueline Woodson joins us to talk about her career making unforgettable fiction out of the lives of ordinary young people.  She's author of more than 30 books for children, young adults and adults, and among her many honors is the National Book Award for her bestselling book Brown Girl Dreaming and is currently serving as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.  She sat down in the studio to talk with Miwa Messer about her extraordinary body of work and her latest novel for young readers, Harbor Me.

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We're no longer producing new episodes of this show, but you can find us now at Poured Over on Apple Podcasts. Every author has a story beyond the one that they put down on paper. The Barnes & Noble Podcast goes between the lines with today's most interesting writers, exploring what inspires them, what confounds them, and what they were thinking when they wrote the books we’re talking about.