The BiblioFiles

Dig a little deeper into the books you love to read with The BiblioFiles, our illuminating interviews with children's book authors! From award-winning bestsellers to books you might not have heard of (but should definitely check out), listen to what the authors have to say about their creations!

Webcasts and transcripts of the program are available in our audio archive. The interviews are also available as podcasts.

BiblioFiles host Dana Sheridan won the New Jersey Center for the Book’s Miss Rumphius Award. This award honors educators who are stellar at spreading ideas and creative literacy programming via the internet. Way to go Dr. Dana!

Atinuke
- Atinuke
- - Premiere date: July 20, 2013
Author of the Anna Hibiscus series, as well as The No. 1 Car Spotter.
M.T. Anderson
- M.T. Anderson
- - Premiere date: February 5, 2011
Author of the Norumbegan Quartet, which begins with The Game of Sunken Places.
Tracey Baptiste
- Tracey Baptiste
- - Premiere date: February 20, 2016
Author of The Jumbies.
Jeanne Birdsall
- Jeanne Birdsall
- - Premiere date: April 17, 2010
Author of The Penderwicks and its sequel, The Penderwicks of Gardam Street.
Tom Bodett
- Tom Bodett
- - Premiere date: February 4, 2012
Author of Williwaw! and Norman Tuttle on the Last Frontier.
Pseudonymous Bosch
- Pseudonymous Bosch
- - Premiere date: October 1, 2011
Author of The Secret Series, which begins with The Name of This Book is Secret.
Nidhi Chanani
- Nidhi Chanani
- - Premiere date: October 5, 2018
Author of the graphic novel, Pashmina.
Platte F. Clark
- Platte F. Clark
- - Premiere date: May 24, 2014
Author of Bad Unicorn, and its sequel, Fluff Dragon.
Sharon Creech
- Sharon Creech
- - Premiere date: July 19, 2014
Author of Walk Two Moons, Ruby Holler, The Wanderer, Love that Dog, and The Boy on the Porch.
Joseph Delaney
- Joseph Delaney
- - Premiere date: April 18, 2009
Author of the Last Apprentice series.
Tony DiTerlizzi
- Tony DiTerlizzi
- - Premiere date: May 24, 2019
Author and illustrator of The Spiderwick Chronicles and the WondLa trilogy
Lissa Evans
- Lissa Evans
- - Premiere date: May 16, 2015
Author of Horten’s Miraculous Mechanisms and its sequel, Horten’s Incredible Illusions.
Kat Falls
- Kat Falls
- - Premiere date: September 21, 2013
Author of Dark Life and its sequel, Rip Tide.
From Folklore to Fantasy
- From Folklore to Fantasy
- - Premiere date: May 7, 2021
A conversation with authors Sayantani DasGupta and Roshani Chokshi.
Candace Fleming
- Candace Fleming
- - Premiere date: February 1, 2014
Author of award-winning biographies, which include Ben Franklin's Almanac, Our Eleanor, The Lincolns and Amelia Lost.
Christina Diaz Gonzalez
- Christina Diaz Gonzalez
- - Premiere date: April 22, 2017
Author of Moving Target, Return Fire, and historical novels A Thunderous Whisper and The Red Umbrella.
Nadia Hashimi
- Nadia Hashimi
- - Premiere date: December 1, 2020
Author of The Sky at Our Feet and One Half From the East
S.E. Hinton
- S.E. Hinton
- - Premiere date: November 7, 2015
Author of The Outsiders, Rumblefish, Tex, and Taming the Star Runner.
Victoria Jamieson
- Victoria Jamieson
- - Premiere date: May 11, 2021
Author and illustrator of When Stars Are Scattered and Roller Girl
Norton Juster
- Norton Juster
- - Premiere date: May 14, 2016
Author of the legendary book, The Phantom Tollbooth.
Jacqueline Kelly
- Jacqueline Kelly
- - Premiere date: November 21, 2009
Author of Newbery Honor book, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.
Martin Kratt
- Martin Kratt
- - Premiere date: January 10, 2015
Co-host of the popular PBS Kids animated series Wild Kratts.
Lois Lowry
- Lois Lowry
- - Premiere date: November 4, 2016
Author of 45 books and recipient of two Newbery medals.
Wendy Mass
- Wendy Mass
- - Premiere date: May 30, 2009
Author of A Mango-Shaped Space and Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life.
Victoria McKernan
- Victoria McKernan
- - Premiere date: April 28, 2012
Author of Shackleton's Stowaway.
Sarah Miller
- Sarah Miller
- - Premiere date: January 19, 2013
Author of Miss Spitfire and The Lost Crown.
Kenneth Oppel
- Kenneth Oppel
- - Premiere date: February 7, 2009
Author of the award-winning Silverwing series.
Philip Pullman
- Philip Pullman
- - Premiere date: September 20, 2014
Author of multiple award-winning books, including The Sally Lockhart Mysteries and The Golden Compass.
Adam Rex
- Adam Rex
- - Premiere date: March 30, 2021
Author and illustrator of The True Meaning of Smekday
Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Jewell Parker Rhodes
- - Premiere date: March 6, 2020
Author of Towers Falling, Ghost Boys and the Louisiana Girls' Trilogy.
Marie Rutkoski
- Marie Rutkoski
- - Premiere date: March 5, 2011
Author of the Kronos Chronicles, a series which includes the books The Cabinet of Wonders and The Celestial Globe.
Brandon Sanderson
- Brandon Sanderson
- - Premiere date: October 3, 2009
Author of the Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians series.
Kevin Sands
- Kevin Sands
- - Premiere date: September 15, 2017
Author of the Blackthorn Key Adventures.
Gary Schmidt
- Gary Schmidt
- - Premiere date: September 15, 2012
Author of many books, including The Wednesday Wars and Okay for Now.
Jeff Smith
- Jeff Smith
- - Premiere date: May 4, 2013
Creator of the epic comic, BONE.
Rebecca Stead
- Rebecca Stead
- - Premiere date: December 17, 2011
Author of When You Reach Me, which won the Newbery Medal in 2010.
Trenton Lee Stewart
- Trenton Lee Stewart
- - Premiere date: October 2, 2010
Author of The Mysterious Benedict Society series.
Shaun Tan
- Shaun Tan
- - Premiere date: July 28, 2020
Author of Cicada and The Bird King.
Kaye Umansky
- Kaye Umansky
- - Premiere date: February 6, 2010
Author of the fantastic Solomon Snow series
Maiya Williams
- Maiya Williams
- - Premiere date: December 4, 2010
Author of The Golden Hour series.
Kat Yeh
- Kat Yeh
- - Premiere date: March 29, 2019
Author of The Truth About Twinkie Pie and The Way to Bea.