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Author Bio:
New York Times bestselling author Livia Blackburne wrote her first novel while researching the neuroscience of reading at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since then, she’s switched to full-time writing, which also involves getting into people’s heads but without the help of a three tesla MRI scanner. Her YA books include Rosemarked (A YALSA Teens Top Ten Nominee) and Disney’s Feather and Flame. Her picture books include Bing’s Cherries (A Junior Library Guild Selection), Dreams to Ashes (An Orbis Pictus Honor Book) and I Dream of Popo, which received three starred reviews and was on numerous Best of Year lists. She is Chinese American and lives in southern California with her husband and daughter.
Interviews and Features
NPR Here and Now | ‘Dreams to Ashes’ kids’ picture book explores an ugly chapter in Los Angeles history.
The Seattle Times | How popular Bing cherries got their name in 19th-century Oregon
CNN 5 Good Things | Bing’s Cherries Feature (Starting at 6:40)
School Library Journal | “A giant, homesick man who bred tiny, famously delicious fruit?” We Discuss Bing’s Cherries with Julia Kuo and Livia Blackburne
Mac Kids Books | Author Livia Blackburne and illustrator Julia Kuo on I Dream of Popo