Susan Kuklin

US Supreme Court Strikes down life without parole for juveniles in non-homicide cases. At last.

Congratulations to Bryan Stevenson and everyone at EJI for a job well done.

This thoughtful blog about the panel I moderated can be read by going to http://www.mantlethought.org/content/war-words. Hats off to Bernardo, Atxaga, Filip Florian, Assaf Gavron, and Rahimi

My latest post on INK.com is up. What does the writer do when there are no new ideas? Maybe you can answer this question.

I'm thinking about posting a chapter that did not appear in No Choirboy. It is about Walter McMillian, a men falsely accused of murder, who spent six years on death row. I did not include his story in the book because he was not a teenager at the time of his ordeal. The murder victim, however, was a teenager. Would you like to read about him? Please let me know.

My new post on INK.com is up and awaiting your comments. When is a children's book too old or too young? Check it out? http://inkrethink.blogspot.com/

22 AWARD-WINNING NONFICTION AUTHORS LAUNCH FREE DATABASE
OF CHILDRENĄ¯S BOOKS ALIGNED TO NATIONAL CURRICULUM STANDARDS. I'm thrilled and excited to be part of this prestigious group of nonfiction writers. Please visit www.INKThinkTank.com to learn more!

As you can already see, I'm the world's worse blogger. But I did write one recently for I.N.K. Here's the site:
http://inkrethink.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-do-we-know-truth-for-sure.html

Every time I start write this blog, I get caught up with the photographs on my Website. Perhaps that's because I can't wait for my first digital photography book to be published by Scholastic. But wait I must, at least until October.

The book, Beautiful Ballerina, was written by Marilyn Nelson, photographed by you-know-who, (more…)