I write for children and young adults, opening up hearts and minds and engaging both toward understanding and improving our complex world. I believe that getting lost in a good book is one of the best ways to truly find ourselves.
- Laurie Ann Thompson
- Accepting the 2016 ALA Schneider Family Award with Sean Qualls
- At the 2018 KCLS Literary Lions Gala with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Ijeoma Oluo
- Visiting schools is the best. Students and educators ROCK!
- Interviewing the real, live Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah in San Diego in 2010
- Presenting an educator talk with some of my awesome critique group members