Cinda Williams Chima - Writer

The Warrior Heir has been named to the 2009 Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Awards Master list by the Illinois School Library Me...

This is a love note. Or maybe it’s a fan letter. I’ve said it before, but it needs saying again. Librarians are my heroes. Have been since I...

Writing is like birth and death—you do it alone. Much as we writers try and make it a social activity—through blogs, conferences, retreats,...

Young Writer writes: Dear Ms. Chima, I want to be an author and I have started several books but after I get two chapters written I get s...

Wondering how I'm spending my time now that Dragon Heir is in final editing? Am I watching a Lost marathon, scraping sludge from my kitc...

At a recent school visit, a student asked, “If you weren’t an author, what would you do?” It was the kind of question kids prepare under ...

I’m leaving Vermont at the end of another Kindling Words. The hugs and kisses have been exchanged, the promises made, the connections that ...