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Bookish BFFs, Pt 2: Jennifer interviews Joanna

June 12, 2024 Joanna Monahan

Meet Joanna

Joanna Monahan lives in North Carolina with her husband, their two children, and one hangry cat.

Before she began writing Women’s Fiction, Joanna worked in marketing and special events. She also spent two years as a professional organizer.

When she isn’t writing, Joanna enjoys theater, baseball, and bookmarking recipes she will never make. A child of the 80s, she regrets that she no longer receives pizza coupons in exchange for reading books.

As part of our dual celebration of book birthdays (Jen’s main characters’ shared nativity on June 13, Joanna: SOMETHING BETTER turns 1 June 20th), Jen flipped the script and interviewed me!

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Tags June 2024, Lunchtime Poll

Bookish BFFs, Pt 1: Meet Jennifer Brasington-Crowley

June 12, 2024 Joanna Monahan

When I started these lunchtime polls last year, I knew right away that my next guest would occupy the June 2024 slot. That’s because all of her major characters share a June 13 birthday. So I am thrilled to celebrate today by sharing a little bit about my bookish bestie, author of the Raven Song and Stillwaters series, Jennifer Brasington-Crowley.

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Tags June 2024, Lunchtime Poll

Spiraling Into Control

May 6, 2024 Joanna Monahan

I know you can spiral out of control, but can you ever spiral into control?
I’m trying, and I’m not even in Europe.

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Ask a Librarian!

April 10, 2024 Joanna Monahan

Meet Beimnet:

Beimnet grew up in Minnesota before moving to North Carolina in high school. She graduated from UNC Chapel Hill (Go Heels!) and began teaching middle school. When she learned that the middle school librarian planned to retire, she took it as a sign and got her graduate degree in library sciences. She has now been a middle school librarian for 4 years.

Happy Drop Everything and Read Day! I’m thrilled that my friend, librarian Beimnet Baissa, is here to talk about some of her favorite books, current trends in middle grade books, as well as offer some suggestions for encouraging lifetime readers.

About Beimnet: Beimnet grew up in Minnesota before moving to North Carolina in high school. She graduated from UNC Chapel Hill (Go Heels!) and began teaching middle school. When she learned that the middle school librarian planned to retire, she took it as a sign and got her graduate degree in library sciences. She has now been a middle school librarian for 4 years.

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Tags Ask a librarian!, April 2024

What's your line?

April 3, 2024 Joanna Monahan

I never realized how important first lines were until I started writing them.

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Tags April 2024, Writing
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