Gayle Forman

Dec 25, 2024 | people.com | Lizz Schumer |Gayle Forman

One of the many things I love about being Jewish is that the faith generally focuses less on what happens after we die than it does on how we should live. There’s nothing transactional about being a moral person in this life, because the benefits for being a good human are enjoyed here on earth, not in some gauzy heaven. As for an afterlife? There’s no consensus on it. It’s something we debate — we debate everything; we are Jews, after all — but not something we really dwell on.

Sep 6, 2024 | audiofilemagazine.com | Gayle Forman

Dion Graham's masterful narration clarifies this novel's shifts in point of view and vividly defines its main characters, 107-year-old Josey Kravitz and 12-year-old Alex. The richness of Graham's Polish accent for Josey augments the power of his storytelling and his tragic past, as well as his caring personality. Graham's delivery also reveals Alex's feelings of hopelessness and guilt over an unidentified "incident." Gradually, listeners come to understand what these characters have in common.

Aug 24, 2024 | writersdigest.com | Gayle Forman

One of the many reasons I love, love, love writing for kids is that they are very in touch with their BS detectors. There’s no room for grandstanding or self-indulgence in kidlit like there can be in (cough, cough) some adult literature. The kids just aren’t alright with this kind of navel-gazing. Along those lines, if I ever set out to inject a “life lesson” into one of my books, it would likely activate the communal gag reflex of the young and be rejected.

Aug 21, 2024 | unitedbypop.com | Gayle Forman |Kate Oldfield

The teen debut from best selling author, Laura Jane Williams, Taylor Blake is a Legend is the start of a charming and hilarious new series that’s perfect for fans of Louise Rennison, Alexandra Shepherd and Holly Smale. Buy your copy here. Four Eids and a Funeral is a brand-new feel-good, hilarious and gorgeously swoony enemies-to-lovers romance from two bestselling, award-winning stars of YA: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and Adiba Jaigirdar. Buy your copy here.

Jul 18, 2024 | people.com | Gayle Forman

Gayle Forman and her new book 'Not Nothing' . Photo: Laina Karavani; Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing There’s a mental health crisis happening among young people. If you have kids, know kids, work with kids, this will come as no surprise.