Alison Doherty is a writing teacher and part time assistant professor living in Brooklyn, New York. She has an MFA from The New School in writing for children and teenagers. She loves writing about books on the Internet, listening to audiobooks on the subway, and reading anything with a twisty plot or a happily ever after.
Authors come up with a lot of names for their books...but what have they ultimately picked for their own children?
I explore how this micro-trend of Santa Claus erotica evolved within the wide world of holiday romances — and recommend a few to start with.
20 must read 2022 picture books for young readers to love, learn from, and cherish from silly stories to inspiring nonfiction books, including Sunday Pancakes.
These YA books about social media, including The Rumor Game, explore the role of Internet fame, social media scandals, online community, and more in teenagers' lives.
Find reading quotes for kids ranging from authors like Toni Morrison and John Green to historical figures like Walt Disney and Carl Sagan.
Are you more of a Hamlet or Macbeth? A Romeo or a Juliet? Take this Shakespeare Character Quiz and find out!
Three Alisha Rai romance novels to begin with for new readers ranging from a dating app romcom to an enemies to lovers erotic romance.
Take this Peanuts quiz to find out which character from the Charlie Brown comics by Charles M. Schulz you are most like!
The best YA books of all time from books from The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton to The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas with lots of others in between.
Take this Calvin and Hobbes Quiz to find out if you are more like the mischievous 6-year-old or the cynical stuffed tiger.