Margaret Kingsbury

Margaret Kingsbury grew up in a house so crammed with books she couldn’t open a closet door without a book stack tumbling, and she’s brought that same decorative energy to her adult life. Margaret has an MA in English with a concentration in writing and has worked as a bookseller and adjunct English professor. She’s currently a freelance writer and editor, and in addition to Book Riot, her pieces have appeared in School Library Journal, BuzzFeed News, The Lily, Parents, StarTrek.com, and more. She particularly loves children’s books, fantasy, science fiction, horror, graphic novels, and any books with disabled characters. You can read more about her bookish and parenting shenanigans in Book Riot’s twice-weekly The Kids Are All Right newsletter. You can also follow her kidlit bookstagram account @BabyLibrarians, or on Twitter @AReaderlyMom.

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The 2019 Hugo Award finalists have been announced, and the list is gorgeous and full of award-worthy authors and books. Highlight: women SFF writers rock.

The Best Comics We Read January–March 2019

Rioters share their best comic book reads from Jan-March 2019.

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My obsession with found friendships in comic books began with the Lumberjanes, of course. As Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and ...

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Viola Davis and Julius Tennon are developing an Amazon adaptation of WILD SEED, written by Nnedi Okorafor and Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu.

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The type of book doesn't matter. Where I'm reading it doesn't matter. I can feel the wetness begin to form on the last page. Am I...crying?

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The Wayward Children series, starting with Every Heart a Doorway, is coming to TV!

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With sturdy and interactive pages, bright colors, and science, these space books for preschoolers will take your kid to the moon and beyond.

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I remember the first day I started working at a used bookstore. The stars in my eyes beholding all the ...

How to Vote in the 2019 Hugo Awards (And Why You Should Do It)

By voting in the Hugo Awards, SFF fans can fight social injustice, support diverse works of superior SFF, and buy amazingly cheap, recently published books.

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These must-read African fantasy novels explore new worlds, utilize inventive magic in this world, or add surrealist twists to an otherwise normal setting.