Summer Blog Blast Tour.

Colleen's brainchild, the SBBT, is set to begin on Sunday.

For those of you who have somehow managed to miss the chatter, here's a teaser (from, of course, Chasing Ray):

Starting next Sunday, with an interview posted at Finding Wonderland with 2006 NBA finalist and Printz Award winner Gene Yang, there will be multiple blogs in the kidlitosphere conducting multiple interviews for the following week. We will average ten interviews a day with authors like Justine Larbalestier, Brent Hartinger, David Brin, Hilary McKay, Christopher Golden, Kazu Kibuishi, Chris Crutcher, Holly Black, Kirsten Miller and Shaun Tan.  Between Yang's interview on Sunday and the last one with Justina Chen Headley on Saturday there will be over 50 author interviews posted. These authors include multiple genres (SF, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Drama), multiple formats (prose, graphic novel, manga) and for mutliple audiences (boys and girls, straight and gay).  Many of the authors agreed to more than one interview although fans should not be worried - the bloggers were careful to make sure that different questions were asked each time.  In the end we hope to provide a wealth of information about how these authors create, the kind of books they write and what they have to offer to new readers and long time fans.

My schedule is:

Tuesday, June 19th:  Chris Crutcher
Wednesday, June 20th:  Hilary McKay
Friday, June 22nd:  Bennett Madison

When the SBBT begins, I'll be sure to give you a daily roundup of links.