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Joanne O’Sullivan

Asheville
As seen in: Explore Asheville, Publishers Weekly, Marriott Bonvoy Traveler, Wirtualna Polska, Asheville Citizen Times, Metropolis Magazine, AFAR, Law360 UK
Author of BETWEEN TWO SKIES (Candlewick, 2017), THE GREAT AND THE TERRIBLE (RP Kids, 2020),+ kids' non-fiction titles, PW contributor, freelancer + editor
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New Friends, Adventures, Formats for Mo Willems’s Elephant & Piggie

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By Joanne O’Sullivan
| Publishers Weekly
2026 is shaping up to be a busy year for Mo Willems. The author and illustrator recently collaborated with his wife Cher for the first time in print to bring his iconic odd-couple animal duo Elephant and Piggie to an increasingly popular format: the children’s cookbook. Also on the horizon this year is a new series featuring a different set of unlikely friends, Snake and Bat, and two animated shows based on his characters, including fan-favorite Pigeon.
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Sarah Barley Books Launches at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

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By Joanne O’Sullivan
| Publishers Weekly
Sarah Barley Books has had an auspicious start, with the first two offerings from the Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers imprint going on to become bestsellers. Beth Is Dead, the debut from Katie Bernet, was the inaugural selection for Sunnie Reads, the new YA book club from Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine media brand, in January. Barley acquired the novel as part of a two-book deal from Sara Crowe at Sara Crowe Literary, in a six-house auction.
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YA Authors Speak Up and Speak Out

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By Joanne O’Sullivan
| Publishers Weekly
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... While the school and library market has been hurt by budget cuts and book bans, publishers haven’t completely stopped taking chances on nonfiction that centers activism. Playbook for Justice: James Lawson and the Nonviolent Movement in America by Lesley Younge is due from Lerner’s Zest imprint in November.
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