Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell are the authors of the award winning picture book And Tango Makes Three. Richardson is a psychiatrist on the faculty of Columbia and Cornell. Parnell is a playwright whose plays have been produced on and Off-Broadway. They live in New York City with their daughter, Gemma.
Peter Parnell is the co-author, with Justin Richardson, of And Tango Makes Three. Peter is a playwright whose plays have been produced at the Public Theater and Playwrights Horizons in New York City, the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and the Seattle Repertory Company, among others. His play QED was produced on Broadway. He has written extensively for televison as a producer for both The West Wing and The Guardian; he has also written episodes of Maurice Sendak's series Little Bear. He lives in New York City.
This bestselling book is an exploration of sexuality and the questions many teens have but don’t know who to ask. Funny, entertaining and informative, This Book Is Gay is a great book for anyone looking to know more about the LGBTQIA+ community. The author, Juno Dawson, stopped by B&N Reads to tell us a bit about what inspired her to write this book as well as what books she recommends teens pick up today.
There’s one thing every reader lives in fear of: finding out their favorite book is about to be turned into a movie. Will your favorite part get cut out? Is the person playing the main character good enough? Is the director going to do something stupid, like turn a single book into multiple unnecessary movies? Watching your […]
This week, the American Library Association announced its annual list of “challenged books.” The report is meant to offer insight on the literature that might inspire an otherwise perfectly adjusted youth to forget to tie his shoes, or eat an unhealthy lunch, or . . . set an entire school on fire. Something like that!
