Anica Mrose Rissi is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books for kids and teens, including picture books, chapter books, middle
grade, and YA. Her essays have been published by
The Writer and the
New York Times, and she plays fiddle in and writes lyrics for the band Owen Lake and the Tragic Loves. Rissi grew up in Maine and spent many years in New York City, where she worked as an executive editor in children’s book publishing. She currently lives in central New Jersey with her very good dog, Sweet Potato.
Rissi's new book is
Girl Reflected in Knife.
Recently I asked the author about what she was reading. Rissi's reply:
Back in my editor days, I acquired and edited an unforgettable debut YA novel, OCD Love Story by Corey Ann Haydu. From the start, Corey has been a writer 
who is unafraid of letting her
characters get messy—of allowing them to be fully, deeply, imperfectly human and fully, deeply,
imperfectly themselves. Of letting them make big mistakes, feel big emotions, and step right into
complicated situations with no easy solutions. And she does it all with gorgeous sentences, an
insightful eye, and a generous heart. I went on to edit three more of Corey’s novels before I
switched to the author side of the desk, and I’ve remained a huge fan of the many books she has
published in the years since, from picture books to YA. This week, Little, Brown published
Corey Ann Haydu’s adult debut, Mothers and Other Strangers. It’s a book about mothers and
daughters, friendship, and secrets—and a few pages in, I’m already in love.
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Anica Mrose Rissi's website.
Coffee with a Canine: Anica Mrose Rissi & Arugula.
The Page 69 Test: Anna, Banana, and the Monkey in the Middle.
Q&A with Anica Mrose Rissi.
--Marshal Zeringue
grade, and YA. Her essays have been published by The Writer and the New York Times, and she plays fiddle in and writes lyrics for the band Owen Lake and the Tragic Loves. Rissi grew up in Maine and spent many years in New York City, where she worked as an executive editor in children’s book publishing. She currently lives in central New Jersey with her very good dog, Sweet Potato.
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