Dana VanderLugt | Writer

Media

TV & Radio Interviews

Michigan: WGVU Shelley Irwin Show Interview (Sept. 2023)

Michigan: FOX 17 Morning Mix Interview (Sept. 2023)

Written Articles & Reviews

The Best Books for 13 Year Olds, Reading Middle Grade, by Afoma Umesi

Holland Sentinel: Hope College Alum pens WWII book about local orchard

Grand Haven Tribune: Novelist brings WWII History to Life

Northern Express, Michigan Mysteries: Booksellers share their Favorite Mitten State Mysteries and Thrillers

WORLD Magazine, Children’s Books of the Year: 2023

Bookworms for Kids

Enemies in the Orchard: Big Read Lakeshore Blog (Hope College)

The Banner Magazine, Book Review

Ten Verse Novels to Read in 2024, Brooklyn Public Library

Best Middle Grade Books that Tackle Grief: Shepherd

Three Favorite Books from 2023

Bookopolis: “12 of My Favorite Books from 2023.”

Reformed Journal, Book Review

Literary Rambles Guest Post & Giveaway

2023 Book + Gift Novel-in-Verse List

The Best Children’s and Teen’s Audiobooks of 2023

ALAN Picks:  November 2023 (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE)

Margin Notes Book Recommendation 

Feed Your Fiction Addiction: Bite-Sized Reviews

Redeemed Reader Book Review

Book Notes: American Teen, German POW find common humanity in ‘Enemies in the Orchard’ by Meadow Rue Merrill, Times Record

Syncopated Mama

Publisher’s Weekly Fall Books of Note

Middle School Bookshelf: Book Picks for your Tween (Northeast Ohio Parent)

Life of a Writer (Spalding University Alumni news)

Reformed Journal.  “Lighting a Path: On Writing a Novel for Young Readers”

Feature on SCBWI-MI’s Book Birthday blog; also on SCBWI Fall Book Poster

Feature on oldandnewbooksmell

Other Media

An Author Conversation: Dana VanderLugt & Jack Ridl at Hope College

“From Seed to Story” Author Talk & Q&A at Traverse Area District Library

Dog Eared Book Award finalist reveal (combined with school visit)

“Poetry is Noticing” Behind the Big Read Podcast