

The Book Itchtells about a real person–Lewis Michaux, owner of the National Memorial African Bookstore in Harlem.

I reached out to the authors of four books we’ve published that blend elements of fiction and nonfiction to find out more. Why do authors have to go and write books that don’t fall squarely into the fiction category or the nonfiction category? As it turns out, there’s not just one answer to this question. And then I became a children’s book editor and occasionally found myself working on some very fiction-y nonfiction. Fiction was imaginary, and nonfiction was true. Once upon a time, I learned that there were two types of books–fiction and nonfiction. By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books
