In Conversation with Rich Wallace

Rich Wallace is one of the foremost writers of YA sports literature. In addition, He and his wife Sandra Neil Wallace have written several YA non-fiction selections that are excellent, including- Race Against Time, The Teachers March, and Blood Brother.
We chat about several books, Blood Brother, Wrestling Sturbridge, Perpetual Check, and War and Watermelon.
We also chat about his early career as newspaper writer, his shift to working at Highlights magazine, and to nearly fulltime independent writer.
We talk quite about the YA Sports novel and the history and perception of YA Literature when Rich began publishing in the 1990s.
We conclude with a focus on how writers can begin their careers.
Join us in conversation.