Interviewsicle: Author Megan McDonald

Welcome back to Interviewsicle, Newsicle’s interview series! 🎙️📚 Lily sits down with inspiring guests to explore big ideas, remarkable careers, and the questions kids are most curious about.

This episode features Megan McDonald, best-selling author of the Judy Moody books, as well as Bunny and Clyde and The Fairy Door Diaries. Megan joins Lily to talk about how she became a writer, how growing up with four older sisters helped inspire her stories, and why reading is the best place for young writers to begin.

Megan also shares how Judy Moody came to life, what inspired her funny Bunny and Clyde books, and how discovering a real fairy door sparked the magical world of The Fairy Door Diaries. She gives listeners a sneak peek at her newest book, Eliza and the Fairy Double, and offers great advice for kids who want to write their own stories someday.