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October 13, 2018 by Travis Jonker

A Debut Author in His Own Words: Travis Jonker on the Path to The Very Last Castle

October 13, 2018 by Travis Jonker   1 comments

The Very Last Castle

Travis: Get ready for a different sort of show. It’s about The Very Last Castle (my book with Mark Pett), but it’s also about creativity, perseverance, and self-doubt. I say stuff in this episode I’ve never said to another human. All the internal stuff that people fight through when trying to make something and share it with people.

We hope you enjoy.

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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  1. Aaron Zenz says

    October 17, 2018 at 4:06 pm

    Congratulations Travis — and thank-you! I’m so glad “The Last Castle” is in the world!

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