Scholastic Awards alumni go on to do incredible things! Read news about notable alumni below:

• Audrey Niffenegger ’81, author of the multi‑million‑copy bestseller The Time Traveler’s Wife, has announced that the long-awaited sequel Life Out of Order will come out October 27. Preorder the book today!
• Maya Salameh ’15–’18, a 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, recently authored Mermaid Theory: Poems, her second full-length collection exploring Arab American identity through myth, science, and cultural heritage. Preorder the book on Haymarket Books today!
• Now on view on the High Line in New York City is Derek Fordjour’s ’92 monumental new mural ‘Backbreaker Double,’ adjacent to the High Line at 22nd Street. The vibrant mural will be on view until December 2026.
• Christina Wilsdon ’79 recently wrote Swallows Swirl, illustrated by Jess Mason. The book was honored with a Riverby Award, recognizing it as an outstanding nature book for children. Learn more about her children’s books here.
• Kay WalkingStick’s ’48 latest solo exhibition, Mesas/Mountains/Sky, features new and recent landscape paintings. The exhibition will be on display at Hales New York from April 11–May 30, 2026.

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Featured image: Maya Tzonev, Offer Me Anything, Expanded Projects. Grade 12, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI. Jacob Sussman, Educator; Gwen Frostic School of Art at Western Michigan University, Affiliate. Gold Medal