Get to know Heather Vogel Fredrick… Heather Vogel Frederick was born into a family of bookworms, and spent most of her childhood holed up at the library. When she wasn’t reading, she was writing, and she wrote her first novel at summer camp when she was 12. Fortunately for her …
Getting to know Kami… Kami Kinard is the author of The Boy Project: Notes and Observations of Kara McAllister (Scholastic, January 2012). Her poetry, stories, articles, and essays have appeared in periodicals for children and adults. Nasty Bugs (Dial 2012) featured one of her poems. Kami also works as a …
Get to know Kristin… Kristin Levine is the author of two middle-grade novels, The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had and The Lions of Little Rock. She received her BA in German from Swarthmore College and an MFA in film from American University. A former teacher, Kristin has taught everything …
Get to know Emily… Emily Ecton is a writer and producer for NPR’s Peabody award-winning comedy news quiz, Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! She is also the author of Boots and Pieces, The Curse of Cuddles McGee, and Night of the Living Lawn Ornaments, in which two kids and one well-dressed …
Get to know Michelle… Michelle Houts lives and plays on a family farm in West Central Ohio. She shares her days with her three children, the farmer of her dreams, some cattle, hogs, a whole lot of barn cats, a golden retriever, and a goat who thinks he’s a golden retriever. She …
Get to know Elizabeth… Elizabeth Winthrop is the author of over sixty works of fiction for all ages. Some of her award-winning titles include THE CASTLE IN THE ATTIC, DUMPY LA RUE and COUNTING ON GRACE. Her recent picture book, MAIA AND THE MONSTER BABY, is illustrated by Amanda Haley. …
Get to know Eddie… Eddie Jones is the author of eleven books and over 100 articles. He also serves as Acquisition Editor for Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas. He is a three-time winner of the Delaware Christian Writers’ Conference, and his YA novel, The Curse of Captain LaFoote, won the 2012 …
Get to know Jennifer Nielsen… Jennifer Nielsen was born and raised in northern Utah, where she still lives today with her husband, three children, and a dog that won’t play fetch. She is the author of The Ascendance trilogy, beginning with THE FALSE PRINCE; of The Underworld Chronicles, beginning with ELLIOT …
Get to know April… When APRIL HENRY was 12, she sent a short story about a six-foot tall frog who loved peanut butter to noted children’s author Roald Dahl. He liked it so much he arranged to have it published in an international children’s magazine. Her dream of writing went …
Get to know Marissa… Marissa Burt was forever getting notes sent home from teachers about reading novels during class. She grew up in Oregon, and drifted eastward through Colorado, Illinois, Tennessee, and South Carolina before coming back to the Pacific Northwest. She now lives in the Seattle area with her …