Introducing Marilee… Writing has been a passion of mine since I was a kid. I was so busy working and raising a daughter that writing came by little bits and pieces here and there. When I joined Romance Writers of America, writing once again became a passion. I then came …
Introducing Clara… Carla Stewart’s writing reflects her passion for times gone by as depicted in her first highly-acclaimed novel, Chasing Lilacs, which was a 2011 Finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award and the trophy winner of the 2011 Best Fiction Book for the Oklahoma Writers Federation Inc. (OWFI). Chasing Lilacs received a starred …
Introducing Elizabeth… Elizabeth Loraine grew up in a small Northern Minnesota town, married her high school sweetheart and raised two children. In 1984 they moved their family to Florida where they still live today. She was a secretary and later a decorative painter. Two years ago at the age of …
Introducing Margie… Margie Palatini is the award-winning author of more than three dozen very funny children’s books including Piggie Pie!, Bedhead, Sweet Tooth, Moosetache and Geek Chic (can you say Geek Sheek?).For more info, visit Margie at her website! Let the conversation begin! What initially drew you to writing? Years ago, …
Introducing Amanda… Amanda was born in England, then moved to Fort Worth Texas as a teen and resides there still. Author of The Mischief Series: Mischief in the Mushroom Patch and A Fairy Match in the Mushroom Patch, the third installment of this series is underway, and The Ghost of Whispering Willow. …
Get to know Danette… Danette Haworth created her first book when she was six, featuring hair-raising pictures of the battle between a green stick boy and a red stick pirate. She has since stopped illustrating—at least until the market is ready for some really good stick men. Danette is the author …
Introducing Cole… When Cole Gibsen isn’t writing books for young adults she can be found rocking out with her band, sewing crazy costumes for the fun of it, picking off her nail polish, or drinking milk straight from the jug — provided no one is looking. She first realized she was different when, …
Introducing Tracy… Tracy Barrett is the author of numerous books for young readers, including the award-winning biographical novel, Anna of Byzantium (Delacorte, 1999). Her most recent publications are two young-adult novels, Dark of the Moon (Harcourt, 2011), King of Ithaka (Henry Holt, 2010), and the four books in a middle-grade …
Introducing Robin… Robin Friedman is the award-winning author of five books for children and teens, as well as a working journalist and freelance writer. She has written more than one hundred articles about the science of chocolate, Amish cooking, road rage, SOPRANOS actor Federico Castelluccio, the prom, mystery authors Mary …