Get to know Lewis… Lewis Buzbee is the author of Fliegelman’s Desire, After the Gold Rush, First to Leave Before the Sun, and The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop. Steinbeck’s Ghost, his first novel for younger readers, was selected for the California Library Association’s John and Patricia Beatty Award, and was a Smithsonian Notable Book. …
Get to know Julia… Julia DeVillers is a bestselling author of books for kids, tweens and teens. She writes books for Simon and Schuster, Dutton, and Random House. She is represented by Mel Berger at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment. Her book, How My Private Personal Journal became the Disney Channel Original Movie, Read it and …
Get to know Anne… Quite a lot of Anne Mazer’s writing education took place while she was unconscious. Her parents wanted desperately to become writers and made themselves get up at 4:00 a.m. Every morning in order to have writing time before their three young children awoke. The first thing …
Get to know Betty… Betty G. Birney is the author of the award-winning According to Humphrey series, which has won seven state awards, and several Children’s Crown awards. The eighth book, Mysteries According to Humphrey, comes out in July and Winter According to Humphrey will be published in October. Her …
Get to know Allan… Allan Stratton is the internationally acclaimed author of Chanda’s Secrets, winner of twenty-six awards and citations including the ALA’s Michael L. Printz Honor Book, the Children’s Africana Best Book Award and Booklist’s Editor’s Choice. The film version, Life, Above All, won the Prix François Chalais at the Cannes Film …
Get to know Nikki… Nikki Loftin lives with her Scottish photographer husband just outside Austin, Texas, surrounded by dogs, chickens, and small, loud boys. Her middle-grade novel, The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy, will debut on August 21, 2012. For more info, visit her website and Twitter. Let the conversation begin! …
Get to know Terry… Terry Trueman received his B.A. in creative writing at the University of Washington. He also has an M.S. in applied psychology and an M.F.A. in creative writing, both from Eastern Washington University. The father of two sons, Henry and Jesse, Terry Trueman makes his home in Spokane, …