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 …
Get to know Lauren… Lauren Baratz-Logsted is the author of 20 books for adults, teens and young children, the most recent of which are the YA Victorian suspense novel The Twin’s Daughter and the latest volume in The Sisters 8 series for young readers that she created with her husband and …
Get to know Donna… Donna Cooner is an author, blogger, speaker, and teacher currently living in Fort Collins, Colorado. A former teacher and school administrator, she is a now a professor and university administrator at Colorado State University. Donna is the author of over twenty picture books and was a …
Get to know Nikki… New York Times bestselling author Nikki Grimes is the recipient of the 2006 NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Her distinguished works include ALA Notable book What is Goodbye?, Coretta Scott King Award winner Bronx Masquerade, the novels Jazmin’s Notebook, Dark Sons, and The Road …
Get to know Tammi… Tammi Sauer has sold over a dozen picture books to major publishing houses. In addition to winning awards, her books have gone on to do great things. Cowboy Camp was developed into a musical in Katy, Texas. Mostly Monsterly was selected to be a part of …
Get to know Gregory… Gregory Mone is the author of three novels and a work of nonfiction about the science of Santa Claus. Fish, his first children’s novel, was a Scholastic Book Fairs bestseller and a recipient of the Carol Otis Hurst award for the best in children’s writing by …
Get to know Adele… I was born the oldest (and continue to be the oldest) daughter of a family that has scattered to: Johannesburg, London, Berlin, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. I have one dashing husband, one pre-K year-old daughter, and one stately shih-tzu named Edith. I’ve written fifteen …
Get to know Trudi… Trudi Trueit dreamed of being a writer ever since writing, directing, and starring in her first play in the fourth grade. Since then, she’s worked as a newspaper journalist, TV news reporter and weather forecaster, public relations specialist, and now, children’s author. Trudi has published 80 …
Get to know Michelle… I have had seven books published over the past eight years, the first two collections of poetry, the third With a Little Help was a collaboration with Karen Vidra and Karla Dorman which was published in 2006, followed by A Sister’s Justice: Marishka Tanya Alexei Mystery …