Get to know Cheryl… I love to read. Books nurture me, helped me survive the abuse I endured as a child and teen. I also love to write. I write fantasy books and edgy, realistic fiction for teens. My fantasy books often hold hope that I need, and feel others …
Get to know Dawn… The role of Dawn Metcalf will be played by the tall brunette in the off-the-shoulder, floor-length leather straight-jacket. Makeup by Clinique, buckles by Jada Pinkett-Smith, hair by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. I have no good excuse for the way I write. I lived in a normal, …
Get to know David… David Lubar has written twenty-seven books for young readers, including Hidden Talents, Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, Beware the Ninja Weenies, and Flip. His novels are on reading lists across the country, saving countless students from a close encounter with Madam Bovary. His short stories have appeared in a …
Get to know Robin… Robin Mellom is the author of DITCHED: A Love Story, a teen romantic comedy, as well as THE CLASSROOM: The Epic Documentary of a Not-Yet Epic Kid, the first book in her series for middle grade readers, both from Disney-Hyperion. She has taught grades five through …
Get to know Mary… Mary Sullivan will publish her first YA novel Dear Blue Sky (Penguin) on Aug 2, 2012. She is the author of Ship Sooner and Stay, and has ghostwritten for the Beacon Street Girls series. Her awards include the Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, the Rona Jaffe Foundation Award and a St. Botolph’s …
Get to know Amy… Amy Axelrod lives in the Hudson Valley region ofNew York. She’s published 11 picture books, including the best-selling Pigs Will Be Pigs Math Series, 1 Middle-Grade novel, and is currently at work on her first Young Adult novel (to be co-authored with her son, David). For more …
Get to know Jennifer… The winner of numerous awards for both fiction and nonfiction, Jennifer Armstrong has written more than 100 books for all ages, from pre-school through young adult. Growing up in South Salem, New York, Armstrong knew by the time she was six that she was going to …
Get to know Stephanie Burgis… Stephanie Burgis is an American-born writer who lives in Wales with her husband (web and ebook designer Patrick Samphire), their son, and their crazy-sweet border collie mix, Maya. Her first book, Kat, Incorrigible, was chosen by Bank Street College of Education for its Best Books of …
Get to know Augusta… Augusta Scattergood spent most of her career as a school librarian. Although she never stopped loving, reading, and recommending kids books, in 2001 she gave up being a librarian to follow her writing dream. Her first novel, GLORY BE, was sold to Scholastic Press in …
Get to know John… John Claude Bemis is the author of The Clockwork Dark, a fantasy adventure trilogy that takes place in a mythical America. The first book, The Nine Pound Hammer, was described as “a steampunk collision of heroes, mermaids, pirates, and good old-fashioned Americana” by Booklist and was a New …