Get to know Margarita… Margarita Engle is the Cuban-American author of many young adult verse novels, including The Surrender Tree, which received the first Newbery Honor ever awarded to any Latino. Her books have also received multiple Pura Belpré Medals and Honors, as well as three Américas Awards, and the …
Get to know Artie… Artie Bennett is the executive copy editor for a children’s book publisher and he writes a little on the side (but not the backside!). He would be hailed as “the Dr. Seuss of your caboose” for his much-acclaimed The Butt Book, his first “mature” work, which …
Get to know Michael… Sometime after college Buckley moved to New York City to start an internship with the Late Show with David Letterman, then moved into a television production job where he worked on documentaries.[2] His books are published by Harry N. Abrams. Recently, Buckley and his writing partner, Joe Deasy, created …
Get to know Jane… Jane Yolen, often called “the Hans Christian Andersen of America” (Newsweek) and the “Aesop of the Twentieth Century” (N.Y. Times) is the author of well over 360 books, including OWL MOON, THE DEVIL’S ARITHMETIC, and HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY GOODNIGHT. Her work ranges from rhymed picture …
Get to know Stephanie… Stephanie J. Blake, author of THE MARBLE QUEEN (Two Lions, December 2012). A Colorado Book Award finalist. Stephanie J. Blake loves black jellybeans. She is scared of the dark. She reads lots of books. She’s a terrible driver. Her favorite color is blue. She eats chocolate. …
Get to know Lori… Lori Mortensen is an award-winning children’s book author of more than six dozen books, and over 350 stories and articles. When she’s not removing her cat from her keyboard, she enjoys putting her green thumb to the test in her garden, whipping up culinary delights, and …
Get to know Shutta… Shutta Crum is the author of thirteen picture books, two novels, and many poems. She is also a storyteller, a public speaker and a retired librarian. Her poems have appeared in numerous literary journals, and her articles about teaching and writing have appeared in several professional …
Get to know Patrick… Patrick Matthews is a multiple award-winning game designer, a novelist, a newspaper columnist, and a web developer. His first novel, Dragon Run, is a middle grade fantasy adventure, published by Scholastic in March of 2013. For more information, visit his website. Quirky Questions If you were …
Get to know Jason… Jason Chin is the author and illustrator of the acclaimed books Gravity, Island: A Story of the Galapagos, Redwoods and Coral Reefs. His other work includes illustrations for Where Do Polar Bears Live? and Simon Winchester’s The Day the World Exploded. Jason grew up in a small town in New Hampshire, and studied illustration at Syracuse …
Get to know Laura Resau… Laura Resau is the award-winning author of seven highly acclaimed young adult and children’s novels–What the Moon Saw, Red Glass, Star in the Forest, The Queen of Water, and the Notebooks series (Delacorte/Random House). She draws inspiration from her time abroad as a cultural anthropologist, …