Get to know Kelly… Kelly Hashway grew up reading R.L. Stein’s Fear Street novels and writing stories of her own, so it was no surprise to her family when she majored in English and later obtained a masters degree in English Secondary Education from East Stroudsburg University. After teaching middle …
Get to know Peg… Peg Kehret’s middle-grade books have won more than fifty state young reader awards, as well as the PEN Center West Award in Children’s Literature, the Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and the ASPCA’s Henry Bergh Award. Abduction was nominated …
Get to know Chris… Chris Crowe was born in Danville, Illinois, and attended schools in Illinois, New Mexico, and California before his parents settled down in Tempe, Arizona, where he graduated from McKemy Junior High and McClintock High School. He attended Brigham Young University on a football scholarship (and played …
Get to know Nicky… Growing up in NW Washington, I loved to write. Songs, poems, and stories; you name it, I wrote it. I loved writing, but never had the slightest inkling to actually publish anything I wrote. That changed in 2010 when I moved to Portland, OR and found …
Get to know Carol… Carol Weis is an actor, teacher, and children’s entertainer, who once ran a restaurant kitchen, a grade-school library, and a home-baking business, and now writes poetry, essays, memoir, and children’s books. Her writing has appeared online at Salon, SMITH Magazine, Clean Sheets, and Literary Mama, in …
© Sylvia Liu Get to know Sylvia… Sylvia Liu is an environmental attorney turned writer-illustrator. She won the 2013 Lee and Low New Voices Award and her winning manuscript, A MORNING WITH GONG GONG, will be published as a picture book. She recently completed an illustration mentorship with Caldecott winner David …
Get to know Elizabeth… ELIZABETH RUSCH is the award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction books for young readers including Eruption!, Electrical Wizard, The Mighty Mars Rovers, For the Love of Music, and A Day with No Crayons, among others, and the new graphic novel Muddy Max: The Mystery of Marsh …
Get to know Cynthia… I was born in Chicago in 1956. In the early years, my family moved around quite a bit because my father was looking for work. I also moved around quite a bit as a grown-up. Now I’ve pretty much settled on Los Angeles, though who knows …
Get to know Salina… SALINA YOON is the award-winning creator of over 150 books for children, including her picture book series about Penguin beginning with PENGUIN AND PINECONE, her picture book series about Bear beginning with FOUND, and her latest interactive picture book, TAP TO PLAY. She also creates innovative …
Get to know Julie… Julie is a reformed graphic designer, turned picture book maker. Originally from New York, she spent a big chunk of her life in Germany, and transplanted to Colorado in 1998. Three board books she illustrated for Bailiwick Press will be available in October 2014. For more info, …