Get to know Jessica… Jessica Lee Anderson is the author of TRUDY, BORDER CROSSING, as well as the forthcoming young adult novel, CALLI (2011). She’s published two nonfiction readers, as well as fiction and nonfiction for a variety of magazines including Highlights for Children.. Jessica graduated from Hollins University with …
Get to know Eric… Eric Luper has been writing for teens since 1999 when he decided to stop fighting the youthful voice that was trying to make its way into his “grown up” books. Since then, he has written a bunch of books for young adults, some of which have actually …
Get to know Betsy… Betsy Franco is an award-winning author with over eighty books, including a young adult novel, picture books, and poetry collections, such as A Curious Collection of Cats, which received the Lee Bennett Hopkins Honor Award. She also writes screenplays, sketch comedies, and funnyordie videos. The four …
Get to know Kate… Kate Messner is the author of E.B. White Read Aloud Award winner THE BRILLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z. and SUGAR AND ICE (Walker/Bloomsbury), the new MARTY MCGUIRE chapter book series illustrated by Brian Floca (Scholastic), and SEA MONSTER’S FIRST DAY, a new first-day-of-school picture book illustrated …
Get to know Deborah… Deborah Raney’s first novel, A Vow to Cherish, inspired the World Wide Pictures film of the same title and launched her writing career after 20 happy years as a stay-at-home mom. Deb’s 20th novel releases June 14 from Howard. She and her husband, Ken Raney, enjoy the …
Get to know Joan… Joan Frank is the author of four books of fiction, with a fifth, a new novel called Make It Stay, coming out in early 2012. Joan’s recent story collection, In Envy Country, won the 2010 Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction, and was named a Finalist for …
Get to know Jay… Jay Asher’s debut teen novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, spent 65 weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list. It has sold to over 30 foreign markets and is being made into a movie by Universal Pictures. His next novel, The Future of Us, was co-written with …
Get to know Randy… Randy is a best-selling author of over 40 books including Heaven, If God is Good, The Treasure Principle and the 2002 Gold Medallion winner, Safely Home. He has written numerous articles for magazines such as Discipleship Journal, Moody, Leadership, New Man, and The Christian Reader. He …
Get to know Gennifer… Gennifer Choldenko’s first novel, Notes from a Liar and Her Dog, was a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and a California Book Award winner. Her second novel, Al Capone Does My Shirts, was a Newbery Honor Book and a School Library Journal, Kirkus, …
Get to know Roderick… Roderick Gordon was born and grew up in London. He also went to university in London where he was supposed to be reading biology but instead spent far too much time in the various student bars with his future writing partner, Brian Williams. He went on …