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, …
Get to know Jeanette… After working in libraries for about 35 years, Jeanette “took her pension” to spend time reading, birdwatching, taking photographs, and writing. Writing a book about hummingbirds opened up the world of birding for her and she now spends some time almost every day looking at birds …
Get to know Kimberley… I grew up in San Francisco, but now live in an adobe house on the banks of the Rio Grande with my chaotic, messy family. I think I’ve drunk so much Land of Enchantment water that some of that ancient magic got into my blood and …
Get to know Brad… Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inner Circle, The Book of Fate and seven other bestselling thrillers. In addition to his fiction, Brad is one of the only authors to ever have books on the bestseller list for Non-Fiction (History Decoded), Advice (Heroes …
Get to know Lewis… Lewis Buzbee’s most recent book is Blackboard: A Personal History of the Classroom. He is also the author of The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, After the Gold Rush, and Fliegelman’s Desire, as well as the author of three award-winning novels for middle grade readers: Bridge of Time, The Haunting …
Get to know Kekla… Kekla Magoon is the author of five young adult novels: How It Went Down, Camo Girl, 37 Things I Love, Fire in the Streets, and The Rock and the River, for which she received the ALA Coretta Scott King New Talent Award and an NAACP Image …
Get to know Deborah… Deborah Underwood is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Here Comes The Easter Cat, The Quiet Book, and The Loud Book! Her other books include Bad Bye, Goodbye; A Balloon for Isabel; Part-Time Princess; Pirate Mom; The Christmas Quiet Book; and Here Comes Santa …
About Dia…. The author of eight novels for kids, Dia Calhoun was awarded the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature for her young adult novel ARIA OF THE SEA. Her books FIREGOLD, and WHITE MIDNIGHT are ALA Best Books for Young Adults. ReviewingCalhoun’s most recent book, AFTER THE RIVER THE …