Get to know Kit… Kit Grindstaff was born near London, and grew up surrounded by rolling hills, old English villages, and Dickensian mists. After a brush with pop stardom (under her maiden name, Hain), she moved to New York and became a successful songwriter. For the past twelve years she …
Get to know Amalia… Amalia Hoffman is the author and illustrator of The Klezmer Bunch and Purim Goodies published by Gefen Publishing House. She also illustrated Friday Night with the Pope, written by Jacques J.M. Shore. Amalia created an over-sized hand made book as a prop for the Train Theater in Jerusalem, Israel for a children’s play production of The …
Get to know Kelly… Kelly Bingham was a story artist and director for Walt Disney Feature Animation before earning her MFA in Writing For Children and Young Adults. She is the author of two novels in verse: SHARK GIRL and FORMELY SHARK GIRL. (Candlewick Press.) SHARK GIRL was nominated for …
Get to know Suzanne… Suzanne Weyn grew up as a beach baby on Long Island, New York. She is the oldest of four and a graduate of Nassau Community College and SUNY Binghamton. She holds a Masters in Teaching Adolescents from Pace University and has taught at New York University …
Get to know Joan… Joan Holub is the author and/or illustrator of 140 books for children, including Little Red Writing (Chronicle Books) illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet, Zero the Hero (Henry Holt), and the Goddess Girls series (Simon & Schuster; co-authored with Suzanne Williams). For more info, visit her …
Get to know Royce… Royce Buckingham is a Washington writer from Bellingham with an English degree from Whitman College and a Law degree from the University of Oregon. Royce worked hard for 13 years before he sold his first novel, DEMONKEEPER. When DEMONKEEPER debuted, Royce made reading lists, had his …
Get to know Liesl… Liesl Shurtliff was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, with the mountains for her playground. Growing up, Liesl was shy about her name. Not only did it rhyme with weasel, she could never find it on any of those personalized key chains in gift shops. …
Get to know Cheryl… Cheryl Johnson, a lifelong Maine resident, has been interested in art and writing since childhood. She graduated from the Maine College of Art in 2000. She has published eight children’s books that she wrote and illustrated, with more projects in mind. She is currently a puzzle …
Get to know Sarvenaz… Sarvenaz Tash was born in Tehran, Iran and grew up on Long Island, NY. She received her BFA in Film and Television from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. This means she got to spend most of college running around and making movies (it …
Get to know Pete… Pete Hautman is the author of more than twenty novels for adults and teens, including the 2004 National Book Award winner Godless, Los Angeles Book Prize winner The Big Crunch, and three New York Times Notable Books: Drawing Dead, The Mortal Nuts, and Rash. His “young …