Tue, Feb 01, 2011
GREG KINCAID lives on a farm in eastern Kansas with his wife, two cats, and two dogs, including Rudy, adopted from a local shelter. When not writing, he is a practicing lawyer and pet-adoption advocate.
Sun, Aug 01, 2010
With the aplomb of a Shakespearean actor, author Pullman performs his retelling and reinterpretation of Jesus' life, changing tones, voice levels, and accents to portray his characters, from the smooth persuasiveness of the stranger to the coarse comments of the ordinary people.
Sun, Aug 01, 2010
Born in 1876, London was a renegade adventurer, a war correspondent and an avowed socialist. He first achieved fame with The Son of the Wolf, a collection of short stories drawn by his experiences in the Klondike gold rush. His other novels include White Fang, The Sea-Wolf, The Iron Heel, and many more. He died in 1916.
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
Author note: Bynum's first novel, Madeleine Is Sleeping, was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2004. Her fiction has appeared in the New Yorker, Tin House, Georgia Review, and Best American Short Stories. She teaches writing at the University of California, San Diego, and lives in Los Angeles with her family.
Sat, May 01, 2010
Even though Ally Carter is the author of the popular Gallagher Girls series, she has never told anyone she loved them and then had to kill them. She does, however, frequently cross her heart and hope to spy. You can learn more about Ally and her books by visiting her (declassified) Web site, allycarter.com.
Sat, May 01, 2010
Margarita Engle is a Cuban-American poet, novelist, and journalist, whose work has been published in many countries. Her books include the acclaimed The Poet Slave of Cuba, which was named an ALA Best Book for Adults, a Bank Street College of Education Best Book, and a Bulletin Blue Ribbon book, among other honors; and Tropical Secrets. Margarita lives with her husband in Northern California.
Sat, May 01, 2010
Amazon author note: Kathryn Fitzmaurice taught elementary school for six years before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Monarch Beach, California, not far from the swallows' roost, with her husband and two sons. This is her first novel.
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Jacqueline Woodson, winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, is the author of Newbery Honor winners Feathers and Show Way, Miracle’s Boys (recipient of a Coretta Scott King Award and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize), Locomotion and Hush (both National Book Award finalists), among many others. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Human rights campaigner and British author Siobhan Dowd lived in Oxford with her husband, Geoff, before tragically dying from cancer in August 2007, aged 47. She was both an extraordinary writer and an extraordinary person. Her first novel, A Swift Pure Cry, was a Book Sense Top Ten Pick and a Junior Library Guild selection. Her second novel, The London Eye Mystery, received five starred reviews.
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
ANN M. MARTIN is the author of the Baby-sitters club and Main Street series; the novels Belle Teal, A Corner of the Universe (winner of the Newbery Honor), Here Today, and On Christmas Eve, as well as the Doll People novels (written with Laura Godwin and illustrated by Brian Selznick); and the novels P. S. Longer Letter Later and Snail Mail No More, written with Paula Danziger. Ann lives in upstate New York with her beloved dog, Sadie, whose mother was a stray, and several rescued cats.
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Award-winning New Zealand author Kathleen De Goldi has written both short stories and young adult novels. De Goldi was also the 2001 New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate.
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Canadian children’s author and former seventh-grade English teacher, Gordon Korman, now lives on Long Island, NY and has written more than 55 children’s books. Check out his website www.gordonkorman.com for more fun information.
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Margaret Peterson Haddix is the author of 18 critically and popularly acclaimed teen and middle-grade novels. She has won the ALA Best Books for Young Adults award, an International Reading Association Children's Book Award,. and the Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Readers. A graduate of Miami University (of Ohio), she worked for several years as a reporter for The Indianapolis News. She also taught at the Danville (Illinois) Area Community College. She lives with her family in Columbus, Ohio
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Skellig, my first children's novel, came out of the blue, as if it had been waiting a long time to be told. It seemed to write itself…. –David Almond.
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Tim Tharp lives in Oklahoma where he writes novels and teaches in the Humanities Department at Rose State College. In addition to earning a B.A. from the University of Oklahoma and an M.F.A. from Brown University, Tim Tharp has been a factory hand, construction laborer, psychiatric aid, long-distance hitchhiker, and record store clerk. His first novel, Falling Dark (Milkweed Press), was awarded the Milkweed National Fiction Prize. Knights of the Hill Country (Knopf Books for Young Readers) is his first novel for young adults and was named to the American Library Association's Best Books of 2007 list. The Spectacular Now was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award.
Mon, Mar 01, 2010
Sharon Draper, a two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winner and popular conference speaker. lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she taught high school English for twenty-five years.
Mon, Mar 01, 2010
With a background in cultural anthropology and ESL-teaching, award-winning author Laura Resau has lived and traveled extensively in Latin America.
Mon, Mar 01, 2010
Robin Wasserman enjoys writing about high school -- but wakes up every day grateful that she doesn't have to relive it. She recently abandoned the beaches and boulevards of Los Angeles for the chilly embrace of the East Coast, as all that sun and fun gave her too little to complain about. She now lives and writes in New York City, which she claims to love for its vibrant culture and intellectual life. In reality, she doesn't make it to museums nearly enough, and actually just loves the city for its pizza, its shopping, and the fact that at three A.M. you can always get anything you need -- and you can get it delivered. Wasserman is also the author of another teen series called The Seven Deadly Sins.
Mon, Mar 01, 2010
David Lucas studied illustration at the Royal College of Art. His books have been translated into seven languages.
Mon, Mar 01, 2010
Award-winning author Rick Yancey has captivated young adult readers with his popular Alfred Kropp novels, the first of which was named a Best Book for Children by Publishers Weekly and was a finalist for the Carnegie Medal.
Mon, Mar 01, 2010
Justine Larbalestier is the author of How to Ditch Your Fairy and the acclaimed Magic or Madness trilogy. She was born and raised in Sydney, Australia, and now divides her time between Sydney and New York City.
Mon, Mar 01, 2010
Since his autobiography, The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life, was published in 1996, Sid Fleischman has been stealing the spotlight with his exuberant brand of nonfiction. Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World is Fleischman's fourth true tale, following the widely acclaimed The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West and the best-selling Escape! The Story of The Great Houdini. Fleischman's books have been made into films, performed as plays, and translated into nineteen languages. The author was awarded the Newbery Medal for The Whipping Boy. His most recent novel is The Dream Stealer. Sid Fleischman lives in Santa Monica, California.
Mon, Mar 01, 2010
From Amazon: Former Contrafilms Director of Development, Gitty Daneshvari is the author of the adult novel The Makedown. This is Gitty's debut children's book, and it was inspired by her many childhood fears. She hoped that one day they'd help her, and, as it turns out, they did. She lives in New York.
Mon, Feb 01, 2010
Gary Paulsen is one of the most honored writers of contemporary literature for young readers. He has written more than one hundred book for adults and young readers, and is the author of three Newbery Honor titles: Dogsong, Hatchet, and The Winter Room. He divides his time among Alaska, New Mexico, Minnesota, and the Pacific.
Mon, Feb 01, 2010
Justine Larbalestier is the author of Liar and the acclaimed Magic or Madness trilogy. She was born and raised in Sydney, Australia, and now divides her time between Sydney and New York City. She is married to author Scott Westerfeld.
Mon, Feb 01, 2010
John Claude Bemis began his writing career as a songwriter, and through oldtime country and blues music, began to explore how Southern folklore could become epic fantasy. John lives with his family in Hillsborough, North Carolina, where he teaches his favorite books to elementary school students.
Mon, Feb 01, 2010
This is author Adrian Fogelin's first book for children. "I was moved to write this story of prejudice after an incident in my own neighborhood. I believe strongly in the message of this book." Fogelin is also a librarian and is a fiction reader for the International Quarterly. She lives with her family in Tallahassee, Florida.
Mon, Feb 01, 2010
Lauren Myracle is the New York Times bestselling author of Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen and The Fashion Disaster That Changed My Life, as well as the Internet Girls series (ttyl) and Bliss (Abrams). Lauren lives with her family in Colorado.
Mon, Feb 01, 2010
JAMES W. FUERST spent his teenage years in New Jersey and now lives in Brooklyn. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University and holds an M.F.A from The New School. Huge is his first novel.
Mon, Feb 01, 2010
Sarah Dessen grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and attended UNC-Chapel Hill, graduating with highest honors in Creative Writing. She is the author of several novels, including Someone Like You, Just Listen and Along for the Ride. A motion picture based on her first two books, entitled How to Deal, was released in 2003. She lives in North Carolina.
Mon, Feb 01, 2010
Julie Schumacher is the author of three books for middle-grade readers. This is her first YA novel. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Fri, Jan 01, 2010
Robin Wasserman grew up in suburban Philadelphia. She went to college and majored in the history of science. She also edited children’s books. Robin is the author of the Seven Deadly Sins series, the Chasing Yesterday trilogy and Hacking Harvard. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Fri, Jan 01, 2010
Howard Pyle (1853-1911) was an American illustrator and writer, primarily of books for young audiences. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy. His 1883 classic The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood remains in print to this day, and his other books, frequently with medieval European settings, include a four-volume set on King Arthur that cemented his reputation. He wrote an original work, Otto of the Silver Hand, in 1888. He also illustrated historical and adventure stories for periodicals such as Harper's Weekly and St. Nicholas Magazine. His Men of Iron was made into a movie in 1954, The Black Shield of Falworth
Fri, Jan 01, 2010
Tony Abbott is the author of more than seventy books for young readers, including the bestselling The Secrets of Droon series and the novels Kringle, Firegirl (winner of the 2006 Golden Kite Fiction Award), and most recently The Postcard. He lives and writes in Connecticut with his wife, two daughters, and their Corgi, Comet.
Fri, Jan 01, 2010
Libba Bray is the author of the acclaimed A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet Far Thing. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. She says “I’m one of those people who has to write. If I don’t write, I feel itchy and depressed and cranky. So everybody's glad when I write and stop complaining already.”
Fri, Jan 01, 2010
About the Author Shannon Hale is the Newbery Honor-winning author of Princess Academy, Book of a Thousand Days, and the highly acclaimed and award-winning Books of Bayern: The Goose Girl, Enna Burning, and River Secrets. She has also written a novel for adults, Austenland, and a graphic novel with her husband, Rapunzel's Revenge. She lives with her husband and two young children near Salt Lake City, Utah.
Tue, Dec 01, 2009
Siobhan Dowd’s novels include A Swift Pure Cry, for which she was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start author, The London Eye Mystery, and Bog Child. She passed away in August of 2007 from breast cancer.
Tue, Dec 01, 2009
The Beacon Street Girls books are inspired by all the preteen girls I've ever known. I wanted to create a world where girls can go to have fun and learn about who they are, while modeling real-life experiences. The first book, Worst Enemies/Best Friends, explores creating and testing friendships, skewed first impressions, and being the new kid at school. In the end, true friendship conquers all. Welcome to the world of the BSG!
Tue, Dec 01, 2009
Kate Klimo first got the idea for this book many years ago when her three sons were small and she came across a geode lying among the rolled up socks in one of their sock drawers. When she is not writing, Kate is a children’s book publisher. She lives in upstate New York with her husband, Harry, three horses, and one grandcat.
Tue, Dec 01, 2009
Kristin Clark Venuti wrote on many things while growing up, including her father’s prized dictionary, her mother’s walls, and the family dog (with blueberry ink, of course). Now a children’s-theater producer, scene painter, and two-time black belt, she lives with her husband, children, and their ink-free dog in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Leaving the Bellweathers is her first novel.
Tue, Dec 01, 2009
KEITH MCGOWAN has worked most of his life as an educator. He helped run an elementary after school program and day camp, taught mathematics and science, volunteered for a year as a teacher in Haiti, and tutored students who were unable to attend school full time. An avid traveler, Keith began writing The Witch’s Guide to Cooking with Children, in Himachal Pradesh, India, staring at the Himalayan mountains, and continued working on it in Boston, New Orleans, and Chicago, and Vienna, Austria, where he now lives with his wife. This is his first novel for children.
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
CAROL LYNCH WILLIAMS, a four-time winner of the Utah Original Writing Competition and winner of Nebraska’s Golden Sower Award, grew up in Florida but now lives in Utah with her husband and seven children. She has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults, and helped develop the conference on Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers at Brigham Young University.
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
"Eight hundred and fifty-three horrifying things had happened to me by the time I was a teenager. That was when I met my Pigman, whose real name was Nonno Frankie." Winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award; School LIbrary Journal Best Book of the Year; Horn Book Fanfare Honor List; New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age; and, A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
Four mysterious letters change Miranda’s world forever.
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
James Patterson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many books, including the blockbuster series Maximum Ride. More than 100 million of his books are in print around the world, making him one of the top-selling writers of all time. Ned Rust lives in Croton, NY, with his family. His writing has appeared in Rolling Stone and McSweeney's Internet Tendency.
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
Michael Harmon is the author of Skate (“A remarkable first novel” according to Kirkus Reviews) and The Last Exit to Normal (“An excellent read” according to a starred School Library Journal review). He lives in Washington state.
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
BRUCE COVILLE has published more than ninety books for young readers, including the bestselling My Teacher Is an Alien series and the wildly popular Unicorn Chronicles. With more than eighteen million books in print, he is one of America s most beloved writers of books for children.
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
Includes: King Midas and the Golden Touch and Elephant’s Child. Michael Cain’s narration brings to life greedy King Midas who soon comes to realize that there are some things in life more precious than gold. Jack Nicholson narrates the second story, Rudyard Kipling’s Elephant’s Child, which portrays the tale of a very curious baby elephant. This collection is perfect for young listeners.
Thu, Oct 01, 2009
Elizabeth Scott is the author of Bloom, Perfect You, and Stealing Heaven.
Thu, Oct 01, 2009
Ben Mikaelsen has won the International Reading Association Award and the Western Writers of America Golden Spur Award. His novels have earned critical acclaim, as well as several state reader#146;s choice awards. These novels include Red Midnight, Touching Spirit Bear, Rescue Josh McGuire, Sparrow Hawk Red, Stranded, Countdown, and Petey. Ben's articles and photos appear in numerous magazines around the world. He has traveled many times to Central America and has previously written about the effects of its brutal wars on young people and children. Ben lives in a log cabin near Bozeman, Montana, with a 700-pound black bear he has adopted and raised.
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