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.
Mon, Aug 31, 2009
Keith Donohue is the Director of Communications for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the grant-making arm of the National Archives in Washington, DC. Until 1998 he worked at the National Endowment for the Arts and wrote hundreds of speeches for chairmen John Frohnmayer and Jane Alexander. He has written articles for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and other newspapers. Donohue holds a Ph.D. in English from The Catholic University of America. His dissertation on Irish writer Flann O'Brien was published as The Irish Anatomist: A Study of Flann O'Brien (Maunsel Press, 2003).
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.
Tue, Dec 01, 2009
Rebecca Wells is a novelist, actor, and playwright. She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Ya-Yas in Bloom, Little Altars Everywhere (winner of the Western States Book Award), and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (winner of the American Booksellers Book of the Year Award, short-listed for the Orange Prize), which was made into a feature film. She performs from her work internationally, and her books have been translated into twenty-three languages. A native of Louisiana, she now makes her home on an island in Puget Sound, Washington, with her husband, their spaniel, and three sheep.
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.
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.
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
Jill Jonnes is the author of Conquering Gotham, Empires of Light, and South Bronx Rising. She was named a National Endowment for the Humanities scholar and has received several grants from the Ford Foundation.
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