by admin | Jul 2011 | SCBWI
Deborah was the SCBWI Crystal Kite Winner for California/Hawaii.Deborah Underwood worked as a street musician, puzzle writer, jewelry maker, and administrative assistant before embarking upon her career as a children’s author. Her books include The Quiet Book, A...
by admin | Jul 2011 | Uncategorized
Sean is here today to talk about his new YA novel, Changing Yesterday. Welcome Sean. I found Changing Yesterday hilarious. It brought to mind silent movies and the exaggerated actions of the stars. I kept wanting to describe it as ‘swashbuckling’ and to...
by admin | Jul 2011 | SCBWI
Tammi won the 2011 SCBWI Crystal Kite for Texas/Oklahoma. Children’s book author Tammi Sauer has sold nine picture books to a number of major publishing houses: Bloomsbury, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Simon & Schuster, and Sterling. Bernadette was mostly...
by admin | Jul 2011 | SCBWI
Kathryn was the Crystal Kite winner for Pennysylvania/Delaware/New Jersey/Wash DC/Virginia/West Virginia/ Maryland for her novel MockingbirdKathryn Erskine, a lawyer-turned-author, grew up in six countries, an experience that helps her view life, and her writing, from...
by admin | Jul 2011 | May Gibbs Children's Literature Trust
This morning about a dozen of us braved the elements (some better prepared than others) to gather in Mother Superior’s Chamber at The Convent in Abbotsford for Book Group.The theme for this month was Happy Endings and the three books were: May Gibbs Snugglepot...