Erin E. Moulton is the first-time author of Flutter: The Story of Four Sisters and One Incredible Journey (Philomel, 2011). From the promotional copy:
Big things are about the happen at Maple’s house. Mama’s going to have a baby, which means now there will be four Rittle sisters instead of just three.
By Lisa Bullard
& Laura Purdie Salas
“Can I turn ‘children’s book writer’ into a full-time job?”
New writers ask us the above question all the time—because we’ve both managed to do just that!
Sure, we’ve had tons of ups and downs, but we’ve each relied on writing and related activities for our full-time incomes for over ten years.
Angela Cerrito is the first-time author of The End of the Line (Holiday House, 2011)(blog). From the promotional copy:
Robbie is locked in a room with nothing but a desk, a chair, a stack of paper and pencil. No belt, no shoes, no socks. He’s starving, but all they give him is water.
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If you want to sound as unfunny as humanly possible, start writing about humor. Once you stick that sucker under the microscope, it’s gone. Which is, of course, a pretty good practical joke if you think about it.
There’s an interview with Daniel Handler in Leonard S.
My YA short story “Cat Calls” (Candlewick, 2011) is now available for free as an e-book from Barnes & Noble.
“Cat Calls” is set in the Tantalize series universe and features entirely new characters. Here’s a peek:
Tiffany’s grandma sees something wild in her future —
Uma Krishnaswami was born in India and now lives in northwest New Mexico. She has been writing for young readers since 1994.
Her new middle grade novel, The Grand Plan to Fix Everything, illustrated by Abigail Halpin, is published by Atheneum (see graphic excerpt). A sequel is planned for 2012.
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Enter to win an author-signed copy of Shadow Walkers by Brent Hartinger (Flux, 2011). From the promotional copy:
Zach lives with his grandparents on a remote island in Puget Sound in Washington State. With only his little brother, Gilbert, to keep him company, Zach feels cut off from the world.
But when Gilbert is kidnapped,
Amy Fellner Dominy is the first-time author of OyMG (Walker, 2011)(study guide PDF). From the promotional copy:
Ellie Taylor loves nothing better than a good argument. So when she gets accepted to the Christian Society Speech and Performing Arts summer camp, she’s sure that if she wins the final tournament,
Today at Cynsations, I’m honored to feature a conversation between Egmont USA publisher Elizabeth Law and her author Allen Zadoff.
Elizabeth Law is Vice President and Publisher of Egmont USA, where their motto is “we turn writers into authors and children into lifelong readers.”
Egmont specializes in fiction for ages 8 and up,
Clete Barrett Smith is the first-time author of Aliens on Vacation (Disney-Hyperion Books, 2011). From the promotional copy:
Scrub isn’t happy about leaving Florida and his friends to summer with his crazy grandmother in “Middle-of-Nowhere,” Washington.
Arriving at her Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast, he isn’t surprised by its the-60’s-meets-Star-Wars décor,
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