The Texas Book Festival, which will take place Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 in Austin, has announced its slate of featured authors for 2009!
Featured children’s-YA authors include: Jessica Lee Anderson, Libba Bray, Janie Bynum, Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast,
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New Voice: Kirstin Cronn-Mills on The Sky Always Hears Me and the Hills Don’t Mind
Kirstin Cronn-Mills is the first-time author of The Sky Always Hears Me and the Hills Don’t Mind (Flux, 2009). From the promotional copy:
Morgan wants out of her life in Central Nowhere. Period. Nobody’s listening, nobody cares. Even though life sucks (of course), her sane-and-urbane grandmother helps her cope with her crazy family,
Author Interview: Jacqueline Kelly on The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Jacqueline Kelly on Jacqueline Kelly: “Born in New Zealand, raised in western Canada, moved to Texas in high school. Undergraduate degree from UT El Paso, medical degree from UT Medical Branch Galveston, law degree UT Austin. Presently working part-time as a physician and life-care planner,
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Craft, Career & Cheer: Kelly Milner Halls
Learn about Kelly Milner Halls.
What do you love most about your creative life? Why?
Because my topics are so unusual, two things tie as my favorite elements of my creative life — the research and how the kids receive it. They’re undeniably linked, so I feel at ease with listing them both.
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Cynsational News & Giveaways
Coming Soon
Immortal: Love Stories with Bite, edited by P.C. Cast (BenBella) is being re-released (with a new cover–shown here–and a new short story by Rachel Vincent) at stores nation-wide on Oct. 6!
This vampire-themed YA anthology will also include short stories by Cynthia Leitich Smith,
Author-Illustrator Feature: John Abbott Nez on Cromwell Dixon’s Sky-Cycle
John Abbott Nez is the author-illustrator of Cromwell Dixon’s Sky-Cycle (Putnam, 2009). See also John Nez Illustration: Tidbits from the studio of a children’s book illustrator.
John’s recent books include The Grandma Cure, written by Pamela Mayer (Dutton, 2005); Otto and the Bird Charmers,
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New Voice: John C. Ford on The Morgue and Me
John C. Ford is the first-time author of The Morgue and Me (Viking, 2009). From the promotional copy:
Christopher just needed a job to kill time the summer after high school graduation. He didn’t expect it to be in the morgue. Or that he would accidentally discover a murder cover-up.
Or that his discovery would lead him to a full-blown investigation involving bribery,
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Craft, Career & Cheer: April Halprin Wayland
Learn more about April Halprin Wayland and check out her team blog, Teaching Authors.
Peek: “We are six children’s book authors with a wide range (and many years) of experience teaching writing to children, teens, and adults.
“Here, we share our unique perspective as writing teachers who are also working writers.
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Author Interview: Nancy Bo Flood on Sand to Stone and Back Again
Learn about author-educator Nancy Bo Flood.
Could you tell us about your path to publication? Any sprints or stumbles along the way?
My path to publication has been a stumble-bumble path with an occasional sprint.
At first I dived right in and wrote novels. After several long manuscripts and no publication success,
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Cynsational News & Last Call for Eternal Audiobook, Elizabeth Scott, Ed Young & J. Patrick Lewis Book Giveaways
National Day on Writing Testimonials: “celebrities speak to the importance of writing, the National Day on Writing, and the National Gallery of Writing.” Listen to authors Glenda Burgess, Jacqueline Jules, Sarah McCoy, Katherine Paterson, Cynthia Leitich Smith, and Natasha Wing share our thoughts.
