Cathy Kurkjian on Cathy Kurkjian: “I am a professor in the Department of Reading and Language Arts at Central Connecticut State University where I teach graduate courses in Reading and Language Arts and in Children’s Literature.
“I have had a life-long love of children’s literature as a classroom teacher and in my work as a university professor.
John. H. Bushman on John H. Bushman:
Undergraduate Degree — Ottawa University, 1962
Master’s Degree — University of Kansas, 1966
Ph.D — University of Illinois, 1971
“I have taught 9th grade English in USD 290 (Ottawa,
From Sara Grant and Sara O’Connor, Undiscovered Voices Co-Editors
The deadline is fast approaching for SCBWI British Isles‘s second Undiscovered Voices anthology contest. This is a great opportunity for unagented, unpublished writers living in the British Isles to break out of the slush pile.
The stories to be included in the anthology will be selected by a fantastic panel of editors and agents including: Julia Churchill,
From Macmillian: “William Low is the author and illustrator Machines Go To Work (Henry Holt, May 2009), Chinatown (Henry Holt, 1997) and Old Penn Station (Henry Holt, 2007)(a New York Times Best Illustrated Book), as well as the illustrator of Henry and the Kite Dragon by Bruce Edward Hall (Philomel,
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Our host, Cynthia Leitich Smith has interviewed literally hundreds of folks in the children’s-YA literature community here on Cynsations.
She’s interviewed authors, illustrators, editors, agents, book packagers, publicists, bookstore folks. You name it, she’s interviewed us.
She’s done this for over ten years now, so I thought I’d give Cyn a day off and take on the role of guest editor.
Enter to win one of TWENTY copies of The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams (St. Martin’s Press, 2009)! Read a Cynsations interview with Carol. To enter, email me (scroll and click envelope) with your name and snail/street mail address and type “The Chosen One” in the subject line. Deadline: May 25! Continue Reading Cynsational News & Giveaways »
Learn more about Terra Elan McVoy.
Could you describe yourself as a teen? Who were your favorite authors?
I was a very serious teenager–serious about writing and literature, serious about my job, serious about my church involvement, serious about boys and serious about my friends. My favorite authors were serious authors: J.D.
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Diana López on Diana López: “Diana López is the author of Sofia’s Saints (Bilingual Review Press, 2002) and the middle grade novel, Confetti Girl (Little, Brown, 2009).
“Her work is also featured in Hecho en Tejas, an anthology of Texas Mexican writers, and in journals such as Chicago Quarterly Review,
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Deva Fagan is the first-time author of Fortune’s Folly (Henry Holt, April 14, 2009). From the promotional copy:
Ever since her mother died and her father lost his shoemaking skills, Fortunata has survived by telling fake fortunes. But when she’s tricked into telling a grand fortune for a prince, she is faced with the impossible task of fulfilling her wild prophecy–or her father will be put to death.
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Peek: “I was interested in writing a story that would pair two characters on as far opposite sides of good and evil as possible. From that, I came up with Miranda,
