“An accomplished storyteller, puppeteer, and children’s librarian, Lucia M. Gonzalez started her career in library services to children in 1987 after receiving the Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara and while pursuing her Masters in Library Science at the University of South Florida. Lucia is the author of two award-winning bilingual books,
Ann Dee Ellis on Ann Dee Ellis: “Ann Dee Ellis was born in Provo, Utah, five days before Christmas. She eats a lot of popcorn, drinks a lot of chocolate milk, and watches a lot of ‘Project Runway.’ Her first novel is in a drawer. Her second novel, This is What I Did:,
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“Catherine Gilbert Murdock‘s first two YA novels, Dairy Queen (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) and The Off Season (Houghton Mifflin, 2007), feature laconic Wisconsin farm girl–and football player–DJ Schwenk. Murdock’s latest novel, Princess Ben (Houghton Mifflin, 2008), stars a very different type of character in an imagined fantasy world.” Horn Book executive editor Martha Parravano interviews Catherine about “this shift from contemporary realism to fairy-tale fantasy.”
Nancy Mercado on Nancy Mercado: “Born and raised in Staten Island, youngest of three, brought up by a Colombian father and an American mother, married and currently living in Brooklyn; love traveling, talking to strangers, and dreaming of growing my own tomatoes.”
What kind of young reader were you?
For most of my childhood,
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Intensive Picture Book Workshop with 3 critiques from Anastasia Suen April 28 to May 23 ($325). Peek: “The Intensive Picture Book Workshop is a 20 day email course. It takes at least an hour a day to read five picture books and complete the homework. By clicking “reply” to your Intensive Picture Book emails, we can discuss storyboarding,
Learn about Donna Gephart!
What were you like as a young reader?
My family didn’t have much money, so riding my bike to the public library provided hours of free entertainment. I could rarely narrow my selections down to the twelve books that patrons were allowed to borrow. As a young child,
Spring equals flowers…sometimes sunny, sometimes rainy days…and blessedly comfortable temperatures.
Greg and I have been doing some socializing. We had Varian Johnson and his wife over to dinner late last month. Greg prepared hearts-of-palm, red onion, and tomato salads, chilled asparagus soup, beef filets with salmon sashimi, mushroom ragu, and a chocolate cheesecake with mixed berries.
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Shayne Leighton on Shayne Leighton: “Since the early age of five, I have been acting in various television commercials such as the SAG International commercial for Nike that aired during the 2005 Olympics. I have also participated in many live-performance venues such as dancing in the 2005 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with the Hip Hop Kids and a touring musical style show called ‘Babes on Broadway.’
Enter to win a copy of Magic in the Mirrorstone edited by Steve Berman (Mirrorstone, 2008)! To enter, email me with your name and snail/street mail address by 10 p.m. CST April 14! Please type “Magic in the Mirrorstone” in the subject line. Note: one copy will be awarded to any Cynsations YA reader!
Steve Berman on Steve Berman: “At 17, Steve Berman sold his first children’s story, a makeshift fairy tale, to a small Midwestern journal. The editor promptly removed all mention of magic from the story without ever telling Steve. Since then, he’s been a bit more fortunate retaining the fantastical in his words, with over 80 articles,
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