Sarah Odedina is a senior publishing director with Bloomsbury Children’s Books in the U.K. She has edited and published such highly-acclaimed books as, Witch Child by Celia Rees, A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly, and Holes by Louis Sacher. She was interviewed in November 2007 by Anita Loughrey,
From Cassandra Clare’s website: “I’m a writer from Brooklyn, New York. I am a huge fan of fantasy and Gothic horror, and my first fantasy novel for young adults, City of Bones, was published this March by Simon & Schuster. The next book in the series, City of Ashes, will be released in March 2008 and the third,
The Golden Kite Award is the only award presented to children’s book authors and artists by their peers.
Golden Kite Award Winners
Fiction: Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate (Feiwel and Friends). Note: Katherine has also written the bestselling science fiction series Animorphs, Everworld,
Martha Rago is Executive Art Director for HarperCollins Children’s Books. She has worked on such bestselling titles as 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle, Runny Babbit by Shel Silverstein, Russell The Sheep by Rob Scotton and Diary Of A Spider,
Motivating Young Readers: An Interview with Famed Children’s Book Author Joseph Bruchac by Claus E. von Zastrow from Public School Insights. “Bruchac spoke…about strategies for motivating children to read. He offered ideas for helping struggling readers, resources parents and teachers can use to combat stereotypes in children’s literature, thoughts on the promise and perils of the internet,
Nancy Miles is the founder of the Miles Stott Children’s Literary Agency. She represents many highly acclaimed authors, including: Ronda Armitage, who wrote The Lighthouse Keeper series; Dominic Barker, who wrote Blart; and Justin Richards, who has adapted the television series, “Dr. Who.”
Leonard S. Marcus is one of the children’s book world’s most respected and versatile writers, historians, and critics. He has written many highly acclaimed books about children’s literature, and the authors and artists who create it. Leonard’s book reviews have been featured in many U.S. magazines including Parenting magazine, the New York Times Book Review,
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Katherine Halligan is currently Editorial Director for Picture Books and Novelty at Scholastic U.K. She joined Scholastic in September 2006, and since then has been responsible for re-launching their picture book list. She has worked with authors such as Angela McAllister and Malachy Doyle, and illustrators such as Gary Blythe,
Candy Gourlay was a London correspondent for the global news agency, Inter Press Service (IPS). She was also the Manila correspondent for Asia Magazine, a South China Morning Post publication. Candy has co-edited a collection of oral testimonies Woven Memories: Filipinos in the UK and part of her novel Ugly City features in the British SCBWI‘s first anthology,
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