Rosemary Clement-Moore on Rosemary Clement-Moore: “Rosemary Clement-Moore is the author of smart, funny supernatural mystery novels. The first in a series about a psychic girl detective, Prom Dates From Hell, is available now from Random House/Delacorte Press (2006), and the second, Hell Week, comes out this summer.
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Until very recently, my favorite book of all time was the 1959 Newbery Medal book, The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (Houghton Mifflin, 1958). I still love it, and I will always love it.
But now, I have a new favorite: Marly’s Ghost by David Levithan,
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From: Marlette Grant-Jackson
Indian Teacher & Education Personnel Program
Curriculum Resource Center Coordinator
Humboldt State University:
“In this time of severe budget cuts, the Indian Tribal & Educational Personnel Program (ITEPP) Curriculum Resource Center (CRC) [at Humboldt State University (HSU)] is reaching out to its community. Our book, video and subscription budget has dwindled to practically nothing,
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We last visited with you in September of 2005. Can you share with us the highlights of your writing life since?
Let’s see…one cool thing: I won the Little d Award for Humor Writing, for Murder, My Tweet (Harcourt, 2004). I’ve come out with three more Chet Gecko mysteries,
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Deborah LeBlanc is an award-winning author from Lafayette, Louisiana. She is also a business owner, a licensed death-scene investigator, and an active member of two national paranormal investigation teams. Deborah’s unique experiences, enthusiasm, and high-energy level make her a much sought after speaker at writers’ conferences across the nation. She also takes her passion for literacy and a powerful ability to motivate to high schools around the country.
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According to the publisher site, “Lee & Low Books [is] an independent children’s book publisher specializing in multicultural themes. It is the company’s goal to meet the need for stories that children of color can identify with and that all children can enjoy. Lee & Low makes a special effort to work with artists of color,
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When Fish Got Feet, Sharks Got Teeth, and Bugs Began to Swarm: A Cartoon Prehistory of Life Long before Dinosaurs by Hannah Bonner (National Geographic, 2007). Ever wonder what the world was like before the dinosaurs? In this lively picture book, author-illustrator Bonner tells of the Earth during the Silurian and Devonian periods of the Paleozoic Era, from about 430 million years ago to about 350 million years ago.
Enter to win a copy of Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (Razorbill, 2007)(excerpt)! From the promotional copy:
“Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with an unbreakable bond to the earth’s magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest and most dangerous vampires–the ones who never die.
Stephen Roxburgh on Stephen Roxburgh: “I was born in Boston (Quincy, really) in the middle of the twentieth century (1950) and grew up in a small town on Narragansett Bay. I started school early (age two) and stayed late (twenty-seven) with only a few recesses.”
Were you an avid young reader, or did you come to this love later in life?
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By Cynthia Leitich Smith
for Cynsations
Jay Asher on Jay Asher: “My past five jobs include working at an independent bookstore, a chain bookstore, an outlet bookstore, and two public libraries (I still work full-time at a library). I do have a favorite type of ‘book distribution’
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