SCBWI Netherlands’ Laura at Bologna

By Angela Cerrito

Laura Watkinson’s translation of Soldier Bear (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers) was recently awarded the Mildred L. Batchelder Award. The award is given by the American Library Association to an American publisher for the most outstanding children’s book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States and translated into English for publication in the United States.

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Compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith

On Being Thin Skinned by David Macinnis Gill from I Am Chikin, Hear Me Roar. Peek: “…thick-skinned peo­ple are not very good writ­ers. They are bul­let
proof to crit­i­cism, yes, but they also lack the insight and empa­thy
required to feel the emo­tions that should res­o­nant through­out their
work.”

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Via Cynthia Leitich Smith

Source: SCBWI

Los Angeles–Together with The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), beloved author Jane Yolen has created a new grant to honor an oft-overlooked group: Midlist authors. These are authors who have consistently sold work but are not bestsellers.

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By Cynthia Leitich Smith

Angela Cerrito writes by night and is a pediatric physical therapist by day.

Her debut novel The End of the Line (Holiday House, 2011) was selected for VOYA’s Top of the Top Shelf 2011 and Top Shelf for Middle Grade Readers 2011.

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A journalist for ages, and a “maman poule” (mother hen) for forever, Erzsi Deàk launched Hen & Ink Literary when a golden egg presented itself in the guise of Siobhan Curham‘s Dear Dylan in November 2010.

In her earlier incarnations, Erzsi covered fashion and children’s features from Alaska to San Francisco to Paris.

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2010 Agatha Award Nominees from Sisters in Crime. The attendees of Malice Domestic 23, which will take place April 29 to May 1 in Bethesda, Maryland, will vote on the awards by secret ballot. The winners will be announced at the 2010 Agatha Awards banquet on April 30.

Best Children’s/Young Adult:

• Theodore Boone,

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