Enter to win one of two copies of Gone by Michael Grant (HarperCollins, 2008). From the promotional copy:
“In the blink of an eye. Everyone disappears. Gone.
“Except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not one single adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Just as suddenly,
Enter to win one of two autographed copies of The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous by Suzanne Crowley (Greenwillow, 2007)! Note: they also include dragons drawn by Caitlin, the author’s daughter to whom the book is dedicated.
To enter the giveaway, email me (scroll for address) with your name and snail/street mail address by 10 p.m.
From the Class of 2k8: “Liz Gallagher grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia and was an English major at Penn State. She worked on the editorial staff of Highlights for Children. She is a graduate of the University of Denver Publishing Institute and the Vermont College MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults.
Continue Reading Author Interview: Liz Gallagher on The Opposite of Invisible »
Suzanne Crowley on Suzanne Crowley: “I was born in the west Texas town of Uvalde and raised primarily in Austin and Houston. I graduated from The University of Texas with a Journalism degree with an English minor. I met my husband in college (we actually grew up on the same street in Houston),
And Another Awesome Author Visit: Claudia Gray from And Another Book Read. Peek: “I see some of myself in virtually all the characters. I think that’s fairly important, really–to identify with everyone, at least a little bit. (Maybe not Erich, though.)”
By Request: Letting the Reader In, Pulling the Reader In–Part Deux,
Enter to win a copy of The Juliet Club by Suzanne Harper (Greenwillow, 2008), email me (scroll for email address) with your name, snail/street mail address, and favorite Shakespeare quote by midnight CST June 16! Please also type “The Juliet Club” in the subject line.
Read a Cynsations interview with Suzanne.
Jennifer Laughran on Jennifer Laughran: “I got my first job at my older sister’s bookstore when I was about 12. As I recall, she paid me $5 a day and all the stripped copies of Sweet Valley High I could read. I’ve since worked in bookstores all over the country. I’ve been a buyer for a large independent bookstore here in San Francisco for a number of years.
Continue Reading Agent Interview: Jennifer Laughran of Andrea Brown Literary Agency »
Visit Michelle Meadows! See photos of her recent signing at the National Air and Space Museum.
Congratulations on the release of Pilot Pups, illustrated by Dan Andreasen (Simon & Schuster, 2008)! Could you tell us a bit about it?
Pilot Pups is a rhyming adventure story about toy dogs who go on a special search-and-rescue mission.
Continue Reading Author Interview: Michelle Meadows on Pilot Pups »
PaperTigers offers three great new features:
— “Great Expectations: Breaking Down the Wall of Assumptions” by Debbi Michiko Florence; peek: “It’s not enough that a main character in a book is Asian-American in physical description, but he/she should also share that melding of cultures.”
—interview with Linda Sue Park by Aline Pereira;
Herbie Brennan on Herbie Brennan: “A professional writer whose work has appeared in more than fifty countries, Herbie Brennan is enjoyed by children and adults alike–sales of his books already exceed 7.5 million copies.
“Herbie has an well-established career writing for the children’s market–from picture books to teenage fiction, from game books to school curriculum non-fiction.
