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The Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature have been announced.
In the Picture Book category, the winner was The House Baba Built: An Artist’s Childhood in China by Ed Young (Little, Brown), and the honor book was Hot Hot Roti for Dada-ji by F.
Teaching to Learn by Louise Hawes from Write at Your Own Risk. Peek: “I know now, what this mildly famous author missed by not working with new and emerging writers. He missed the chance to grow, to change, to be inspired far beyond his own lonely dreams.”
Pacifiers or Catalysts: Your Choice by Kristi Holl from Writer’s First Aid.
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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Children’s Author Stephanie Barden: official author site features biography, character blog, book info, contact information. Stephanie’s first book, Cinderella Smith, illustrated by Diane Goode (Harper) comes out in April. Two additional Cinderella Smith books have been purchased by HarperCollins.
E-Book Sales Rise in Children’s and Young Adult Categories by Julie Bosman from The New York Times.
Please join me on a stop of the Blessed (Candlewick, 2011) tour!
Events that are open to the public are indicated as such on the schedule below!
Authors Daniel Nayeri, Jen Nadol, Sarah Beth Durst, and Shannon Delany will be joining me here and there along the way!
Continue Reading Blessed In-Person Author Tour in NY, NJ, Philly Area »
Please join me on a stop of the Blessed (Candlewick, 2011) tour!
Events that are open to the public are indicated as such on the schedule below!
Also, note that YA authors Mari Mancusi and Daniel Nayeri will be joining me here and there along the way!
Saturday,
Continue Reading Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith Central Texas & Northeast U.S. Tour Schedule »
Congratulations to Stephanie Perkins on the release of Anna and the French Kiss (Dutton, 2010)! From the promotional copy:
Anna was looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. So she’s less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris—until she meets Étienne St.
Sequels by Michelle Knudsen from Through the Tollbooth. Peek: “When my editor expressed interest in a sequel, I was thrilled — and terrified. For the first time I had to really think about how to continue to the story, and figure out how to approach writing a new book that depended so much on something already written and out in the world.”
Enter to win an author-signed copy of Hibernation Station by Michelle Meadows, illustrated by Kurt Cyrus (Simon & Schuster, 2010). Personalization of the signing is optional to the winner! From the promotional copy:
Everybody to the Station!
Time for Winter Hibernation!
With room for all kinds of critters from big burly bears and clamoring chipmunks to grumpy groundhogs and fidgety frogs,
Tracy Trivas is the first-time children’s author of The Wish Stealers (Simon & Schuster, 2010). From the promotional copy:
Griffin Penshine is always making wishes. But when a sinister old woman tricks her into accepting a box of eleven shiny Indian Head pennies from 1897, Griffin soon learns these are no ordinary pennies,
Continue Reading New Voice: Tracy Trivas on The Wish Stealers »
