Intern Insights: Highlights of SCBWI LA 2018

Posted on September 13, 2018January 4, 2019

Lin Oliver interviews Lois Lowry at SCBWI L.A. Conference

In August, I attended my very first SCBWI international summer conference. It was truly an amazing experience, but also a bit overwhelming with nearly 1,200 people in attendance.

Thankfully, we all share a love of children’s books,

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In Memory: Patricia C. McKissack

Posted on April 17, 2017January 4, 2019

By Gayleen Rabakukk

Patricia C. McKissack, honored children’s author from Chesterfield, dies at 72 by Jane Henderson
from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Peek: “…’I think my mother died of a broken heart.’ Fredrick McKissack Jr. said his mother and father were ‘best friends and partners.’”

Before becoming an author,

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