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Tag: Mina Witteman

Guest Interview: Mina Witteman on Talking Books, Ghosts, Writing & Teaching

Guest Interview: Mina Witteman on Talking Books, Ghosts, Writing & Teaching

Posted on October 7, 2015January 4, 2019

By Angela Cerrito

Mina Witteman is a published author, writing in Dutch and English. She has four adventurous middle grade novels, over 40 short stories, and a Little Golden Book out in the Netherlands.

The first volume of a middle grade series, Boreas and the Seven Seas,

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2015 SCBWI Europolitan Con: Translator Laura Watkinson

2015 SCBWI Europolitan Con: Translator Laura Watkinson

Posted on March 17, 2015January 4, 2019

By Mina Witteman

Translator Laura Watkinson founded the Dutch chapter of the SCBWI. She also translates books into English, from Dutch, Italian and German. Her literary interests vary and her projects range from children’s picture books to adult novels and comics.

Her translation of Bibi Dumon Tak’s Mikis and the Donkey,

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About Cynsations


Cynthia Leitich Smith is a New York Times bestselling, award-winning author for young readers. Her 2023 release is HARVEST HOUSE, an Indigenous YA ghost mystery. Her most recent previous books are ANCESTOR APPROVED: INTERTRIBAL STORIES FOR KIDS, which was an ALA Notable Children’s Book; SISTERS OF THE NEVERSEA, which received six starred reviews; and HEARTS UNBROKEN, which won an American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award. She also is the author-curator of Heartdrum, a Native-focused imprint, and a member of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA faculty.

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