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Tag: Writing With the Stars

New Voices: Vicky Fang & Janae Marks Share Their Journeys to Publication

Posted on May 28, 2020May 28, 2020

By Stephani Martinell Eaton

I am so pleased to introduce debut authors Vicky Fang author of Layla and the Bots (Scholastic, 2020) and Janae Marks, author of From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Katherine Tegen, 2020).

Vicky Fang

What first inspired you to write for young readers?

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New Voice: Tara Luebbe on Crafting a Double Debut & Writing With the Stars

New Voice: Tara Luebbe on Crafting a Double Debut & Writing With the Stars

Posted on December 3, 2018January 4, 2019

Author Tara Luebbe, photo by Carl Kerridge

By Traci Sorell

Tara Luebbe is on a roll!

She has been doing double duty promoting two debut picture books published earlier this year.

Luckily, her sister Becky Cattie co-authors the books with her, so they can share this journey together.

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About Cynsations.

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Cynthia Leitich Smith is a NSK Neustadt Laureate and a New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of books for young readers. Her latest titles are ANCESTOR APPROVED, which was an ALA Notable Children’s Book, SISTERS OF THENEVERSEA, which received six starred reviews, and HEARTS UNBROKEN, which won an American Indian Library Association’s Youth Literature Award.

Cynsations Staff: Publisher Cynthia Leitich Smith; Editor-in-Chief/Author’s Assistant Gayleen Rabakukk; Managing Editor Stephani Martinell Eaton; Intern Suma Subramaniam; Intern Bree Bender; Intern AJ Eversole; Industry News Reporter Gail Vannelli; and the Cynsational Reporters: Rebecca Kirshenbaum; Helen Kampion; Elisabeth Norton; Veeda Bybee; Clara Hammett; Michael Leali; Linda Joy Singleton.

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