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Lucile Davis
“Imagine
writing about Eleanor Roosevelt in 1,500 words using the reading vocabulary of
seven-and-eight-year-olds,” says Lucile Davis.
She can imagine it, because she’s done it. A biography of Eleanor Roosevelt was one of her first published works.
Since then, Ms. Davis has written many photo-illustrated biographies for Capstone Press, including Cesar Chavez and Malcolm X (1997); Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia Mott (1998); and Charles Lindbergh and Florence Nightingale (1999).
Ms. Davis’s books for middle and high school students include two books for Children’s Press: Alabama (1999), part of the America the Beautiful Series, and The Mayo Brothers (1998).
Ms. Davis is also a playwright. Her children’s musical, Flora, has been produced in three states.
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Harriett Diller
Reviewers
admired Harriett Diller’s first picture book,
Grandaddy’s Highway (Boyds
Mills Press, 1993), for its
“lyricism” and
“quiet, down-home
charm.”
Her other picture books include
Big
Band Sound (Boyds Mills Press,
1996), The
Faraway Drawer (Boyds Mills, 1996),
and
The
Waiting Day (Simon & Schuster, 1994).
After graduating from Davidson College with a degree in English, Ms. Diller worked at a variety of jobs before deciding to pursue a career in children’s literature.
While still a student in the Institute’s Writing for Children and Teenagers course, she began submitting short stories to publishers. She has made sales to such magazines as Jack And Jill, Turtle, Straight, Story Friends, and Highlights for Children. Several of her stories have been voted Story of the Month by the Highlights staff.
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Lynda Durrant
Lynda
Durrant’s novels, all published by Clarion Books, have won both accolades and
awards.
Echohawk was praised in Booklist as “. . . a remarkably powerful and emotionally affecting first novel . . .” Echohawk won the Young Adult Choice for the 1996 International Readers Awards, and it was selected as one of the New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age.
Ms. Durrant’s next novel, The Beaded Moccasins, the Story of Mary Campbell (1998), was named a 1998 Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies by the American Library Association. It also won the 1998 Ohioana Book Award in the Juvenile Category, and was chosen as one of the New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age.
Ms. Durrant’s Turtle Clan Journey (1999) was hailed as “A gripping sequel to Echohawk,” wrote the School Library Journal. Turtle Clan Journey was a Junior Literary Guild Selection.
Kirkus Reviews described her next novel, Betsy Zane, the Rose of Fort Henry (2000), as “A real winner in every sense of the word.” The Sun, the Rain, and the Appleseed, a Novel of Johnny Appleseed’s Life (2003), won an Aesop Accolade from the American Folklore Society. Her most recent book is My Last Skirt: The Story of Jennie Hodgers, Union Soldier (2006).
Lynda Durrant is a member of the Northeast Ohio Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Her short stories have appeared in both Jack And Jill and the Beehive.
“My instructor has been an excellent teacher. I count her more as a helpful, learned friend than a strict teacher. I am very aware that she takes time with each of my assignments. She definitely knows her ‘stuff’ and is good at getting her points across.”
—Patricia A. Duffield, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY
Chris Eboch
A
middle-grade historical adventure set in ninth-century Guatemala, The
Well of Sacrifice (Clarion, 1999) is
an
“engrossing first novel,”
according to Kirkus Reviews.
“Eboch crafts an exciting narrative with a richly textured depiction of ancient Mayan society . . . The novel shines not only for a faithful recreation of an unfamiliar, ancient world, but also for the introduction of a brave, likable and determined heroine.” The Well of Sacrifice was listed in the Seattle Public Library’s brochures “Grades 5 & 6 Books to Build On,” “Chicano/Latino Doorways to Culture and Tradition,” and “Read up a Storm.”
Ms. Eboch has published three nonfiction books for middle and high school students, Turkey (2003), Yemen (2003), and Life Among the Maya (2005), all of which were published by Lucent Books. Her work for children has also been published in AppleSeeds and Ladybug.
Chris Eboch has worked as an editor and writer for magazines such as International Musician and Beauty Fashion. More than 100 of her articles have been published in those and other magazines including Psychology Today, Women’s Sports and Fitness, and Grand Circle Traveler. Her articles on writing have appeared in Writer’s Digest and the SCBWI Bulletin.
Ms. Eboch taught fiction writing through New Mexico Tech’s Community College and has led dozens of workshops for children and adults at conferences and writing festivals.
Critique group partners rave about her editing skills, especially her ability to see both the large picture and the small details.
Trinka Enell
“An
excellent young children’s book,”
and “fun all the way,”
is
what The Book World said about Trinka Enell’s picture book, Roll
Over, Rosie (Clarion, 1992).
Ms. Enell’s writing interests are not limited to picture books. She also writes poetry and nonfiction, and fiction for middle-grade and young adult readers.
Her short stories and poetry have appeared in children’s magazines including Spider, Child Life, Children’s Playmate, Jack And Jill, Children’s Digest, Turtle, Children’s Magic Window, and Highlights for Children. Highlights also published seven of her stories in their Stories from Highlights anthology series.
In addition to writing and speaking at schools, Ms. Enell’s concern about the future of libraries prompted her to become a member of her county’s library advisory board.
Jill Esbaum
“This
is an excellent, fun-filled book,” said river historian Barbara Huffman of Jill Esbaum’s picture book, Ste-e-e-e-eamboat A-Comin’! (Farrar, Straus
& Giroux, 2005),
“that should sustain a sense of wonder and adventure in young
readers for years to come.”
In a starred review, School Library Journal said, “This salute to a bygone transportation era is sure to engage children as they, too, thrill to the sound of that once-familiar call, ‘Ste-e-e-e-eamboat a-comin!’”
Ms. Esbaum’s debut picture book, Stink Soup (FSG, 2004), sold to the first publisher to whom it was submitted. In addition to Stink Soup and Ste-e-e-e-eamboat A-Comin’!, her forthcoming picture books include Estelle Takes a Bath (Henry Holt, 2006) and To the Big Top (FSG, publishing date to be announced).
More than 45 of Ms. Esbaum’s poems, articles, and stories have appeared in magazines such as Babybug, Cricket, Cicada, Guideposts for Kids, Highlights for Children, Jack And Jill, Ladybug, Pockets, Spider, Teen, and others.
Her Highlights article, “Tackling the Trash” (April 2002), profiling river environmentalist Chad Pregracke, was voted best of the issue by the magazine’s editors, who named her Author of the Month.
Some of her articles and poems have been resold to educational publishers. While she now writes exclusively for children, her work has also been published in ByLine, Country, Country Woman, and Once Upon A Time.
Her poem, “A New View,” was included in Philomel’s 2002 anthology of humorous poetry, I Invited a Dragon to Dinner (and Other Poems to Make You Laugh Out Loud), after being chosen in a nationwide contest that Ms. Esbaum saw announced in the Institute’s Children’s Writer newsletter.
“My instructor has shown me different ways to make my writing more creative. She has a very kind way of showing me my errors and the best ways to avoid them. She has been very patient and positive. Since teaching involves constructive criticism, her patience and positive attitude have been key to my learning process.”
—Hubert L. Sellers, Jr., Odum, GA
Jan Fields
Jan
Fields’s writing for children and families has appeared in such varied
magazines as Boys’ Quest, Highlights,
Shining Star, Crayola Kids, Ladybug, Single-Parent
Family, and Charisma-Life.
Her poem “Snowflakes” and accompanying craft for Holidays and Seasonal Celebrations were chosen for inclusion in their Best of the Best of Holidays and Seasonal Celebrations anthology. Ms. Fields also writes for online magazines such as Wee Ones, KidzOwn, BrainPlay, and Parenting Today’s Teen.
Ms. Fields taught writing to adults and children for over 10 years at a community college in North Carolina. She co-moderates an Internet mailing list for children’s writers, and she is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
Her articles on writing have appeared in both print and online markets including Keystrokes, ByLine, Children’s Writer, and Children’s Book Insider.
Rusty Fischer
Rusty
Fischer is the author of more than 25 books and over 100 stories, lesson plans,
and poems.
His books include The Empress of Popcorn (Publish America, 2003), Christmas Eve with Dad (Weyant Press, 2003), Thursdays with Dad (Weyant Press, 2002), The 12 Tales of Christmas (Tannenbaum Press, 2001), and It’s All Up to You! (Frank Schaffer Publishing, 1998).
He is also the author of the educational series, Creative Writing Made Easy (McGraw-Hill, 1998-1999). Each book in the series contains 10 interactive stories that allow students and teachers to fill in the blanks and provide such important details as characterization, dialogue, setting, plot, and even do-it-yourself endings. Creative Writing Made Easy quickly became one of McGraw-Hill’s more popular series, spawning a new trend in interactive resource materials for grades 4 to 8.
Mr. Fischer’s work has also appeared in such periodicals as Boys’ Quest, Seventeen Magazine, Holiday & Seasonal Celebrations, The Mailbox, Bookbag, Better Homes & Gardens, and Woman’s Day.
His stories and poems have been anthologized in such best-selling collections as Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul (HCI, 2001), God Allows U-turns (Barbour Publishing, 2002), A Cup of Comfort (Adams Media Corporation, 2002), and Stories for a Teen Heart (Multnomah Press, 2001).
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Lizann Flatt
Both a writer and an editor, Lizann Flatt brings an extra
advantage to her students.
“I look at writing with the critical eye of an editor,” she says, “and because I’m also a writer, I know how to make those editorial observations both helpful and sensitive.”
Ms. Flatt is the former editor of Chickadee magazine. During her stewardship, Chickadee won the Parents’ Choice Gold Seal Award in 1994, the Silver Seal in 1995, and 1994 Canadian Magazine of the Year.
Her writing has also won awards, including a Distinguished Achievement Award from EdPress. Ms. Flatt’s first story was published in OWL as the winning entry in a children’s short story contest. She was also named one of three winners in the 2001 Highlights for Children fiction contest.
Her writing credits include My First Nature Treasury (Owl Books, 1994; Sierra Club Books for Children, 1995), which was chosen as a starred entry in the Our Choice list by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre; and Backgammon for Kids (Somerville House, 1999: Penguin Putnam, 1999).
“My instructor is excellent. She is able to evaluate my strengths and weaknesses and communicate clearly. She has a wonderful blend of inspiring comments and critical assessments. I am very happy with my progress.”
—Patricia W. Miller, Berea, KY
Sheila Wood Foard
Sheila
Wood Foard’s stories, articles, essays, and poems for children and adults have
sold to more than 60 publications.
Her work has appeared in TEEN, Highlights for Children, Cicada, Cricket, Spider, Ladybug, Wee Ones, Hopscotch for Girls, Nature Friend, Hob Nob, Missouri Conservationist for Kids, Albuquerque Journal, ByLine, and Country Home.
For young readers she has written magazine profiles of famous Americans, including scientist Rachel Carson, architect Mary Jane Colter, and artist Georgia O’Keeffe. Her biography of Mexican muralist Diego Rivera (Chelsea House, 2003) targets teen readers.
Ms. Foard completed a middle-grade novel, Harvey Girl, while enrolled in the Institute’s course. It won awards in both the SouthWest Writers (SWW) and Heartland Writers Guild (HWG) contests.
Ms. Foard is also a graduate of the Institute’s courses, Writing for Magazines and Beyond the Basics. Five of her assignments from these courses sold to children’s magazines.
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Louise Munro Foley
No
matter what genre—mystery, adventure, or suspense—humor is the common thread
that runs through all 29 of Louise Foley’s titles.
Ms. Foley’s credits include The Cat-nap Catastrophe (TOR, 1999); and My Substitute Teacher’s Gone Batty, The Bird-Brained Fiasco, and The Phoney Baloney Professor, all part of the middle-grade series The Vampire Cat (TOR, 1996).
She is also the author of Poison! Said the Cat, Blood! Said the Cat, and Thief! Said the Cat (Berkley, 1992); and The Mystery of the Sacred Stones (Bantam, 1988).
In addition to writing fiction for young readers, Ms. Foley served as editorial consultant on five grant-funded social work texts, including Stand Close to the Door, which won the National League of American Pen Women’s Gold Biennial award for editing.
Her articles have been published in The Writer, Writer’s Digest, Horn Book, Christian Science Monitor, and Lawyer’s Weekly. Ms. Foley is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
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Christine Ford
“From
the Growing Tree comes another fine picture book for the youngest book lovers .
. . ” was what Booklist had to say about Christine Ford’s debut
picture book, SNOW! (HarperCollins, 1999).
SNOW! went on to garner other complimentary reviews: “The text’s playful word pairs, ‘Wiggle wiggle/window squiggles. Wag wag/tail zigzags,’ will amuse young listeners,” said the Horn Book. “An ode to new-fallen snow” was the description from Publishers Weekly.
Ms. Ford’s ability to show readers the great and special things about a snowy winter, and at the same time maintain age-appropriate verse, was recognized when SNOW! was chosen for the Recommended Reading List for the Chicago Public Schools. It also became a Book-of-the-Month Club selection.
Ms. Ford’s middle-grade novel, Scout (Delacorte/Random House Children’s Books, 2006), is a bittersweet coming-of-age story about a young girl who reluctantly faces the truth about her best friend’s abusive father.
Ms. Ford formerly taught school and now visits schools to present author programs for children. She also teaches picture book writing workshops for adults.
She is active with local writers and served as Chairperson of the NC/NE Texas Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators in 2004. She served as Consultation Coordinator for the 2003 NC/NE Texas Chapter SCBWI Annual Conference, and Publicity Chair for the 2005 conference.
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“I started this course as a person scared to death of putting an idea on paper. My instructor was able to mold my few good skills into a finished work….She has taken my desire to write and molded it into a skill I can use and be confident with forever.”
—Douglas E. Oliver, Overland Park, KS
Leila Foster
Author
of 15 published children’s books and many more professional books and
articles, Leila Foster has written country studies, biographies, novels, and
issue books for children of various age levels.
Most of her books have been published by Children’s Press as part of their Enchantment of the World series (beginning in 1989 and continuing to date) and Cornerstones of Freedom series (1990 and 1991).
For this same publisher, she has also written Margaret Thatcher (1990), Rachel Carson and the Environmental Movement (1990), Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (1991), and Nien Cheng (1992). Her interest in archaeology sparked the idea for Sumerians (Franklin Watts, 1990). She also enjoys travel writing.
Mary Virginia Fox
Mary
Virginia Fox has published more than 40 young adult books ranging from science
and history to biographies and portraits of nations.
She has written about Somalia, New Guinea, and other countries for Children’s Press. North America, South America, Australia, Costa Rica, and Columbia were released by Heinemann Library in 2001.
Her biographies of Ronald Reagan, Princess Diana, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, and other personalities and historical figures have been published by Dillon Press and others. Two of her science books, Rockets and Lasers, were published by Marshall Cavendish in 1995. Her most recent books include The Importance of Douglas MacArthur and Cuba, both published by Lucent Books in 1999.
Ms. Fox’s writing credits also include stories and articles in Wee Wisdom, Playmate, Bee Hive, Teen, Jack And Jill, Humpty Dumpty, and other magazines.
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Sandy Fox
Sandy
Fox has more than 200 published articles and stories to her credit; her work also
appears in eight books.
Ms. Fox’s children’s stories have appeared in Ranger Rick, Calliope, Hob-Nob, Horsepower, Primary Days, and Okinawa Today.
Her nonfiction articles include historical, how-to, travel, profiles, informational, interviews, and cultural articles. They have appeared in American Careers, American Girl, Cricket, Career World, Calliope, Faces, Pockets, Humpty Dumpty, Pioneer, Hopscotch, Nature Friends, Boys’ Life, Scouting, Touch, and other magazines.
After graduating from the University of California at Davis, Ms. Fox worked for three years as a staff writer for Okinawa Today, a monthly cultural magazine for the English-speaking population on the island of Okinawa, Japan.
While on Okinawa, Ms. Fox missed the companionship of other writers, so she organized a chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Later, she became the Regional Advisor for SCBWI in Arkansas, where she continues to organize conferences and writers’ retreats.
“My instructor possesses the ability to find the strengths in my work that I wasn’t so sure about. Her encouragement is sincere, not gushy or overdone. She’s the most positive instructor I’ve ever had in any class in all my school years.”
—LorRetta Drake, Spring, TX
Nancy Furstinger
As
former managing editor at Silver Burdett Press, a division of Simon & Schuster,
Nancy Furstinger was responsible for an annual list of 200 children’s books.
She worked on a variety of nonfiction books for preschool children through young adults from 1990-1996, including Our World (ecology series); Alvin Josephy’s Biography Series of American Indians; Pioneers in Change (biography series); and The American Dream (business leaders series).
Ms. Furstinger has also authored several books of her own. An animal aficionado, Nancy Furstinger ascribes to the adage “Write what you know.” Her love of animals led her to write her first book, Creative Crafts for Critters (Scholastic Book Clubs, 1999).
Since then she has written Fun Stuff to Do with Your Best Friend: The Interactive Dog Book (Doral Publishing, 2000), as well as numerous titles about various breeds of dogs and cats for Checkerboard Press (2005).
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Dayle
Campbell Gaetz has written 13 novels for young adults and middle-grade readers.
In addition to two historical novels, she has written an animal adventure novel, two science fiction books, and four mysteries for 9- to 12-year-old readers.
Many of her novels have been selected for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Our Choice Award. In 1998, The Golden Rose (Pacific Educational Press, 1997) was nominated for two readers’ choice awards. Mystery from History (Orca Book Publishers, 2001) was a 2001 Silver Birch Award nominee.
As part of a new series of Canadian biographies for schools, Ms. Gaetz wrote two books, Catriona Le May Doan, Fastest Woman on Ice and Birute Galdikas, Friend of the Orangutans, (Pearson Education Canada, 2004).
Her mystery series, published by Orca Book Publishers, includes Mystery from History (2001), Barkerville Gold (2004), and Alberta Alibi (2005). Her other books include Spoiled Rotten (2005) and Finding Treasure (publishing date to be announced), both titles with Orca.
Ms. Gaetz also wrote three “high-interest, low-vocabulary” novels to encourage reluctant readers. Her most recent, No Problem (Orca, 2004), is on the East Greenbush, New York, Community Library’s Quick Picks list of Recommended Reading.
Ms. Gaetz’s articles have been published in children’s magazines such as Wild Outdoor World, Curiocity for Kids, and Kidsworld.
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Nancy Garden
Nancy
Garden has more than 26 books, both fiction and nonfiction, to her credit.
Her novel, Annie on My Mind (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992), was a Booklist Top Choice. In 1994 it made the American Library Association’s list of Best Books for Young Adults for the Past 25 Years, and in 2000 was chosen as one of the 100 Best of the Best Books for Young Adults published during the last four decades of the twentieth century.
One of Ms. Garden’s best-received novels, What Happened in Marston (Four Winds Press), became an ABC television “AfterSchool Special.”
Other acclaimed novels by Ms. Garden are Dove and Sword: A Novel of Joan of Arc (FSG), selected as a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age in 1995; and Good Moon Rising, which won the 1996 Lambda Book Award in the Children’s/Young Adult category and was also a New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age and a Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies.
The Year They Burned the Books (FSG, 1999), was a Lambda Book Award finalist; and Holly’s Secret (FSG, 1999), was also a Lambda Book Award finalist and a New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age.
Her most recent books for children are Meeting Melanie (FSG, 2002); The Case of the Stolen Scarab (Two Lives Publishing, 2003); and Molly’s Family (FSG, 2004), illustrated by Sharon Wooding.
Ms. Garden is also the author of the long-running Breakfast Serials story, the Secret of Smiths Hill, which appears in newspapers throughout the country. She received the Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award in 2001 and the 2002 Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award in writing for teenagers.
“I feel the advice and guidance I’m getting from my instructor is invaluable. I’m not usually a ‘prognosticator,’ but I think I’ll look back at this time next year and feel that taking this course was the smartest move I ever made.”
—Diana Denny, Indianapolis, IN
Sandra Gardner
Sandra
Gardner’s young adult nonfiction book,
Teenage
Suicide (Simon & Schuster, 1985), “takes a giant step toward
defeating suicide’s strongest allies, silence and isolation . . .” said McNaughton Book Service, and Booklist
called it “A solid, responsible presentation. . . .” The second
edition of Teenage
Suicide was published in 1990.
Another of Ms. Gardner’s young adult books, Street Gangs in America (Franklin Watts, 1992), was judged “An excellent resource for research and for adults who work with teens,” by School Library Journal and “highly recommended” by Book Report. Street Gangs in America won a juvenile book award from the National Federation of Press Women in 1993.
Ms. Gardner’s first books for teenagers were Six Who Dared (Simon & Schuster, 1981), a high interest, low-reading level book about real-life daredevils, and Street Gangs (Franklin Watts, 1983).
Her publications for young people include numerous articles for Senior Scholastic magazine and Campus/Current, a Mary Glasgow (British) publication on social issues topics. She also edited a textbook on Southeast Asia for Scholastic.
Ms. Gardner’s journalistic background, including approximately 800 articles and newspaper columns, gave her the interviewing, researching, and writing tools she needed for her successful young adult books.
A writer and columnist for the New Jersey Weekly section of the New York Times for many years, she specialized in reporting on children and family issues. Her articles for the Times received awards from the National Federation of Press Women and Sigma Delta Chi, the professional journalism society.
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Janet Graber
Janet
Graber’s
young adult novel, Resistance (Marshall Cavendish, 2005), was praised by
School Library Journal, which described the book as having
“winning
characterization and a compelling plot.”
Ms. Graber’s other works have evoked praise as well. “A magical and beautifully complex narrative skillfully woven into moving yet unsentimental realistic fiction . . .” were the words used by Julia Messina, Editor of Cricket Magazine, to describe Janet Graber’s story, “Thanksgiving Gumbo.” The story received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Association of Educational Publishers/Ed Press.
Janet Graber’s credits include a nonfiction book, I Couldn’t Do It Without My Group: Secrets of Starting and Running a Successful Writers’ Group (Children’s Book Insider, 1995), and a picture book, Jacob and the Polar Bears (Moon Mountain Publishing, 2002).
She has also completed a trilogy, The Crossland Chronicles, for young adult readers that is currently under consideration by publishers. Articles by Ms. Graber have appeared in School Magazine, the Newcastle Journal, London Evening Standard, and Once Upon a Time.
Ms. Graber has participated on faculty at writing seminars, and she is a regular visitor to schools where she talks to students about her enduring passion, the process of writing. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
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Richard Graber
“The
author of Black Cow Summer, and other notable novels, surpasses
himself with this story of a family in crisis,”
said Publishers
Weekly of Richard Graber’s Doc (Harper/Charlotte Zolotow,
1986).
Mr. Graber also wrote A Little Breathing Room and Pay Your Respects, middle-grade and young adult novels published by Harper & Row (HarperCollins).
After a career of staff writing for newspapers, magazines, and medical journals, Mr. Graber elected to turn freelance to allow time for his fiction and other writing projects. With his wife Janet, also a children’s writer, he wrote I Couldn’t Do It without My Group: Secrets of Starting and Running a Successful Writers’ Group (Children’s Book Insider, 1996).
Recently, Mr. Graber tapped his adult writing experience to write a best-selling book, How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep, published by Chronimed of Minneapolis in 1995.
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“My instructor’s critiques are always helpful. I respect her frankness and appreciate her comments now even more. She encourages me and relates to me on a personal level. She is patient and takes time to explain her criticism in a positive manner. I feel she is interested in my work and wants me to succeed.”
—Deborah Martin, Rossmoor, CA
Pamela D. Greenwood
“She
knows kids,” said the Wilson
Library Bulletin in reviewing Pamela Greenwood’s first book,
“and
she respects them.”
In her first two chapter books, What About My Goldfish? (Clarion, 1993) and I Found Mouse (Clarion, 1994), both Junior Literary Guild selections, Ms. Greenwood has created characters that young children find real and likeable. Her stories have also appeared in Junior Trails, Pockets, and Highlights for Children.
Ms. Greenwood also writes nonfiction with a coauthor under the pen name Ryan Ann Hunter. Holiday House published their first four books: Cross A Bridge (1998), Into The Sky (1998), Dig A Tunnel (1999), and Take Off! (2000). Dig A Tunnel was a Parenting Magazine Book of the Year for 1999.
The coauthors’ latest books are Robots Slither (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2003); Getting in the Air: A Timeline of Flight (National Geographic Society’s Children’s Books, 2003); and In Disguise: Stories of Real Women Spies (Beyond Words, 2003).
Books under Ryan Ann Hunter pen name
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Marcia Gross
Marcia Gross, who writes
under the pseudonym Tovah S. Yavin, achieved literary success when her first
middle-grade manuscript, All-Star Season (Lerner/Kar-Ben, 2007), won the
prestigious Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award given by the Association of Jewish
Libraries. One member of the award committee described the novel as “a
librarian’s dream” thanks to its popular subject matter and stellar writing.
Since the completion of that first manuscript, Ms. Gross has published numerous short stories in anthologies, including her most recent short fiction, “Why Do the Horses Stand in the Sea,” which appears in Summer Shorts (Blooming Tree Press, 2006). Her other work appears in Jewish Sports Stories for Kids (2004) and Jewish Love Stories for Kids (2002), both from Pitspopany Press.
Marcia Gross has also worked in the magazine market publishing stories and poems for children in Skipping Stones, Read America!, and Wee Ones e-magazine. She currently serves as a staff writer for Science Weekly, an educational newsletter published for grades K-6.
Books under Tovah S. Yavin pen name
Vicki Grove
Vicki
Grove is the author of ten young adult and middle-grade novels, and nearly 300
short stories and articles for adults and children.
Her book, Destiny (Putnam, 2000), won the Midwest Authors Fiction Prize and was called a “grounded and valuable” story by Publishers Weekly, filled with “lyrical prose and vibrant, gracefully detailed characters” (Kirkus).
Ms. Grove has seven more novels for young people to her credit, all of which were published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons. They include The Starplace (1999) and Reaching Dustin (1998), both School Library Journal Best Books; Crystal Garden (1995); Rimwalkers (1993); Fastest Friend in the West (1990); Junglerama (1989); and Good-bye, My Wishing Star (1987), the last of which won the G. P. Putnam’s Sons Fiction Prize and was chosen by the American Booksellers Association as a Pick of the List book.
Ms. Grove’s numerous short stories and articles have appeared in a variety of publications such as Writer’s Digest, Teen, American Girl, Today’s Christian Woman, Catholic Digest, Reader’s Digest, Woman’s World, and more.
Pauline Guppy
After majoring in English literature in college, Pauline Guppy
earned a master’s degree in teaching. She taught composition and the
appreciation of literature to grades 9-12, and correspondence courses for the U.S.
Armed Forces Institute; she also worked at a university.
Then, some 20 years ago, Pauline Guppy sat down to write. She sold her first stories to My Pleasure, Five/Six, and Discovery before she began to sell to Saturday Evening Post publications including Young World, Science Fiction Stories, and Child Life.
Ms. Guppy’s most recent work has appeared in Children’s Digest, Radar, Junior Trails, and Primary Treasure. She has twice been a finalist in the annual Pacific Northwest Writers Conference competition, both in the Juvenile Books category and in Articles and Short Stories for Children.
Ms. Guppy is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and the National League of American Pen Women.
“I found my instructor to be excellent. She held to a ‘teacher’ relationship as well as developing a spirit of friendship. Her comments have been valuable to me as a student. The skills I developed through her mentoring and this course have allowed me to begin making sales.”
—Jacky Jeter, Fountain, MI
Geraldine Gutfreund
When
she was a newlywed in a small town, Geraldine Gutfreund found scant employment,
so she took to reading, which rekindled her childhood interest in writing. She’s
been writing ever since.
Her credits include 5 books, 23 stories and articles, and more than 20 poems in Cricket, Hopscotch, The Writer, Writer’s Digest, St. Anthony’s Messenger, Children’s Writer, and a wide variety of other publications.
Ms. Gutfreund typically draws from her scientific knowledge of animals and their habitats and her interest in nature and the environment to develop her material. She also uses folklore.
Her books, Animals Have Cousins, Too (Franklin Watts, 1990), Nature’s Unlovables (Publications International, 1990), and Vanishing Animal Neighbors (Franklin Watts, 1993), are entertaining yet scientifically based on zoology and aimed at the middle grades.
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