Congratulations are in order! The ever-industrious Martha Brockenbrough shared the announcement today that her new YA novel, The Game of Love and Death, has been bought by Arthur A. Levine Books! The story features two teens from different rungs of 1920s Seattle society, who are brought together by forces beyond their control. There's jazz, there's... Continue Reading →
New master classes added to SCBWI LA conference
OMG! Arthur Levine and Linda Sue Park will each be teaching a master class at the L.A. conference this summer. Sign up now. Go. Do it. Here's the link. OK. Now that you've done that, let me tell you why you want to study fiction writing with these people. First, Arthur Levine (pictured here with... Continue Reading →
National Book Award news
OMG!It's Laini Taylor and Jim DiBartolo, proud parents AND National Book Award finalists for their collaboration LIPS TOUCH (published by Arthur A. Levine Books, a Scholastic imprint).Check it out.Laini and Jim live in Portland, but Laini has spoken at a conference and regional meeting, and both are honorary members of our chapter.
Good news for Martha Brockenbrough
She is very happy to announce the sale of her picture book, The Dinosaur Tooth Fairy, to Arthur A. Levine Books. Michael Stearns of Upstart Crow Literary is her agent.Martha feels sort of silly talking about herself in the third person, but she makes everyone else do it so it seems only fair. She's also... Continue Reading →