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 →
Good news for Suzanne Selfors
Scholastic Book Club has bought the non-exclusive book club rights to Coffeehouse Angel by Suzanne Selfors. The paperback will appear in book club flyers in January of 2010.
Good news for Trudi Trueit
Trudi is the author of a number of adorable middle grade books and she reports that Scholastic Book Clubs just bought the rights to sell Secrets of a Lab Rat #1: No Girls Allowed (Dogs Okay). The book should be featured in the take-home flyers for kids in January, 2010. She's tickled because the next... Continue Reading →
Good news for Erik Brooks
The Orange County Children's Book Festival is Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. The Festival is free to attend and is expected to draw 20,000 people. JacketFlap held a contest for authors and illustrators to win space in the booth to display, sign and sell their books. Our own Erik Brooks is one of the winners. About... Continue Reading →
Good news for Ann Teplick
She gets to teach two children's writing classes at the Richard Hugh House. They're intended for kids in third through sixth grades, and you can learn more about them here.Ann is a poet, playwright and prose writer who makes a big difference for student writers in our community. She works with young writers at Hugo... Continue Reading →
Good news for Kathleen Kemly
Her book Golden Delicious: A Cinderella Apple Story has been selected to represent the state of West Virginia at the 2009 National Book Festival.Here is a link to the event: http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/Congratulations, Kathleen! (And check out her website, while you're at it.)
Congratulations, Angelina C. Hansen
Some great news from up north: Angelina C. Hansen, who regularly attends our Bellingham Schmoozes, has won the SCBWI Work-In-Progress Grant for a Contemporary Novel. Her work-in-progress novel is titled WHY I TOLD.Here's her blog--read the post on her jump-up-and-down good news.And here's a link to the announcement on the SCBWI International website.Way to go,... Continue Reading →
Good news for Nina Seven and Maribeth Stephens
Nina Seven writes:I have something to crow about! My first illustrated picture book, Theodore the Tree, will be released on Oct. 1 and is available now for pre-order on Amazon. It was written by another SCBWI Western WA member, Maribeth Stephens. She's written a couple of other books, but this is her first children's book,... Continue Reading →
Good news for Karen Hamilton
Here's the power of persistence in action. Karen Hamilton has some good news to announce:I’ve been a member of SCBWI for several years and I’m thrilled to announce that I just sold my debut novel! Here’s the Publisher's Marketplace blurb:Kiki Hamilton's THE FAERIE RING, an urban fantasy set in Victorian London, in which a streetwise... Continue Reading →
Good news for Kirby Larson
In honor of the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Best Friends Animal Society featured the Two Bobbies in their very cool e-zine, Top Story!And don't forget to stop by Kirby's blog for the latest installment in her boy books vs. girl books discussion.