Cynthia Leitich Smith
Cynthia Leitich Smith is the New York Times and Publishers Weekly best-selling author of the Feral series, which includes Feral Nights, Feral Curse and Feral…
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Jane Kurtz
Jane Kurtz's recent middle grade novel, Planet Jupiter (Greenwillow/ HarperCollins) was called "a page turner" by several reviews, and she's proud of the plot craft…
Martine Leavitt
Martine Leavitt has published ten novels for young adults, most recently Calvin, which won the Governor General’s Literary Award of Canada.
Mary Quattlebaum
Mary Quattlebaum is the author of 23 books for all ages, including picture books (Pirate vs. Pirate, The Hungry Ghost of Rue Orleans), poetry (Winter…
Shelley Tanaka
Shelley Tanaka is the author of more than twenty nonfiction books for children and young adults, including seven titles in the award-winning I Was There…
Uma Krishnaswami
Uma Krishnaswami may have started her writing career at age 6 with green crayon on a wall but as a grownup she has been writing…
An Na
An Na was born in South Korea and grew up in San Diego, California.
Tom Birdseye
Tom Birdseye was decidedly uninterested in writing as a kid – or any academic aspect of school, for that matter – never imagining that he would…
Alan Cumyn
Alan Cumyn is the author of the beloved Owen Skye children’s novels—The Secret Life of Owen Skye, After Sylvia and Dear Sylvia—which combined have either…
Louise Hawes
Louise Hawes has published books for readers of all ages.