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  Danny and Kim Alderman first met around 1989 when they were both working for Macmillan Publishing. Kim was a children's book designer and Danny was a production manager. One might have heard of them under the penname Kin Eagle as well...more >> |
 Lorraine Agnew began her writing career in 1990 at the Courier-Post where she wrote about romance, food, community-related articles, stories for special sections such as bridal and business tabs, the Community Guide, senior citizens, and a wide array of profiles on special people in the South Jersey area. Although her writing career began at the newspaper, she has been writing novels since 1980. Lorraine resides in Maple Shade. She has published four books. Visit her web site at ...more >> |
 Linda J. Barth is the author of the children's picture book Bridgetender's Boy. She and her husband often combine their interest in canals with their writing, producing travel articles and books...more >> |
 Hope Blecher-Sass is the creator of The Educators Who Activate Life-long Learning website. She is a New Jersey classroom teacher with over 18 years of classroom experience. Some books by her include: A Travel Guide Through Children’s Literature, I Can Do It, I Really Can, and 100th Day of School Activities. She invites everybody to become an active member in the TEAL3 community...more >> |
 Pete Birle writes sports novels for kids, inspired by his years as a sportswriter, teacher, coach and father of three athletic boys. His first three books -- Fighting el Fuego, Locals Only, and Full Speed Ahead -- are published by Scobre Press...more >> |
 Linda Bozzo Children's author Linda Bozzo loves to read, write and dance. Many of her stories are inspired by her dance students. Linda's work has been published by Boys' Quest, Hopscotch, and Babybug magazines. Linda's first book, Five Apples was published in 2004. She is also the author of a new pet care series...more >> |
 Rachelle Burk, raised in New Orleans, is the author of the picture book Tree House in a Storm. Also a social worker, clown, and storyteller, her fiction, nonfiction, and poetry has been published in Highlights, Scholastic Scope, Pockets, and other children's magazines. Rachelle provides workshops and critique services for beginning children's writers, and is available for author visits. She also maintains a clearinghouse of resources for children's writers at her website: ...more >> |
 Dr. Vanita Braver is a renowned child and adolescent psychiatrist, speaker, and best-selling author of Pinky Promise and Party Princess, the first two books in the Teach Your Children Well series. She is also a freelance writer on various topics related to children, parenting, and family matters...more >> |
 Daryl Cobb Most of Daryl's written work is specifically for children, originally created for his two children as bedtime stories. Daryl's writing began in college as a Theatre Arts major at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. He found a freshman writing class inspiring and, combined with his love for music and guitar, he discovered that he had a talent that would motivate him for years to come....more >> |
 Sharon Creech's 'night of a lifetime' came in 1995 when her book, Walk Two Moons, was honored by the American Library Assocation with the Newbery Medal. Before Walk Two Moons, her first book published in America, she already had been published in England. She has written several books since 1995 and he hopes to continue doing so for a long time...more >> |
 JoAnn Dahan, author of Kids Training Puppies in 5 Minutes, is a well-known dog trainer who has her own television show called Kids Training Puppies. Dogs she has trained have appeared in motion pictures and television shows...more >> |
 Toni De Palma is the author of Under the Banyan Tree, Holiday House 2007. Under the Banyan Tree was selected as a New Voices Pick by the Association of Childrens Booksellers as well as a 2007 VOYA Top Shelf Middle Grade Fiction Pick. Toni is a graduate of the Vermont College M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults program...more >> |
 MaryAnn Diorio, Ph.D., is an award-winning, published author of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. Her books include A Student's Guide to Nathaniel Hawthorne (Enslow, 2004), A Student's Guide to Herman Melville (Enslow, 2006), and A Student's Guide to Mark Twain (Enslow, 2008). Her short stories have appeared in Show & Tell, The Young Generation Book of Short Stories, Junior Trails, and Today's Christian Teen. MaryAnn is currently working on a novel trilogy entitled The Italian Chronicles....more >> |
 Ellen Dreyer is the author of the young adult novel The Glow Stone and other titles. A writer since childhood, some of her first stories included "A Bird Named Rebel," its sequel, "Freedom Counts," and "Tony the Lonesome Dill Pickle." It's no wonder she's drawn to rebellious girl characters who fly straight into some fairly major pickles on the way to freeing their inmost selves. ...more >> |
 Lin Fong-O'Neill's first name means “lotus flower,” a beautiful and clean bloom that grows out of mud. This flower is compared to a person of great virtue for being able to live in muck, without being tainted by it. She is the author of Mommy, Why?, a book she wrote to inspire children and parents to be open-minded and to respect diversity...more >> |
 Robin Friedman has worked for a molecular biology journal at Princeton, has attended Temple Law, has worked at New York City publishers, and now is a freelance writer and advertising copywriter. And somehow she finds time to publish works such as How I Survived My Summer Vacation and more recently The Silent Witness...more >> |
 Dan Gutman writes mostly about sports. Born in New York City, and having graduated from Rutgers University, he initially settled on wanting to write humor. After many humor essays, magazine articles, screenplays, and Computer Games magazine issues, he eventually found his niche in writing for children...more >> |
 Arlene Hirschfelder is known for her presentations and also has several works of informative nonfiction for young people under her belt. One of her most popular presentations takes young people on a journey through the 'Rs' of writing nonfiction (Revelation, Research, Rewrites, Rewards) while providing insights into all aspects of getting published...more >> |
 Shannon Hitchcock's love of stories began with her mother's voice. And with the help of two wonderful schoolteachers, Shannon grew to love reading. Having already written for several websites, she is well on her way of fulfilling her dream of publishing her own works...more >> |
 Dar Hosta is the author of the award-winning titles I Love the Night and I Love the Alphabet. She is the independent owner of Brown Dog Books, an Arts Council of Princeton faculty member, a contributing columnist for the NJSCBWI newsletter, and the Editorial Director of BCBF Newsline...more >> |
 Jan Huling, a first-time children's author, retells the treasured Charles Perrault fairy tale with a Texas twang in Puss in Cowboy Boots. True to the original tale and to the Texas setting, this Puss hunts wild turkey and possum, negotiates with the state's "most powerful oilman," overpowers an ogre with a "Remember the Alamo" tattoo, all to help his owner...more >> |
 Susie Lee Jin is a children's writer and illustrator. She also runs her company Susie Studio, licensing her art on family-friendly products. Clients include Bebop Books, Scholastic, Pearson, Harvest House Publishers, and Piggy Toes Press. Susie is represented in the children's publishing market by WendyLynn & Co. She lives in New Jersey with her husband Paul, a jungle of houseplants, and their big fish Oscar. When not working, Susie enjoys baking brownies for her pals and being a bookworm....more >> |
 Pat Johnson has written over 600 articles in various national, local, and trade publications. Her newest series of children's articles are devoted to cooking and gardening with children. These articles have been seen in national magazines geared to the child, in children's publications, and in senior publications for the grandparents...more >> |
 Eileen Kennedy-Moore a Princeton-based author, psychologist, & speaker, specializing in Helping Children Get Along (TM). She wrote the award-winning picture book, "WHAT ABOUT ME? Twelve Ways to Get Your Parents' Attention Without Hitting Your Sister" and co-authored "THE UNWRITTEN RULES OF FRIENDSHIP: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Make Friends" for parents... more |
 Bob Krech is a teacher and writer who has lived and worked in Scotland, Saudi Arabia, and various exotic places throughout New Jersey. He has written more than 25 books for teachers through Scholastic Professional Books. His first YA novel, REBOUND (Marshall Cavendish, 2006) was a 2007 ALA Best Book for Young Adults. He lives in Lawrenceville, NJ with his wife, Karen and two teenage children, Andrew and Faith... more |
 Kat Lindsey is an African-American historian who uniquely combines her talents of quilting and storytelling in theatrical appearances throughout the East coast, bringing awareness and understanding to all nationalities. Her quilting expertise is featured in her first children's picture book titled Sweet Potato Pie, published by Lee & Low Books...more > |
 Wendy Mass chooses to write for YAs because she realizes she wouldn't be the same person today if she didn't have those wonderful stories from her teen years living inside her head. Recently she has written the award-winning Mango-Shaped Space, Leap Day, a Ray Bradbury biography, and she has lined up a new Twice Upon a Time series with Scholastic...more >> |
 Keri Mikulski is the author of the young adult novel, Screwball. Before the writing bug bit her, Keri worked as a nurse, personal trainer, fitness specialist, teacher, and lifeguard. She’s the Chick Lit Pick columnist for South Jersey Mom magazine, blogs for Pretty Tough, a sporty website for girls, contributes to Fastpitch Forever magazine, and writes for the fitness website, Live Strong. An athlete all her life, Keri lives at the Jersey shore with her husband and daughter....more >> |
 L.C. Mohr has rescued a herd of wild horses, put out a blazing fire, climbed the Alps to find a St. Bernard puppy, flown a jet into outer space – all in her imagination. She's been to Venus, Ireland, Mars, California, Scotland, the moon, and heaven. She believes in robots, leprechauns, fairies, love, and ghosts. She is the author of the book, KRUMBUCKETS! for ages 7 to 13....more >> |
 Denise Mortensen is the author of the award-winning picture book Good Night Engines, as well as Ohio Thunder, Wake Up Engines, and a forthcoming book, Bug Patrol. She juggles her life as mother of five children, editor, proofreader and occasional floral designer. Her writing reflects her passion for telling stories using lyrical poetry and sensual imagery. Her children and her experiences as a mom are a constant source of inspiration....more >> |
 Jim Murphy, a Newbery Honor Book author, grew up just a stone’s throw from New York City, in a smallish industrial town on the Passaic River. His childhood consisted of thousands of baseball games with neighborhood kids, roaming the vast New Jersey Meadowlands, and inventing various 'adventures'...more >> |
 John O'Brien is North Wildwood’s most famous lifeguard. Besides his job as a lieutenant on the North Wildwood Beach Patrol, the rest of the world is familiar with him as the illustrator of over 70 children’s books, including the popular This Is series...more >> |
 Susan O'Keefe, after One Hungry Monster, put out many books with Paulist Press, the country's oldest Catholic book publisher. Since breaking back into trade publishing, two of her recent books, Love Me, Love You and Good Night, God Bless, were respectively picked as a Bank Street Best Book of the Year and a Main Selection of the Children's Book of the Month Club...more >> |
 Dianne Ochiltree, born in Warren, Ohio, started her 'book-writing' career long before she could actually read or write; she drew pictures on the back of scrap paper that her grandfather brought home from his bookkeeping office. Since then, she has published quality children's books such as Ten Monkey Jamboree, Pillow Pup, and most recently Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins...more >> |
 Anna Olswanger wears a number of hats in the book world. In addition to being the author of Shlemiel Crooks, a Sydney Taylor Honor Book and Koret International Jewish Book Award Finalist, she is the coordinator of the Jewish Children's Book Writers' Conference each fall at the 92nd Street Y and is a literary agent with Liza Dawson Associates in Manhattan. She recently launched the website www.host-a-jewish- book-author.com...more >> |
 Wendy Pfeffer is an award-winning author of many children's books and also has written Writing Children's Books: Getting Started for adults. She has taught elementary school, directed a nursery school, and led adult classes in writing. She especially enjoys visiting schools, teaching writing workshops, and leading interactive presentations with children...more >> |
 Andria Rosenbaum is the author of a flipbook titled A Grandma Like Yours / A Grandpa Like Yours. Her poems have been published in anthologies. Also, her various writings have been published, or will soon be published, by the likes of Cricket magazine, Ladybug magazine, Highlights for Children, and Babybug magazine...more >> |
 Karen Rostoker-Gruber's first children’s book Foodfright was published in 2003 from Price Stern Sloan. Her second children’s book Rooster Can't... was published in 2004 from Dial Books for Young Readers. She is also a published humorist. Her first humor book was The Unofficial College Survival Guide, published in 1992 by Great Quotations...more >> |
 Patricia Saxton is currently working on her third title in a trilogy about mystical creatures. The author/illustrator of The Book of Mermaids, and A Book of Fairies, Saxton's creative talents also form the core of Saxton Illustration & Design, a graphic design, illustration and copywriting firm. More information about Patricia and her work can be found at ...more >> |
 Lyn Sirota writes content for national and local SCBWI websites and coordinates the New Jersey critique groups. Her publishing credits include articles and poetry in Highlights, Wee Ones, Saplings, Boy's Quest, Ladybug, Moo Cow Fan Club, Nature Friend magazines among others...more >> |
 Anne Skalitza was born, raised, and is still living within three blocks of the Atlantic Ocean. She has taught elementary school for nine years and has been a published writer for five years. Need a powerful letter writer or precise proofreader? She has had many letters to the editor published, one in the New York Times and two finalists in the Asbury Park Press...more >> |
 Sandra and Susan Steen are co-authors of several nonfiction books and one picture book, Car Wash, a 2002 ALA Notable. When they aren't writing, they work part time as elementary school librarians....more >> |
 Kathy Temean, author of Horseplay and award-winning artist/illustrator, has fulfilled commissioned work for corporations such as The McDonald's Corporation and has written and illustrated for Highlights for Children magazine, Boys' Quest magazine, Fun for Kidz magazine, Guidepost for Kids, Hullabaloo magazine, Ocean County magazine, and The Philadelphia Inquirer...more >> |
 Lisa Trumbauer says if you're in school, there's a good chance a Trumbauer book or worksheet has ended up on your desk without you even realizing it. She creates phonics readers and science books among others...more >> |
 Cindy Trumbore is the author of three nonfiction books and Genie in the Book, a fictional fantasy/adventure chapter book for Grades 2 through 5. When she is not writing, she enjoys speaking to children in Grades 1 through 5...more >> |
 Yvonne Ventresca, currently working on a middle-grade novel, has completed her first book titled Publishing, part of Lucent Books' Careers for the Twenty-First Century series. Publishing provides an inside look at careers in the publishing industry. Additionally, she has written over 30 articles for various print and online publications...more >> |
 Audrey Vernick has published short fiction in literary and commercial magazines. Her nonfiction book Can I Fax a Thank-You Note? was published by Berkley in 1998. She received an MFA in creative writing (fiction) from Sarah Lawrence College in 1992 and a fiction fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts in 1999...more >> |
 Nancy Viau is the author of the middle-grade novel Samantha Hansen Has Rocks In Her Head (Amulet 2008). Her stories, poems, and essays can be found in Highlights for Children, Highlights High Five, Ladybug, Babybug, Writer's Digest, FamilyFun, Family Circle, the Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies, and many more publications, in print and online. ...more >> |
 Cynthia Chapman Willis is the author of Dog Gone, a novel published by Feiwel & Friends. In addition, she has spent more years than she wants to admit to as an editor of educational books and materials for children. During her time with the Macmillan and Scholastic school publishing groups, she wrote books, articles, activities, and teacher edition copy. Her second middle grade fiction novel will be released in the fall of 2009. ...more >> |
 Thomas F. Yezerski's first published book Together in Pinecone Patch is about his Polish and Irish immigrant heritage. Family remains the prominent theme in Queen of the World and A Full Hand. Seven other books carry his illustration credit, as well as three stories in Cricket and a Children's Book Council poster...more >> Back to the Top |
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